Vol. 42 No. 10, December - December 2016
Index
- Declines, disparities in teen births.
- NCSL expertise.
- Reporting for duty.
- Staff skills.
- Affie Ellis became the first Native American Woman elected to the Wyoming legislature.
- How California goes.
- Jonathan C. Ball, Director of Utah's Office of the Legislative Fiscal Analyst, is this year's winner of the Steven D. Gold Award.
- Washington Senator Andy Hill died in October of lung cancer.
- While I never really doubted he would win, it's still hard for even me to believe.
- Angeline Kopka, the nation's oldest state lawmaker when she retired.
- Eighty-nine-year-old Wisconsin Senator Fred Risser was re-elected to his 17th term.
- I believe we should follow Alabama as closely as possible.
- Ilhan Omar won her race for the Minnesota House to become the first Somali-American lawmaker.
- One of Tennessee's towering political figures said goodbye to his colleagues.
- We were ground zero.
- Fracas over fakes.
- Opened and closed.
- Nuclear gets zero credit.
- Overtime overview.
- Moving ahead: legislatures cruised through the anything but ho-hum election largely unchanged.
- Ballot bonanza: voters took on the role of policymakers for a slew of issues, from capital punishment to taxes.
- 1 Zombies with addresses.
- 2 Whisker whiz.
- 3 Gaps in business ownership.
- 4 Hospital sticker shock.
- 5 400 years young.
- 10 An international affair.
- 6 Nerd to the core.
- 7 Think locally, study globally.
- 8 Risque resolution.
- 9 AGs take on big energy.
- 3 things lawmakers can do now for our youngest learners: it's never too early to start teaching a child.
- Scrambling to expand gambling: states are betting on gaming to score a revenue windfall.
- Cases worth watching: several upcoming Supreme Court cases will have an impact on states.
- 10 books every legislator should read: from high-minded to hilarious, our unranked list has something for lawmakers of all stripes.
- Hampton Sides: author, editor, teacher: optimism is the all-pervasive quality you have to have if you're going to be an explorer.
- Yes, no, maybe so: what do you do when the spirit and the letter of the law are in conflict?
- Brian Bosma: speaker, Indiana House.