Vol. 42 No. 2, February - February 2016
Index
- Expertise.
- Leader to leaders.
- Lobby Day in D.C.
- Meeting memento.
- NCSL published more than 50 reports in 2015.
- What the future looks like.
- Refugee resettlement.
- An eye on campaign tills.
- Star light, star blight.
- Taking the wheel.
- Cutting the costs of injuries.
- Gearing up for "Cadillac tax".
- California speaker Toni Atkins (D) is stepping down from her leadership post.
- Do I either go stomping around complaining about boys, or do I do something different?
- Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers (R) was honored.
- Texas House Speaker Joe Straus (R) was named Chair of the Republican Legislative Campaign Committee.
- The opening session of the Iowa House was one for the history books.
- Today, California steps forward to lead the nation in environmental protection by banning this pervasive source of plastic pollution.
- Delaware Senate majority leader David McBride (D) has vowed to continue.
- New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney (D) wants to solve the state's public pension crisis through constitutional amendment--but one that would allow future governors or legislatures to change the pension system.
- North Carolina's powerful Senate rules Committee Chair, Tom Apodaca (R).
- Our tax code, above all else, needs to be fair.
- The nation's largest legislature convened this year with a new leadership team.
- The prosecution always has the right to waive up any individual into adult court.
- 1 Brush with good fortune.
- 2 State of health.
- 3 Mailing it in.
- 4 Fertility parity.
- 5 Pedal power.
- 10 Have license, will travel.
- 6 Packing a powdered punch.
- 7 Prescription friction.
- 8 Look who's talking.
- 9 Value of college degree.
- Power shift: states will have to work together to reach the new lower C[O.sub.2] emission standards for power plants in EPA's Clean Power Plan.
- Calming the chaos: disparities and gaps in the treatment of hyperactivity in children has caught some lawmakers' attention.
- Prison break: states have found ways to reserve prison space for the most serious offenders without jeopardizing public safety.
- Piper Kerman, author: "Women come out of prison in worse shape than when they went in.".
- 15 tips on being an effective legislator: these snippets of sage advice will help you be the best legislator you can be.
- Dan Patrick: Texas Lieutenant Governor.