Vol. 42 No. 7, July 2016
Index
- Comments from constituents.
- Expert testimony.
- NCSL expertise.
- Women making a difference.
- An urgent call to action.
- Chemical security regulation.
- Drones.
- Fighting federal pre-emption.
- Medical malpractice.
- Searching for solutions.
- White House welcome.
- Voting for upgrades.
- Never too old.
- Partisan divide widens.
- What's the legislature's job?
- Coming of age: by the numbers.
- Deadly distractions.
- A part-time legislature cannot input infinite items into a finite process.
- Those are 1,000-plus New Mexicans.
- Three sets of fathers and sons are on Montana's November ballot.
- Two Louisiana House Republicans are stepping down.
- Who's keeping the lights on?
- Alabama Lieutenant Governor Kay Ivey was named to a list of "50 Most Influential Female Republicans.
- At a young age, you may not really understand.
- Connecticut speaker Brendan Sharkey (D) will not seek re-election.
- Laugh if you will but craft beer is considered.
- Vermont Senate President pro Tem John Campbell (D) is leaving the legislature.
- We keep hearing access, access, access, but when you live in really rural areas you don't have access.
- What great leaders do.
- Budget chaos: Rancor between governors and legislatures causes record-breaking budget impasses in Illinois and Pennsylvania.
- Budgeting for results: the Results First budgeting approach helps lawmakers decide which programs are worth funding based on the facts.
- 1 Fantasy regulations.
- 2 Getting out the teen vote.
- 3 Aloha, tax credits.
- 4 Lost in translation.
- 5 Public domain.
- 10 Barrel ban banished.
- 6 Handle with care.
- 7 Assets' afterlife.
- 8 Sunday blues.
- 9 Sandwich scrap.
- Tales from the top: women share their advice and insight on leading legislative bodies.
- 3 Things IT staff want you to know: your requests aren't "IT projects"--they are business projects that use technology.
- Lean on me: two Oregon lawmakers put partisan politics aside to battle a grave disease together.
- Connecting remotely: technology is letting constituents who live far from the capitol testify at legislative hearings.
- Everything you always wanted to know about redistricting: but didn't know who to ask.
- Jerry Abramson: the White House State and Local Liaison.
- What is legislative immunity?
- Birth of liberty: historian and author Dan Jones says the genetics of the Magna Carta are embedded in the Declaration of Independence and other great founding documents.
- The state of the staffs.
- Robin Vos: speaker, Wisconsin State Assembly.