Vol. 42 No. 8, September 2016
Index
- Getting to work on veterans' employment.
- Learning about energy from the source.
- NCSL expertise.
- Partnering to strengthen infrastructure.
- Leading discussions on rural principals.
- Preparing the workforce.
- Promoting public health.
- Rewarding excellence at the Summit.
- Winning big in Congress.
- Similar, not identical.
- Hemp's hot.
- The crowd effect.
- A world apart: how are other countries able to close the achievement gap and produce such high-achieving students?
- Rulings in review: Supreme Court decisions on some important cases this year will be felt in the states for quite some time.
- 1 Now serving ...
- 2 A word from your sponsor.
- 3 Shielding cops from hate.
- 4 Stepping back in line.
- 5 Big in Texas.
- 10 Pot revenue vs. high expectations.
- 6 Bathroom break.
- 7 Does it help to ban the box?
- 8 Travel advisory.
- 9 Feel the pre-K.
- GMO labeling in the limelight: Congress passes labeling law for genetically modified organisms, following Vermont's lead.
- How we vote: do recent changes in voting law make it easier or harder to cast a ballot?
- "Hamilton," the smash Broadway hit, has a bipartisan host of groupies--including Utah Speaker Greg Hughes (R).
- "It is dangerous and completely unacceptable.".
- Alaska Speaker Mike Chenault (R), the state's longest-serving speaker, said he will not seek a fifth term as leader.
- Speaker Anthony Rendon (D) and Senate President Pro Tem Kevin De Leon (D) welcomed the Dalai Lama to the California legislature.
- U.S. Representative Mark Takai, who served for 20 years in the Hawaii House before his election to Congress, died in July from pancreatic cancer.
- "New York was once the epicenter for music production [...] we need this business back.".
- "You can't have a normal job or a normal life" (if you're serving in the Legislature).
- A number of state legislators took part in their party conventions this summer.
- Among the lawmakers invited to take the stage in Philadelphia at the Democratic National Convention was first-term Nevada Senator Pat Spearman.
- Term limits gutted the Legislature as a branch of government.
- They are branded that way forever.
- We've got a real chance, this is our moment, let's take it ...
- Children: not for sale: lawmakers are attacking sex trafficking on several fronts.
- Abortion action abounds.
- Yes, no, maybe so: what's wrong with becoming a lobbyist after leaving the legislature?
- Mike Gronstal: Iowa Senate Majority Leader and NCSL president.