Vol. 42 No. 9, October - October 2016
Index
- Capitol forum.
- NCSL expertise.
- Summit.
- Help for the homeless.
- Smile, the camera's on you.
- A firearms census.
- Legal smoking age up.
- Hope in not-yet-approved drugs.
- Policing the polling place.
- Candidates, campaigns and coattails: the effect this year's wild race for the White House will have on state legislative contests is difficult to predict.
- What voters face: in November, citizens will determine much more than who the next president will be.
- 1 Hoping for more happy returns.
- 2 Bye, bye Benjamins.
- 3 Roadmap for autonomous cars.
- 4 Straight story.
- 5 Boosters on the bench.
- 10 Weave us alone.
- 6 Splitting the difference.
- 7 Traffic deaths up.
- 8 Lending her voice.
- 9 Prodding public servants.
- Who's watching the kids? Low-income parents face the threat of falling off child care assistance with a raise or promotion.
- It's all relative: serving with a family member presents both challenges and opportunities.
- Making it work: three tips for smoothing out the sometimes rocky relationships between nonpartisan and partisan staff.
- Greg Schmidt, secretary of the California Senate for 18 years, died after a brief battle with cancer.
- I think the prospect is very good.
- Kansas Senate majority leader Terry Bruce (R) was ousted in a brutal primary election.
- This aspect of a sharing economy is really the future.
- Wyoming majority members were scrambling after the primary election unexpectedly left the house with a leadership vacuum.
- Illinois Representative Jaime Andrade (D) has a new take on constituent work.
- It was surprisingly easy.
- Look at the license plates.
- Michigan lost two popular and respected legislators to unexpected deaths.
- Missouri's state employees are its No. 1 asset, and these employees have grown weary of decades of political-speak.
- The Alabama House elected Mac McCutcheon (R) speaker to fill the post vacated by Mike Hubbard (R).
- A snapshot of rural America.
- Yes, no, maybe so: do you know the real you?
- Raul E. Burciaga: director of the New Mexico Legislative Council Service and NCSL staff chair.