Vol. 43 No. 5, May 2017
Index
- Early retirement incentives rarely live up to their promises.
- Half a century of service.
- Higher education is called the balance wheel of state budgets.
- I think you can expect to see more law enforcement protective measures introduced.
- Strategizing for states.
- The role of state and local law enforcement in federal immigration policy has returned to the forefront.
- Typically, this issue comes up in about 10 states each year. This year, that number has doubled.
- Wisconsin winners.
- Changes to education law.
- The newest net threat.
- A taxing presidential issue.
- Banning bans, not bags.
- Unauthorized immigrants.
- Big data: strategic assets: the information states collect can be a force for creating good policy.
- "We want to make electric vehicles a mainstream option.".
- Effectively, this is about a $14,000 cut to my salary.
- Hawaii Representative Beth Fukumoto is moving across the Aisle.
- Massachusetts Senate President Stan Rosenberg (D) went to Washington, D.C., To Advocate against President Trump's Proposal to Eliminate the National Endowment for the Arts.
- Ohio Senate Minority Leader Joe Schiavoni (D) announced he will run for Governor in 2018.
- Patsy Spaw, Secretary of the Texas Senate, was honored for her accomplishments as a public servant.
- Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick (R) had a hand in recovering the Purloined Jersey of New England Patriots Quarterback Tom Brady.
- "It's going to be completely nonpartisan issues, more of just a think tank.".
- 'Marriage is a legal contract and it should be reserved for adults.'.
- 'You look at the jobs that were lost, you look at the production of coal and how that has declined ... and we've got to have a third option.'.
- Connecticut has a new deputy house speaker.
- Rhode Island Senator Teresa Paiva Weed (d) stepped down from her post as senate president to become president of the hospital association of Rhode Island.
- This is putting the parent in the driver's seat.
- 1 BYO bud clubs.
- 2 Divided, but not on everything.
- 3 Less rest for the weary.
- 4 You can take dat to da bank.
- 5 Reining in runoff.
- 10 Unhealthy return on investment.
- 6 So close, yet so far.
- 7 New supply of lethal drug.
- 8 Curbing contributions.
- 9 Time expiring on N.D. meter ban?
- Waste no one wants: lawmakers must overcome the 'not in my backyard' mentality to find a site for the nation's nuclear waste.
- Yes, no, maybe so: you're an ethical social media user, right?
- 3 Things research staff want you to know: research staff are masters of separating good information from the rest.
- Walking a tightrope: states are balancing the rights of addicted women with the health needs of their developing babies.
- Lessons learned: former lawmakers and a staffer share hard-won insights on making government work better.
- Assessing policy or project health risks.
- Joe Negron: Senate President, Florida.