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"It's not just an urban problem; it's a rural problem. It's not just under the viaducts in the big cities. It's also a suburban problem."

--NCSL's Karmen Hanson on how widespread heroin use is, in Stateline Today

"The number of bills is remarkable."

--NCSL's Richard Cauchi, noting in newsmax.com more than 700 bills relating to the Affordable Care Act were filed in state legislatures in 2014 or carried over from 2013

"Lots of research shows that women tend to be more collaborative and compromising."

--NCSL's Katie Ziegler on efforts to get more women to serve in state legislatures, in the...