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Blog Post:
Pro-, Anti-LGBT Bills Put GOP Govs on the Spot
Mary Peck
Some people might have presumed the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage would have settled or at least diminished the nation’s long culture war over civil rights for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people. It did nothing of the sort. If anything, that ruling has...
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3 Jun 2016
Blog Post:
States Address Cybersecurity, Election Reform And Other Issues
Mary Peck
Despite the unusual amount of uncertainty heading into this year’s state legislative sessions, a few of the issues we predicted last December might receive particular attention from lawmakers, such as cybersecurity and transportation funding, have done so. But others, like soda taxes, have stalled...
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7 Jul 2017
Blog Post:
The Rewards and Perils of Redistricting
Mary Peck
In democracies, voters are supposed to choose their legislative representatives. Increasingly, however, U.S. courts have found that representatives choose their voters through partisan gerrymandering of legislative and congressional districts. With the Supreme Court poised to rule on one case of...
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16 Mar 2018
Blog Post:
Some State Progress in Deadly Opioid Crisis
Mary Peck
Thirteen states have made progress in battling the deadly opioid epidemic while eight states have notably failed to deal with the crisis, according to a report issued this month by the National Safety Council (NSC). It comes on the heels of a report earlier this year by the Centers for Disease Control...
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20 Apr 2018
Blog Post:
Slow Progress on Public Pension Reform
Mary Peck
The economy is on a tear, with the national growth rate high and unemployment low. Eighty percent of U.S. companies have reported earnings that exceed Wall Street forecasts. City and state revenues are surging, as the Great Recession fades in the rear view mirror. But many of the pension funds...
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17 Aug 2018
Blog Post:
Voters, Courts Slowly Taking Redistricting Power from Lawmakers
Mary Peck
While Congressional and state legislative races drew most of the attention on Election Day, those races were hardly the only critical issues voters would decide. Missouri, Colorado and Michigan became the latest states to endorse independent commissions or other bipartisan or nonpartisan means...
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16 Nov 2018
Blog Post:
Most States Prepared for Next Recession
Mary Peck
It’s been 9 1/2 years since the last U.S. recession - the second-longest period between economic downturns on record. The economy still appears to be going strong. But there are signs trouble may not be far off. The good news for states is that most seem to be reasonably well prepared for it. ...
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18 Jan 2019
Blog Post:
State Lawmakers Stepping Up Fight Against Insurance Fraud
Mary Peck
By some accounts, insurance fraud has reached epidemic proportions, costing insurance companies and their policyholders tens of billions of dollars each year. State lawmakers have taken several measures in recent years to combat the problem, but this year they’re stepping up their efforts even...
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10 May 2019
Blog Post:
Online Sports Betting
Mary Peck
There was a time when, if you weren’t in Las Vegas and you wanted to put some money down on a football game – say $100 that the Rams would cover the spread on Sunday – you needed to talk to a bookie. So, you picked up your phone. That bookie – maybe a guy who looked a little...
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13 Sep 2019
Blog Post:
States Save for Inevitable Rainy Day
Mary Peck
Many states have learned lessons from the Great Recession of 2007-09 and are better prepared for the next economic downturn, according to findings by the National Association of State Budget Officers (NASBO) and other analysts. “Rainy day funds are growing as a share of state budgets,”...
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20 Sep 2019
Blog Post:
States Pose Roadblocks for Motor Vehicle Subscription Services
Mary Peck
Although motor vehicle subscription services - similar to auto leases but with no long-term commitment, the ability to change vehicles periodically and insurance and maintenance bundled in - have only been around for a few years, they’ve been embraced by some automakers, insurers and consumers...
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11 Oct 2019