CO Has Most Female Lawmakers COLORADO has the highest percentage of female legislators in the nation, at 42 percent, according to analysis of National Conference of State Legislatures data by InsideGov.com. Although that rate is significantly higher...
Special Session on Budget in WV WEST VIRGINIA Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) has called a special session for May 16 to resolve how to close a $270 million projected shortfall in the state’s 2016-17 budget. The session will begin only 45 days before...
KANSAS Gov. Sam Brownback (R) signs legislation barring Sunflower State agencies from conducting studies or doing other work toward complying with federal regulations meant to combat climate change by reducing carbon emissions from power plants until...
Cuomo Forms Opioid Task Force Noting that accidental overdose is the leading cause of death in his state, NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced he is forming a task force to combat growing heroin and prescription opioid abuse in the Empire State...
OH Approves HB 523 The OHIO House approves HB 523 , a bill that would legalize medicinal marijuana use in the Buckeye State. The measure moves to the Senate (CINCINATTI INQUIRER). MD Gov Signs HB 1005 & SB 97 MARYLAND Gov. Larry Hogan (R...
The MONTANA Supreme Court upholds a lower court’s 2014 ruling in a lawsuit that the law denying unemployment benefits, university enrollment and other services to people who arrived in the country illegally was unconstitutional. The court also rejected...
MA Approves SB 735 The MASSACHUSETTS Senate approves SB 735 , a bill that would ban discrimination in public accommodations or businesses. The measure moves to the House (STATE HOUSE NEWS SERVICE [BOSTON]). CA Approves AB 1732 The CALIFORNIA...
MA Approves HB 4278 The MASSACHUSETTS House approves HB 4278 , which would give veterans preference for placement into public housing. It moves to the Senate (STATE HOUSE NEWS [BOSTON]). AZ Gov Signs SB 1449 ARIZONA Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signs...
The end of the presidential primary season is drawing ever closer. While the candidates themselves appear to be in the midst of a feeding frenzy – pulling out all the stops to forge ahead – media monitoring and news analysis indicates the...
The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) recently announced a pilot program that is intended to encourage companies to self-report any breaches of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). The objective is to offer companies the opportunity to reduce fines...
High tuition rates, financial aid hassles, broken air conditioners, dingy dorm rooms—sounds like the typical complaints of college students, right? Yet, when students and alumni at one historical black college deluged Twitter® with these issues...
Guest Written by: Bhargavi Arrunategui The workforce is changing. Millennials—the generation born between 1980 and 2000—now represent a quarter of the U.S. workforce. As more Baby Boomers retire, the numbers will shift even more significantly...
J.G. Preston has his hands full most days working as the press secretary for the Consumer Attorneys of California. But while we’re sure he likes his job, he loves baseball. Which is why, as the Capitol Morning Report in Sacramento reports, he is...
TN Gov Signs SB 2109 TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Haslam (R) signs SB 2109 , which makes the Volunteer State the third to legalize and regulate daily fantasy sports games. The law establishes a regulatory framework for the industry, including a licensing process...
Later this year the University of California Center in Sacramento will say goodbye to its long-time associate director, A.G. Block. For the last dozen years Block has led the school’s public policy programs, teaching college students about government...
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) have each announced plans for greater efforts to combat lead poisoning in their states. Reacting to recent testing that shows elevated levels of lead in water supplies for some...
Last month the U.S. Supreme Court refused for the second time to block Texas’ voter ID law - the strictest in the nation, allowing only certain forms of photo ID, including gun licenses but not student IDs - from remaining in effect. The justices...
CT Approves HB 5054 The CONNECTICUT Senate approves HB 5054 , legislation that would require which would require alleged domestic abusers to immediately give up their guns and ammunition if their partners seek restraining orders. It moves to Gov. Dannel...
After decades of losing sales tax revenue to online and catalog retailers located outside their borders and years of trying to get Congress to do something about it, states may finally get federal action on the issue - from the U.S. Supreme Court. ...
Since 2013, 27 states have enacted laws addressing unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), or drones, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. The laws generally define what UAS or drones are and specify how they can be used by law enforcement...
The annual NFL draft was held a few weeks ago, a.k.a. the time of year when otherwise intelligent grown-ups get in a lather over the job prospects of a large group of college kids they’ve never met in an industry none of them are part of. As if...
Although the airspace over the United States is, by act of Congress, the exclusive regulatory domain of the Federal Aviation Administration, states have been very active in recent years on the issue of unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), more commonly known...
For its primary election last Tuesday, Maryland rolled out new voting machines that scan paper ballots cast by voters. The switch from electronic machines that didn’t leave a paper trail to the new scanning technology was a decade in coming and...
TN Gov Allows SB 2376 TENNESSEE Gov. Bill Haslam (R) allows SB 2376 , which allows full-time faculty, staff and other public college and university employees who have handgun-carry permits to carry their guns on campus as long as they notify the local...
On a bipartisan, 19-0 vote last week, the California Assembly’s Governmental Organization Committee approved a bill sponsored by that committee’s chairman, Assemblyman Adam Gray (D), that would legalize Internet poker in the state. In...