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    • LexisNexis® Business Insight Solutions Blog
    • 08-09-2016 | 11:10 AM
    • Author: Kari Abitbol
    Kari Abitbol
    3 Expectations Digital Natives Bring to Academic Research

    As students descend on campuses across the country in the coming weeks, the vast majority will be Millennials. With a high school graduation rate of 72 percent and a college enrollment rate of 68 percent it’s safe to say that Millennials are on...

    • LexisNexis® Business Insight Solutions Blog
    • 08-10-2016 | 13:00 PM
    • Author: Ulyana Androsova
    Ulyana Androsova
    Could Sport Sponsorship Put Your Brand at Risk?

    The Games in Rio will dominate global headlines until they end on August 21. Unsurprisingly, major brands hope to bask in the reflected glory of this sporting spectacle by paying to associate their logos with venues and athletes to raise visibility on...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 12:56 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Is Government Keeping Up With Technology?

    Legislation and regulations have been coming thick and fast on a host of technological issues in the headlines in recent years, including ride-hailing, short-term home rentals, drones and daily fantasy sports betting. But how well is government doing...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 13:00 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Most States Allow Transportation Network Companies

    Thirty-seven states have passed laws regulating transportation network companies (TNCs), according to the R Street Institute and LexisNexis State Net’s legislative tracking database. The most recent addition to that group is Delaware, where Gov...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 13:05 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    States Vie For Assets Of Wealthiest Americans

    A handful of states, including Nevada, Delaware and New Hampshire, are competing to be the onshore haven of choice for the wealth of the nation’s top 1 percent. New Hampshire has passed almost a dozen laws over the past decade aimed at making...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 12:05 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Cities, States Refusing To Spend On Infrastructure

    With current interest rates making borrowing cheaper than ever, it’s never been a better time for state and local governments to invest in infrastructure. But government bond issues are at their lowest level in decades. The $140 billion in municipal...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 11:06 AM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Value Of $1 Relative In States

    The value of a dollar varies by 30 percent between some states, according to the Regional Price Parities (RPPs) - measures of how much the price of goods and services in states and metropolitan areas differs from the national average in a given year ...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 10:08 AM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Budgets In Brief - August 15 2016

    Leaner Sales Tax Holiday Season This Year Seventeen states are holding annual “back to school” sales tax holidays this year, but many of them are scaling back those events to reduce the revenue hit. FLORIDA is cutting the length of its...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 13:12 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    CA Voters To Reconsider Bilingual Education

    In 1998 California voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition 227, mandating that English learners in the state be taught only in English rather than in bilingual programs in which instruction is provided mainly in students’ native language until...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 12:12 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    ‘Buy And Dry’ Diverting Water From Farms To Cities in West

    An unusual public auction was held recently at the Larimer County Fairgrounds in Loveland, Colorado. Up for bid was about 400 acres of farmland located near Denver. But the real draw was the hundreds of units of Colorado Big Thompson water - part of a...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 11:10 AM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Politics In Brief - August 15 2016

    Judge Approves Watered Down TX Voter ID Law U.S. District Judge Nelva Gonzales Ramos approved a plan last week eliminating the mandatory requirement for TEXAS voters to present an ID before casting a ballot in the November election. The change, necessitated...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 13:18 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Brown Pauses Grid Effort

    California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) has put off his effort to merge the Golden State’s electric grid with those of five other Western States. Brown sent a letter last week to lawmakers and governors saying there are still too many questions about how...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 12:18 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Baker Signs Major Economic Development Bill

    Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed legislation last week that promises up to $1 billion in new investments in communities, workforce training, and innovation across the Bay State. The legislation ( HB 4565 ) also implements a number of elements...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 11:19 AM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Governors In Brief - August 15 2016

    Court Rejects Blago Bid U.S. District Judge James Zagel rejected a request from former ILLINOIS Gov. Rod Blagojevich (D) to release him from a COLORADO prison, instead reinstating his 14-year sentence on his 2011 conviction on numerous corruption charges...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 13:22 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Business - August 15 2016

    Business In NJ The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rules that a 2014 NEW JERSEY law allowing sports betting at casinos and racetracks violated the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act, a 1992 federal law prohibiting the practice in all...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 12:22 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Crime & Punishment - August 15 2016

    ALASKA Gov. Bill Walker (I) signs HB 126 , a bill that updates the Alaska National Guard’s Code of Military Justice for the first time in over five decades. The new Code sets regulations for holding soldiers accountable for misconduct in situations...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 11:24 AM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Energy - August 15 2016

    MASSACHUSETTS Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signs HB 4568 , a wide ranging energy bill that, among several things, directs utilities to procure 1,600 megawatts of offshore wind, 1,200 megawatts of hydroelectric power from sources outside the Bay State, promotes...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 10:25 AM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Health & Science - August 15 2016

    The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency rejects requests from medical cannabis supporters to end marijuana’s classification as a Schedule I controlled substance on par with drugs like heroin and cocaine. The agency cited the Food and Drug Administration’s...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 13:28 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Maybe He Should Have Run This Year

    If you think a certain unnamed presidential candidate is a little impolitic, you ain’t seen nothin’ yet. As the Philadelphia Inquirer reports , former Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling posted on his Facebook page that he is planning to run for...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 12:28 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Road Enraged

    If, like many of us, you don’t really function well without at least one and probably two large cups of coffee in the morning – one at breakfast and one more in the car on the way in to the office – then you may want to steer clear of...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-12-2016 | 11:29 AM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Dumpster Fire? No, Dumpster Pool!

    Most folks don’t associate dumpster diving with anything good, but then Philadelphia is a world all its own. As ClickOnDetroit.com reports , Philly city officials are asking residents not to swim in dumpsters some industrious folks have turned into...

    • LexisNexis® Business Insight Solutions Blog
    • 08-15-2016 | 14:42 PM
    • Author: Megan Burnside
    Megan Burnside
    Reputation Management in a Media Circus

    “Without promotion, something terrible happens… nothing!” Sounds like a quote any brand might ascribe to these days, right? Actually, those words come from one of the most brilliant promotors of the 19 th century and founder of the...

    • LexisNexis® Business Insight Solutions Blog
    • 08-16-2016 | 15:19 PM
    • Author: Janelle Coates
    Janelle Coates
    3 Lessons Today’s Information Professionals Can Learn from Woodstock

    Forty-seven years ago, a farmer opened his fields for a festival celebrating three days of peace and music—the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. More than 30 musical acts performed, including Richie Havens, the Grateful Dead, the Who, Janis Joplin,...

    • LexisNexis® Business Insight Solutions Blog
    • 08-19-2016 | 10:13 AM
    • Author: Ulyana Androsova
    Ulyana Androsova
    How to Keep Up with Risk Monitoring in a Media-Rich World

    When you head home after a full day of analyzing search engine alerts, do you feel like you’ve effectively corralled potential risks or spent a frustrating day herding cats? The right tools and content sources can make all the difference—not...

    • State Net | Capitol Journal
    • 08-19-2016 | 13:36 PM
    • Author: Mary Peck
    Mary Peck
    Warnings From The Golden State

    Trend-setting California has issued national wakeup calls about the shaky state of public pensions and the soaring costs of health insurance for those covered under the Affordable Care Act. CalPERS, the nation’s largest pension fund for state...

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