COVID and Elective Surgeries
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (CDC) The CDC has released guidance for healthcare systems to “balance the need to provide necessary services while minimizing risk to patients and healthcare...
State Alcohol Laws During COVID-19: Temporary Or Permanent?
Digital Collage by Alana Burman By: Ryan J. Stevens As COVID-19 first swept across the country, states implemented various stay at home orders. As a result, many facets of everyday...
State K-12 Educational Response to COVID-19
States School Closures Nearly all U.S. states, territories, and federal agencies have ordered or recommended that schools remain closed this academic year.[1] Over half of US K-12 students are now...
COVID-19 and Public Transit
Source Photos via Pixabay.com As states reopen and essential workers continue to commute, public transit is adapting in response to COVID-19. Center for Disease Control (CDC) Guidance Buses are a...
How State Legislatures are Changing Operations in the face of COVID-19
Source Images via Pexels.com and Pixabay.com As many individuals and businesses have had their lives upended by COVID-19, state legislatures around the country are no different. The coronavirus is not...
Mental Health and COVID-19 Recovery
Digital Collage by Alana Burman, source images via Pexels.com and Pixabay.com May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and with the public focus on COVID-19 and the pandemic recovery, it seems...
State Mail-in Voting: 2020 and Beyond
Illustration by Alana Burman, source images from Pexels.com By: Ryan J. Stevens As numerous states around the country are delaying their respective primaries due to COVID-19, the issue of mail-in...
COVID-19 and States Reopening
Digital Collage by Alana Burman By the Duane Morris Team With conflicting messages from various sources and different levels of government, states have been taking action to reopen or at...