Image by Ryan Stevens We have already gone over how to lobby during a pandemic and succeed at grant writing, but how can you be successful at your grassroots lobbying efforts? The first step is to understand what grassroots lobbying is. Unlike traditional lobbying, grassroots lobbying allows citizens to participate in the government process by [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by WikimediaImages & Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay The U.S. House of Representatives has 435 seats across all 50 states. The number of seats each state has is determined by the Census, which occurs every 10 years and the results of which have just been released by the U.S. Census Bureau. Every state [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by David Mark & Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay The sale of electric bicycles—or e-bikes—is expected to grow from 3.7 million in 2019 to 17 million by 2030, with potentially 10 million e-bikes sold by 2024. As with any emerging technology and devices (see our UAV legislation article), government regulation has not been [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by seagul and Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Renewable portfolio standards (RPSs) are regulatory mandates to increase the production of energy from renewable sources such as wind, solar, biomass and other alternatives to fossil and nuclear electric generation. States have been actively making changes to their RPSs through renewable energy legislation. Generally, [...]
Digital Collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by David Mark, OpenClipart-Vectors, & Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The COVID-19 pandemic brought about unprecedented actions by state governments across the country. Governors across the U.S. issued a myriad of executive orders and declarations in response to the pandemic, including new restrictions related to COVID-19. Such actions have brought criticism from [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by David Mark &. Patrick Pascal Schauß from Pixabay The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES Act) included emergency funds made available to governors for emergency education relief. The CARES Act created the Governors Emergency Education Fund (GEER Fund), dispensing about $3 billion to state governments to address emergency [...]
Digital image by Ryan Stevens; image sources by RitaE and OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay States and municipalities across the country are banning plastic bags in force. In most of the United States, single-use plastic bags cannot be economically recycled. Because of this, bag use prohibition can mitigate harmful environmental impacts on states and municipalities and relieve pressure on [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by torstensimon from Pixabay With more and more people getting vaccinated for the coronavirus every day, questions arise over whether COVID vaccines should be required. Some lawmakers already looked at mandating flu vaccines in the fall and winter, but what will a post-COVID world look like with mandatory COVID vaccines? [...]
Digital image by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Alexandra_Koch and cytis from Pixabay Before the pandemic changed the way lobbying and government affairs operate, fly-ins took a lot of work and effort to plan. With the shutdown of Congress and most state capitols last year, many organizations were forced to cancel 2020 fly-ins. However, legislatures have not [...]
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