Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; images sourced by Hermann Traub & Thanks for your Like • donations welcome from Pixabay In the year 2021, many states passed new school choice legislation or legislation expanding existing school choice programs. School choice comes in many different forms across the country. However, almost every state has some system that allows families [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by gepharts3d from Pixabay On April 23, Governor Ron DeSantis announced a gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe of Florida. The historic compact is to last 30 years. Florida’s 2021 legislative session ended in April. However, House and Senate leaders called lawmakers back for a special legislative session [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Tumisu & Gerd Altmann from Pixabay According to a recent Pew report, at least 1/4 of nongovernmental, nonagricultural, full-time U.S. workers do not have access to an employer-sponsored retirement plan. The report also found that fewer than 15% of U.S. households contribute to an individual retirement account (IRA). State lawmakers [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Tumisu & Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay The Pennsylvania 2021 primary election results are in! The Keystone State held its primary election on Tuesday, May 18. Races on the ballot this year ranged from ballot questions to statewide judicial candidates to special elections to local races such as school board, mayor, [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Andreas Breitling & amberzen from Pixabay Last year, DMGS covered ranked choice voting and the states that either use the voting system or were looking to implement it via ranked choice voting legislation, or RCV legislation. Almost every state uses the same first-past-the-post voting system. In this winner-take-all method, voters can [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by Roland Mey from Pixabay Recent years have seen a rise in the use of electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, for vaping. E-cigarettes come in many different shapes and sizes. They produce an aerosol by heating a liquid that typically includes nicotine, flavors, and other chemicals to make the aerosol. With [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by M. Maggs & isuru prabath from Pixabay In February, DMGS covered states that could advance medical marijuana legislation in 2021. DMGS also covered ballot referendums in the November elections where voters in five states approved legalizing recreational or medical marijuana. With Mississippi and South Dakota voters approving medical marijuana legalization [...]
Digital image by Ryan Stevens; image source by Julien Tromeur from Pixabay Autonomous vehicles have automated driving systems that allow for self-driving, with little or no human input. While fully automated vehicles are not readily available at this point, lawmakers are already taking action with a myriad of autonomous vehicle legislation. As we have seen with E-Bikes, drones, [...]
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by PublicDomainPictures, Clker-Free-Vector-Images, & A life without animals is not worth living from Pixabay According to the NHTSA, speeding killed 9,378 people in the United States in 2018. Speeding was a contributing factor in 26% of all traffic fatalities in the same year. States and municipalities have increasingly looked at [...]
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 [...]
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