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 [...]
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 [...]
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