Photo credit: iStock.com/Stefan Dinse Many states are considering improving power system resiliency to reduce electrical outages. Several state legislatures are discussing offshore wind energy as a new way of increasing energy sector jobs while simultaneously building a more resilient, reliable domestic energy system. Currently, wind energy makes up only 9.2% of the United States’ total [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/gorodenkoff Since the 1990s, states have offered incentives to lure production companies from other states into their own. In 2020, the U.S. film entertainment revenue amounted to nearly $26 billion. Although in the midst of a global pandemic at the time, the film industry is still among the most lucrative forms of business [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/christiannafzger Roughly forty states have part-time legislatures—the legislative branch only meets for brief periods throughout the year. Usually, these legislatures meet for several months before adjourning. However, in many states, the governor may convene them in a special session at any time throughout the year. Recently, several states have convened 2022 special sessions [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/현경_윤 Between 2018 and 2019, around 24 million students used a bus to get to school. The Environmental Protection agency has aimed to significantly reduce carbon emissions by promoting switching from diesel fuel to electric school buses. An example of this is S.506, the Clean School Bus Act, introduced by Senator Catherine Cortez [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/vejaa Food assistance programs across the country are receiving more funding from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) due to the aftershock effects of the pandemic. As part of the “Build Back Better” initiative, the USDA announced a $500 million investment in local food purchase assistance programs to improve food and agriculture [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Jikaboom In the United States, while employees may not be compelled to join a union, 23 states permit employers to enter into agreements with unions that distribute the costs of collective bargaining to all employees—whether union members or not. In the other 27 states, right-to-work laws prohibit such agreements between employers and unions [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/JillianCain In August 2022, over 10 million Americans were on high alert for flooding after record-setting rainfall in states including Arizona, California, Mississippi, Missouri, New Mexico, and Texas. Flooding has been described as the “number one natural peril” in the United States and, between 1988 and 2017, accounted for an estimated $199B [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/mohd izzuan The high fluctuations within the housing market have recently encouraged buyers and renters to rethink their moving plans. Many depending on affordable housing units have experienced the trickledown effect of this fluctuation. With constricting housing options and rising housing prices, citizens are relying on legislation to support their ability to afford [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Tharakorn Lawmakers have paid increasing attention to mental health in recent years. On October 17, 2020, S.2661 became law, requiring the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to designate the telephone number 9-8-8 as the universal national suicide prevention hotline. This change went into effect in the United States on July 16, 2022. This monumental [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/diane39 As students return to classrooms across the country, 62% of public schools have expressed concerns regarding teacher and staff vacancies, with 88% concerned about burning out teachers and staff. The number of American public school teachers has steadily decreased in recent years; the Bureau of Labor Statistics documented 567,000 fewer educators than [...]
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