Less than a week after taking office, Kansas Governor Jeff Colyer signed an executive order stipulating all state employees within the executive branch must receive annual sexual harassment training. “It is incumbent upon us, the leaders of this state to attack this issue head on,” Colyer said after he signed the order on Monday. “We now [...]
Primary Election: August 8th, 2018 General Election: November 6th, 2018 Governor Walker on the Campaign Trail Republican Scott Walker will seek a third term as Wisconsin Governor in the 2018 election. This is Walker’s fourth statewide election in eight years (a recall election occurred in 2012, but was unsuccessful). Walker was first elected in 2010 as [...]
Arkansas Primary Election: May 22, 2018 General Election: November 6, 2018 Incumbent Republican Governor Asa Hutchinson will seek a second term in office during the 2018 election. Prior to his election as governor in 2014, Hutchinson previously served as a U.S. Attorney, Member of Congress, and Drug Enforcement Agency Administrator under President George W. Bush. Hutchinson now [...]
Texas Primary Election: March 6th, 2018 General Election: November 6th, 2018 Voters in the Lone Star state will have many decisions to make in 2018: a U.S. Senate seat, 36 U.S. House seats, executive row positions, and the governor’s seat are all up for grabs. Republican Governor Greg Abbott is running for a second term [...]
In less than a year, voters in 36 states will decide on their respective governors during the 2018 midterm elections. Many of these contests have already become competitive with a host of Republican and Democratic nominees announcing their candidacy. This month, we’re looking at races and key players out west in Arizona, California, Idaho, Nevada, New [...]
With the help of mobile applications, the sharing economy has reshaped the experience of both the consumer and the operator in a variety of industries. This disruption is most evident in the hotel and lodging industry where Airbnb has emerged as a chief competitor to traditional hotels. As a result, city and state governments have [...]
Virginia Democrat Ralph Northam defeated Republican Ed Gillespie with 53.9% of the vote to win the Virginia Governor’s seat Tuesday night. The Virginia race remained tight until Election Day. Several polls showed Gillespie and the Lieutenant Governor tied or within the margin of error days before the election. Northam led in a RealClearPolitics poll by six points [...]
New York City’s cost of living is 120 percent higher than the rest of the country. With 8.3 million people and an average home price of $501,000 (average home price in the United States is roughly $181,000), prices have begun to push city dwellers from Brooklyn and Manhattan into less-expensive areas that remain within close [...]
In 2015 a New Orleans home fire killed three children, a mother, and a grandmother. Because the family did not have a smoke detector, the New Orleans fire department wanted to create a program to accurately identify vulnerable neighborhoods with homes that may not have the devices. With the help of a New York-based tech [...]
Peer-to-peer mobile payment application Venmo reported $8 billion in transactions for the second quarter of 2017, doubling its 2016 second quarter numbers. With this trajectory, analysts believe Venmo could process nearly $85 billion in transitions by 2019. Whether it is sending money to a roommate for rent or paying a friend for a night out, [...]
Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.
© All rights reserved. • Duane Morris Government Strategies
Stay In Touch