2023 Update: Automatic Voter Registration Legislation and Executive Action
Photo credit: iStock.com/abdoudz In 2022, DMGS reviewed automatic voter registration (AVR), which allows eligible individuals to become automatically registered to vote when interacting with certain government agencies, such as the state agency overseeing motor vehicles. [...]
December 10th DMGS State Capital Weekly Recap: Automated Speed Enforcement, Redistricting, Ghost Guns, Abortion, & More
Digital image by Ryan Stevens; image source by 12019 from Pixabay It may be the holiday season, but lawmakers around the country were certainly busy this week. Notably, a few states saw the introduction of [...]
State-Level Opportunity Zone Legislation
Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by 12019 from Pixabay Did you know there are 8,764 Opportunity Zones in the United States? Opportunity Zones are economically distressed communities. New investments in Opportunity Zones may [...]
2022 Election Preview: Gubernatorial Elections
Image courtesy 12019 from Pixabay With the 2021 elections now in the rearview mirror, many are already fixated on various races in 2022, especially gubernatorial races. While two states, Virginia and New Jersey, held their [...]
Halloween 2022: Legislative Updates
Photo credit: iStock.com/winyuu Despite having been widely observed in the United States since at least the 19th century, state legislatures are continuing to make tweaks to laws affecting Halloween, celebrated every year on October 31. [...]
Mattress Recycling Programs
Photo credit: iStock.com/egdigital Over 18 million mattresses are thrown away in the United States each year, and over 50,000 mattresses entering landfills daily. Additionally, almost 17 million mattresses are sold each year in the U.S. [...]
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