Photo credit: iStock.com/yevtony Last week, the National Governors Association (NGA) elected Utah Governor Spencer Cox (R) as its new Chair and Colorado Governor Jared Polis (D) as NGA Vice Chair. Cox succeeds New Jersey Governor [...]
It may be the middle of the summer, but that didn't stop a plethora of legislative and executive action from taking place this week. Some states continued to work on, or finalize, their respective budgets, [...]
Lawmakers and governors around the country were busy this week, despite the July 4th holiday. Many states finalized or continued to work on their respective state's budget, including Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Ohio. Meanwhile, New Jersey [...]
State lawmakers across the country are now rounding out what many consider to be one of the busiest times of the year, with many state budgets due. In addition, various laws signed by governors throughout [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/designer491 With the ever-rising costs associated with higher education, students and families are taking out more loans than in the past. Many states are creating legislation to protect citizens from potentially exploitive loan [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Cinefootage Visuals In recent years, states have been actively taking measures to reduce their gas emissions. This effort has prompted state lawmakers to introduce bills to promote energy electrification within their jurisdictions. By [...]
It was a busy week in states around the country. Governors and state legislatures worked through state budgets and economic incentives, proposals to address youth mental health were considered, and New York became the [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/artisteer A growing trend among states has been to remove four-year college degree requirements from state job postings. While the requirement for a college degree has long been a standard prerequisite for many [...]
This week, lawmakers and governors around the country were busy on various issues ranging from education savings accounts to automated speed enforcement in work zones, and right-to-repair to bans on investing in ESG firms. Additionally, [...]
Photo Credit: iStock.com/Aleksandr_Kravtsov Thirty-seven states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and Puerto Rico, have legalized cannabis to some degree. While in those 37 states and territories, it may be legal to some degree, the federal [...]
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