Photo credit: iStock.com/Scharfsinn86 On February 15, 2023, New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) signed numerous executive orders (EOs) to advance clean energy and zero-emission vehicles, as well as beginning the stakeholder process that sets the [...]

This week, lawmakers around the country continued to legislate on various issues ranging from reinstating voting rights for felons to liquor law changes, automated speed enforcement, firearm restrictions, gender-affirming care, and more. Alabama Alabama’s [...]

This week, lawmakers and governors around the country were busy with a flurry of activity across the spectrum. Issues facing the states this week included capitol punishment, gun control, gender-affirming care, universal pre-K, property tax [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/syahrir maulana Flood events totaled over $3 billion in damages in 2021. That same year, flooding caused 146 deaths, the second-highest flood-related deaths since 1995. In response, several states have introduced legislation to [...]

This week, several states, such as Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, and Oklahoma, have given approval to varying tax relief measures. Additionally, different states have moved forward with bills to limit or obstruct the provisioning of [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/ChrisBoswell New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D) delivered the 2023 New Jersey State of the State address on January 10, 2023, to the New Jersey General Assembly. Murphy began the speech by discussing [...]

This past week, several states (Montana, Utah, Wyoming) introduced or advanced legislation to ban the provisioning of gender-affirming care for transgender youth. Republican legislators in states including Arkansas, Kansas, North Carolina and West Virginia have [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/PinkBadger In June 2022, DMGS discussed the progression of state broadband infrastructure projects stemming from President Biden’s Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Education, health care, and workplaces increasingly rely on Internet connectivity, [...]

Governors continued to lay out their legislative priorities and budget proposals this week as their legislatures continue to lay down the groundwork for 2023. Notably, the Delaware's governor called for teacher raises, Florida's governor called [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/ChrisDoDutch At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, many schools shifted to virtual learning for their students. While in-person instruction is back, with the ability to use virtual learning, some argue that schools [...]