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 [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/tumsasedgars While several states, like Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Jersey, New York, and others, do not have any deadline for bill introductions or filings, some states do. Below is a list of [...]

This week, states legislatures around the country convened to begin or continue their respective legislative sessions. Additionally, numerous governors were sworn in to their new terms, and others delivered their State of the State addresses, [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/designer491 A statute of limitations is a law that requires a plaintiff to bring a lawsuit within a statutory time frame after an event. A court cannot hear the claim if a [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Olga Novikova With 2023 legislative sessions beginning in various states across the country, lawmakers are looking at the issue of cannabis and introducing legislation to legalize it. In the 2022 elections, voters in [...]

In the first week of 2023, state capitals around the country have already seen a flurry of activity. Governors have begun to take office and set their policy agendas, state legislatures are convening and electing [...]

With the holiday season now in the rearview mirror, state lawmakers and governors across the country are busy preparing for the upcoming legislative sessions. We are beginning to see and hear which topics may dominate [...]