Digital image by Ryan Stevens In this week’s State Capital Recap, lawmakers around the country addressed various issues including guaranteed income, medical and recreational marijuana, critical race theory, to-go cocktails, and more. California California lawmakers scheduled a [...]

Digital image by Ryan Stevens; image source by xresch from Pixabay  In June, DMGS covered cryptocurrency legislation and provided the latest updates in Arizona, Florida, Hawaii, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and Texas.  Lawmakers are also noticing the technology behind [...]

Digital image by Ryan Stevens In this week's State Capital Recap, lawmakers around the country addressed various issues including marijuana, mask mandates, special sessions, redistricting, and more. Arizona: Funding to Research Marijuana "Psychosis" On the [...]

DIgital image by Ryan Stevens; image source by Ichigo121212 from Pixabay  Capital punishment—the death penalty—is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for a heinous crime. Currently, 23 states, including the District of Columbia, have abolished [...]

Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Element5 Digital from Pexels & Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay  The New Jersey Primary Elections were held on June 8.  New Jersey and Virginia are the only states to have gubernatorial races this [...]

Digital image by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Josy Dom Alexis & Magnascan from Pixabay  In July 2019, Berkeley, California, became the first city in the United States to ban natural gas connections for new buildings. The ban [...]

Map created by Peter Brath with mapchart.net The Biden administration has publicly announced that it does not intend to implement a vaccine passport system nationally. Nevertheless, many states have taken action on their own to [...]

Digital image by Ryan Stevens; image source by Darwin Laganzon from Pixabay  A cryptocurrency is a digital or virtual currency secured by cryptography and based on blockchain technology.  Blockchain is a decentralized technology spread across a myriad [...]

Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image source by Anastasia Gepp from Pixabay  As the CDC updates its COVID guidance to allow vaccinated people to go maskless, many state legislatures are beginning to scale back or dissolve their [...]

Digital collage by Ryan Stevens; image sources by Tumisu & Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay  The Pennsylvania 2021 primary election results are in! The Keystone State held its primary election on Tuesday, May 18.  Races on the ballot this [...]