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Natural Disasters Taking Toll on States

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Resource Planning for Natural Disasters

State legislation enacted or pending in 2017 reflects legislative responses to natural disasters. Appropriations bills fund hazard mitigation, disaster response, and recovery for flooding, wildfires, hurricanes and other events. 

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THE NCSL BLOG

  • Harvey Deluge Swamps State, Federal Resources

    The devastation of Hurricane Harvey comes on top of earlier disasters like wildfires, floods, earthquakes that have stressed federal resources to the limit. FEMA’s disaster relief fund is down to $3.3. billion. Any additional funding will require an appropriation from Congress.

  • SCOTUS Accepts Prisoner's Attorney's Fees Case

    In an unusual move, the U.S. Supreme Court accepted a case during its summer recess. Like much of its docket, this case will affect states and local governments

  • Drilling Into the Options for Oral Health

    Oral health policy is more than filling cavities and a source for bad puns. Many legislators who attended NCSL’s Legislative Summit in Boston this month were surprised to learn that poor oral health can affect everything from annual income to the Army’s ability to deploy troops overseas.

  • Blocking and Banning Followers and Friends By Legislators

    The average state legislature has 58 percent of all members on Facebook and 65 percent of all members on Twitter, according to one source. As public officials, they’ve likely had more than their share of online “trolls” following and friending them. But can they block or ban these individuals from their official or personal accounts?

  • Thursday Webinar: Dual Language Learners

    The final webinar in NCSL's Early Care and Education series will focus on policy options and strategies to effectively serve preschool through third grade students who are still mastering their native language while also learning English.

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Abel Carre'o of Yellowstone Landscaping clears downed branches in the Sienna Plantation community in Missouri City. Early Saturday morning, Hurricane Harvey spawned a tornado believed responsible for damage to as many as 50 homes in the area. Abel Carre'o of Yellowstone Landscaping clears downed branches in the Sienna Plantation community in Missouri City. Early Saturday morning, Hurricane Harvey spawned a tornado believed responsible for damage to as many as 50 homes in the areaAbel Carre'o of Yellowstone Landscaping clears downed branches in the Sienna Plantation community in Missouri City. Early Saturday morning, Hurricane Harvey spawned a tornado believed responsible for damage to as many as 50 homes in the area. Abel Carre'o of Yellowstone Landscaping clears downed branches in the Sienna Plantation community in Missouri City. Early Saturday morning, Hurricane Harvey spawned a tornado believed responsible for damage to as many as 50 homes in the areaAbel Carre'o of Yellowstone Landscaping clears downed branches in the Sienna Plantation community in Missouri City. Early Saturday morning, Hurricane Harvey spawned a tornado believed responsible for damage to as many as 50 homes in the areaAbel Carre'o of Yellowstone Landscaping clears downed branches in the Sienna Plantation community in Missouri City. Early Saturday morning, Hurricane Harvey spawned a tornado believed responsible for damage to as many as 50 homes in the area. Photo: Elizabeth Conley, Houston Chronicle staff.
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Photo of a nuclear power plant

A debate over shoring up struggling nuclear power plants is the top story in the September issue. The magazine also looks at civics knowledge, health care for former inmates, the damage a missing comma can do to legislation and much more.

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