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2016 Legislative Sessions–By the Numbers

2016 Legislative Sessions–By the Numbers

By the end of this week, 36 legislatures will have convened their 2016 regular session.

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Category: Legislators, Public Policy
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SCOTUS to Decide Obama's Immigration Action Case

SCOTUS to Decide Obama's Immigration Action Case

Just when you thought the Supreme Court couldn't pack any more action into this term, now it's being nudged further into history-making territory with the decision to rule on whether President Obama's deferred action immigration program violates federal law or is unconstitutional.

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Category: Public Policy, U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration
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Letterman’s Top 10 List Lives On Through NTSB

Letterman’s Top 10 List Lives On Through NTSB

Last week, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) released its annual “Most Wanted List” of the top 10 safety improvements needed in 2016

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Category: NCSL, Public Policy, Transportation
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Wanted: Governor, Experience Preferred

Wanted: Governor, Experience Preferred

Does state legislative experience matter for governors?

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Category: Public Policy, Elections, Magazine
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Blood Alcohol Testing: No Consent, No Warrant, No Crime?

Blood Alcohol Testing: No Consent, No Warrant, No Crime?

States have worked tirelessly to tackle the problem of drunken driving. The U.S. Supreme Court may take one option off the table this term.

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Category: Public Policy, U.S. Supreme Court, Civil and Criminal Justice
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Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Mandatory Union Fee Case

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Mandatory Union Fee Case

In Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, the U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether to overrule a nearly 40-year-old precedent requiring public sector employees who don’t join the union to pay their “fair share” of collective bargaining costs. More than 20 states have enacted statutes authorizing fair share.

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Category: Public Policy, U.S. Supreme Court, Labor and employment
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Immigration and the ACA: A SCOTUS Conference to Remember?

Immigration and the ACA: A SCOTUS Conference to Remember?

A challenge to President Obama’s immigration deferral program and (another) challenge that could harpoon the Affordable Care Act could make it on the U.S. Supreme Court’s docket this term and be decided by the end of June.

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Category: Public Policy, U.S. Supreme Court, Immigration
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2015 Kindergarten-3rd grade Education Legislation Review

2015 Kindergarten-3rd grade Education Legislation Review

With several legislative sessions underway across the country, it may be a helpful time to reflect on the numerous bills passed in 2015 regarding kindergarten through third grade education as this field is also experiencing an increase in attention and funding.

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Category: Public Policy, Education, Human services
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NCSL Teams With Public Health Law Network For Water Supplies Disclosure List

NCSL Teams With Public Health Law Network For Water Supplies Disclosure List

NCSL has teamed up with the Public Health Law Network, Eastern Region out of the University of Maryland Carey School of Law to produce a list of state laws related to the disclosure of public water supplies.

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Category: NCSL, Public Policy, Health, Environment and Natural Resources
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Webinar Jan. 12: Clean Power Plan and What States Need to Know

Webinar Jan. 12: Clean Power Plan and What States Need to Know

As we welcome in the New Year, one issue that is sure to get attention in state legislatures across the country in 2016 will be implementation of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Clean Power Plan.

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Category: Energy
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This blog offers updates on the National Conference of State Legislatures' research and training, the latest on federalism and the state legislative institution, and posts about state legislators and legislative staff. The blog is edited by NCSL staff and written primarily by NCSL's experts on public policy and the state legislative institution.