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Entries for October 2017

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NCSL's StateVote 2017 Tracking Nation's Ballot Boxes

Have you heard? Nov. 7 is an Election Day. While it won’t be huge from the national perspective, the day matters a lot to the voters in 10 states that have statewide races or ballot measures to decide.

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Category: Elections
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Clean Power Plan to be Repealed

For a while it seemed certain the U.S. Supreme Court would rule on the legality of the Clean Power Plan (CPP). With new regulations proposed to rescind the CPP, Supreme Court review seems less and less likely. 

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What's New From Children and Families - October 2017

DID YOU KNOW: NCSL’s Children and Families Program convened its third annual Human Services Chairs Meeting in Nashville, Tenn., Oct. 2-4? For more about the programming and resources, visit our webpage.

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Delaware Rolls to an Idaho  Stop

Delaware became the second state to enable bicyclists to yield, not stop, at stop signs, when Governor John Carney signed House Bill 185 into law.

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Nissan, Tennessee, Team Up For Technology Job Training

State legislative staff saw a public-private partnership in action during a site visit offered as part of the Legislative Education Staff Network Fall Seminar Oct. 2-4 in Nashville.

 

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Senator Sally Doty - Women Making a Difference in Politics Award

Running for political office was always on Mississippi Senator Sally Doty’s to-do list.

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Collaboration, Wisdom-Sharing Highlight Southeastern Women's Leadership Seminar

Twenty women legislators from 14 primarily southern states convened in Winston-Salem, N.C. for leadership training, advice sharing and discussions about economic development.

Twenty women legislators from 14 primarily southern states convened in Winston-Salem, N.C. for leadership training, advice sharing and discussions about economic development.

 

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Lead in the Water: Policy Options to Replacing Lead Service Line

Ever since Flint, Mich., discovered lead in the town’s water supplies, communities across the U.S. have begun developing strategies to combat lead in water.

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NCSL’s Early Learning Fellows Convene for Second Face-to-Face Meeting

Last month, 25 legislators and two legislative staff representing 14 states and the District of Columbia traveled to the Mile High City of Denver to participate in the second of two face-to-face meetings as part of their yearlong participation in NCSL’s Early Learning Fellows Program.

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Census Consensus: Pressure Rises From All Sides to Adequately Fund 2020 Census

The 2020 census is in trouble.

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Category: Census
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