Steve Barnett with the National Institute for Early Education Research will highlight the key findings from the annual State Preschool Yearbook during NCSL's webinar, State Preschool Programs: Annual National Institute for Early Education Research Update, Thursday at 2 p.m. ET.

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Her love of American history led Christie Getto Young to Boston for graduate school. After earning her master’s degree in social work, she joined the legislature’s Joint Committee on Human Services, where the research analyst discovered an affinity for policy work.

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DID YOU KNOW: According to recent data, 8.6 million children were estimated to be eligible for child care subsidies through the federal Child Care and Development Fund program, but about 1.5 million children received them. NCSL provides information and resources on child care subsidy and quality policy options.

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Issues ranging from Real ID to food waste, pipelines, energy markets, water resource planning and more were topics of NCSL’s Natural Resources and Infrastructure Committee's annual Spring Webinar Series.

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The practice of a provider billing a patient for the difference between what they received in reimbursement from an insurance carrier and what they actually charge for their services is known as balance billing, or a surprise bill, and it’s not uncommon.

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In December 2015, the Wyoming Capitol was closed to begin a three-year renovation project. The last major renovation at the Capitol in Cheyenne was in 1917 when wings were constructed to hold the current legislative chambers.

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In this case the U.S. Supreme Court reversed an Arkansas Supreme Court judgment that an Arkansas statute, which allows only the biological mother of a child born to a same-sex married couple to be listed on the birth certificate, is constitutional.

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As the clock ticked towards midnight on Friday, June 30, several state legislatures were scrambling to reach a final budget agreement for the new fiscal year.

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In McWilliams v. Dunn the Supreme Court disagreed 5-4 with a lower court’s determination that a capital defendant received all the mental health expert assistance the Constitution requires.

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