April 6, 2022 Medicaid: Unwinding From the Public Health Emergency As they anticipate an end to the federal COVID public health emergency, states are planning for a halt to enhanced Medicaid funding that could affect their budgets and potentially lead to millions of people losing health coverage. State Legislatures News, Policy, Health State Legislatures News
April 6, 2022 Legislative Preview: Affordability, Free Speech Among Trends in Higher Education The pandemic has yielded mixed realities for higher education. State budgets have largely recovered from COVID’s early economic shocks, and higher education appears likely to receive strong levels of fiscal support in the next year. State Legislatures News, Education State Legislatures News
April 5, 2022 Contracting Can Boost Access to Early Care and Learning Programs Low-income communities were disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic—particularly families who faced job losses, lacked remote work options or lost child care arrangements. In fact, low-income households with young children were... State Legislatures News, Research, Education State Legislatures News
April 4, 2022 Across the Aisle | Pickleball Draws Political Players From Both Sides of the Net Washington Sen. John Lovick at the nation’s first pickleball court on Bainbridge Island for the March 28 signing of his bill making the wildly popular paddle game the state’s official sport. State Legislatures News, News to Use, Across the Aisle State Legislatures News
April 4, 2022 The Canvass | April 2022 This month's edition of NCSL's election administration newsletter addresses how legislators can talk to their constituents about elections and how they can fight misinformation and disinformation. The Canvass
April 4, 2022 NCSL Survey: Pandemic Accelerated Legislative IT The COVID-19 pandemic forced legislatures to make extraordinary shifts in the way they operated during 2020 and 2021, and technology was an integral part of those changes in many states. State Legislatures News, Technology and Communication, About State Legislatures State Legislatures News