GCN

APRIL 29, 2024

State lawmakers—many of whom are women—are establishing new committees to study and investigate investigating pregnancy-related deaths, their causes and prevention.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Senators Mark Warner (D-VA) and Mike Crapo (R-ID) are pushing to attach a new piece of legislation to […] Source

Legislation 59

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GCN

JANUARY 19, 2024

COMMENTARY | Researchers want real-world impact. Lawmakers want programs that work. The public wants to benefit from taxpayer-funded research. Building a bridge from academia to legislatures is key to all three.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

AUGUST 1, 2023

Extreme heat events have emerged as a pressing threat to our communities, with devastating consequences on public health, local infrastructure and vulnerable populations. It’s a problem facing cities of all sizes from coast to coast. This summer, Phoenix, Arizona, hit 31 straight days of highs reaching 110 degrees.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

JULY 14, 2023

The SUPPORT Act, signed into law in 2018, aimed to tackle the opioid crisis by expanding on the previous work done through the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) and the 21st Century Cures Act.

Legislation 98

Legislation 2018 Public Health Laws 98

NLC (National League of Cities)

JULY 20, 2023

Congress created the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) in 1968 to make affordable flood insurance available to homeowners, renters, and business owners.

Legislation 98

Legislation Management 98

GCN

JANUARY 3, 2024

As state legislatures across the country prepare for the new session, Washington state Sen. Karen Keiser offers newly elected lawmakers advice in a new book that looks back on a 25-year career.

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The City Fix

AUGUST 3, 2022

Electric school buses are experiencing rapid growth in the United States, with a nearly 10-fold increase in commitments by school districts and fleet operators in the past year. Thirty-eight states have now committed to procure more than 12,000 electric school buses.

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Disaster Zone blog

OCTOBER 4, 2023

Check out the benefits of working with elected officials.

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Center for Community Progress

JUNE 6, 2022

However, to fully understand how this legislation came to pass, and why it is helpful contextually to review the history of land banking and tax foreclosure in Ohio. In the 1970s, Ohio had passed what can be viewed as traditional land bank legislation, which authorized municipalities, counties, and townships to create land banks.

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GCN

JUNE 27, 2023

Lawmakers propose to extend federal authority to mitigate the threat posed by unmanned aircraft systems, while also providing state and local law enforcement with enhanced counter-detection capabilities.

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Legislation Laws Public Safety 75

Disaster Zone blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

The clock is ticking on getting a temporary budget bill passed

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Partnership for Public Service

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Among other things, the session focused on OMB’s continued focus on ERM and how OMB expects agencies to use ERM to help successfully implement legislation such as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act —a topic outlined in recent OMB memorandum M-22-12. Employ a top-down and bottom-up approach.

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GCN

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If passed, the three bills would suspend businesses' ability to operate, collect sales tax or use their liquor licenses unless employers resolve wage theft claims within 15 days.

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GCN

MARCH 22, 2024

COMMENTARY | Citizen-led ballot measures have been used in various states to expand Medicaid, preserve abortion rights and raise minimum wages, but over the past five years, lawmakers have increasingly made it harder to get these initiatives and referendums on the ballot.

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GCN

MARCH 15, 2024

Counties are pushing for Congress to pass legislation that will require calls be routed based on location. Wireless carriers are already working with the federal government to start doing that.

Legislation 120

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NLC (National League of Cities)

MARCH 22, 2024

By Amanda Karras, Executive Director, International Municipal Lawyers Association, and Stephanie Martinez-Ruckman, Legislative Director, Human Development, National League of Cities On March 15th, in Lindke v.

Social Media 119

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GCN

APRIL 5, 2024

Adam Schiff and Jimmy Gomez cosponsored legislation that would direct the Housing and Urban Development Secretary to help refashion certain federal, state and local government properties into affordable residential rental projects. California Reps.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Last month, New Mexico’s Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) did something that that possibly no other legislative committee in the U.S. New Mexico’s LFC adapted PerformanceStat to a legislative setting, dubbing it “LegisSTAT.” has done to date: It launched a “PerformanceStat” initiative.

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GCN

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

The Garden State is the 13th to adopt a comprehensive data privacy framework, with more to go into effect this year and others set to follow with similar legislation.

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Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

OCTOBER 10, 2021

New Mexico state government is a leader in the use of evidence, lead by its Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) that has been a catalyst for evidence-based budgeting , including through its participation in the Pew MacArthur Results First Initiative.

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GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

As technologies change, businesses have been able to collect more personal data about consumers. But consumers may not know how their information is being used and shared. For example, individuals’ social security numbers, zip codes, ages, and.

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NLC (National League of Cities)

APRIL 2, 2024

A Best-Case Scenario For local governments, passing all twelve bills through two legislative packages was […] Source

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GCN

MARCH 7, 2024

Public health experts warn that anti-fluoridation legislation is buoyed by misinformation and junk science.

Legislation 108

Legislation Public Health Management 108

Disaster Zone blog

AUGUST 3, 2023

This is a good government piece of legislation.

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Legislation Government 188

Center for Community Progress

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. CP: You played a key role in advocating for West Virginia’s land bank-enabling legislation. In doing so, they ensured these efforts to pass land banking enabling legislation were not wasted.

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GCN

MARCH 18, 2024

Several states are considering or have already enacted legislation undoing more progressive policies.

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GCN

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

State legislators, many already grappling with shortfalls, are looking for solutions. COVID-19 left a lasting mark on a few sectors, with schools, public transit and child care providers facing fiscal cliffs as federal funding dries up.

Legislation 100

Legislation 100

GCN

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Michigan lawmakers are considering legislation that would shift some land-use authorities to the state to streamline renewable energy developments. But local governments and residents fear their voices will get left behind in the race to build green infrastructure.

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State Tech Magazine

MAY 23, 2023

New Jersey governor Phil Murphy recently signed legislation that requires state public agencies to report cyber incidents to the state within 72 hours. Virginia, for instance, passed similar legislation last year. New Jersey joins a number of other states that have taken such a step in recent years.

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GCN

JANUARY 18, 2024

In Washington and other states, independent redistricting commissions have fallen prey to partisanship, just like the legislative bodies they were meant to replace.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2024

The paper also analyzes good cause legislation in other cities and states to help policymakers consider how to balance anticipated tradeoffs. In 2023, Albany lawmakers failed to pass any significant legislation that could have addressed the city’s affordability problems, with a good cause bill at the center of the legislative stalemate.

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GCN

APRIL 13, 2023

The mandate they approved in 2021 will force counties to replace their election machines at a cost of more than $100 million — and to keep replacing them. One Senate bill to address the problem is moving ahead.

Legislation 52

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NLC (National League of Cities)

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

If Congress does not pass legislation to fund the federal government past midnight on September 30, it will trigger a federal shutdown. At this point, a federal government shutdown appears imminent. A government shutdown would adversely affect many of America’s 19,000 cities, towns and villages.

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GovLoop

APRIL 29, 2024

Recognizing that legislators and executive leaders have little appetite for sweeping modernization plans, many agencies are opting for a more targeted approach, focusing on initiatives that deliver tangible benefits. 2 – CAPTURING MORE REVENUE Legislators often question what return on investment modernization projects will deliver.

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Next City

AUGUST 16, 2021

Helpr, one of the fastest-growing apps offering backup child care, is behind new California legislation that would require big employers to give their workers subsidized backup care.

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Legislation 130

GCN

APRIL 4, 2023

Utah recently approved legislation designed to restrict minors’ use of the platforms, but critics say the effort is unworkable and could leave personal information vulnerable to hackers.

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