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4 Feb 2010, 3:30 am
At this year’s Super Bowl, taking place in Miami, Florida, Governor Charlie Crist will be announcing plans for a national initiative that would encourage all fifty states to adopt concussion legislation modeled after the Zackery Lystedt Law in Washington State. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 11:55 am
A medical-marijuana bill passed last year but was vetoed by the governor. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 8:12 am
"The State of the State: What wasn't said," is the title of John Wagner's post at the Washington Post Voices blog.No one should have been surprised that Gov. [read post]
3 Feb 2010, 8:07 am
The Olympian reported on Groundhog Day that the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife was investigating the illegal use of body-gripping traps to kill moles on the capitol lawns, including at the governor’s mansion. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 11:25 am
Today in the United States it is also Memorial Day, a day in which we remember those soldiers who have died in service to our country. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 11:25 am
Today in the United States it is also Memorial Day, a day in which we remember those soldiers who have died in service to our country. [read post]
2 Feb 2010, 3:36 am
"Six states and the District of Columbia ban talking on a hand-held device for all drivers, while 19 states and the District of Columbia ban texting while driving, according to the Governors Highway Safety Association.Austin's texting ban went into effect yesterday and the city has posted signs prohibiting cell phone use in school zones. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 9:49 pm
While some US states and the District Columbia have laws banning texting and/or talking on a handheld cell phone, the Highway Loss Data Institute is reporting that these restrictions do not appear to be reducing the number of car crashes in those states. [read post]
1 Feb 2010, 3:05 am
Jan Baran, partner at Wiley Rein in Washington, said at the Georgetown conference that 26 states already have no limits on corporate spending in state campaigns -- and their elections are not that different from those that restrict corporate participation. [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 9:17 pm
The Times notes that Florida Governor Charlie Crist is trying to use the fact that the Super Bowl is being played in his state this week to spur his own legislature on to passing brain injuries legislation. [read post]
31 Jan 2010, 7:16 pm
– Gene Johnson, The Seattle Times, January 26, 2010 Washington state will do more to prevent polluted stormwater from running off state highways into rivers, lakes and Puget Sound. [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 10:49 pm
Study: Distracted driving laws don't stop crashes, Washington Post, January 29, 2010 National Safety Council Estimates that At Least 1.6 Million Crashes are Caused Each Year by Drivers Using Cell Phones and Texting, NSC, January 12, 2010 Related Web Resources: Focus Driven State Cell Phone Driving Laws, Governors Highway Safety Association [read post]
29 Jan 2010, 12:16 am
A 2008 report to Governor David Paterson from the New York State Commission on Property Tax ...See all stories on this topic Levy: State has fallen shortNorthShoreOfLongIsland.com"We really need a tax cap on the state of New York," he said, echoing a proposal by Gov. [read post]
27 Jan 2010, 6:59 am
The Wall Street Journal examines states' responses to last Term's ruling in Caperton v. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 11:19 am
"It's an important first step," said Jonathan Adkins, spokesman for the Governors Highway Safety Association, a coalition of state highway safety directors. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 10:59 am
This may be overreaching by Washington, but one possibility would be to deny federal highway funds to any state that doesn't pass a law banning texting while driving. [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 10:54 am
*In other news that didn't happen, the Washington Post's Charles Lane reports that Martin O'Malley, the Governor of Maryland who "staunchly opposes the death penalty," has not granted, and apparently will not grant, clemency to the 5 men on death row there.Maryland, we learn from the Maryland Manual On-Line, is known to a few as the "Old Line State," a nickname allegedly bestowed on it by George W (that's Washington, not… [read post]
26 Jan 2010, 7:46 am
" at the Washington Post's Post Partisan blog.Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley staunchly opposes the death penalty: Given its flaws -- the lack of deterrent impact, the risk of a wrongful execution, high costs -- capital punishment can be neither morally nor practically justified, he argues. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 11:06 pm
He has served on the Board of Governors of the Academy of Management and the Board of Directors of the Strategic Management Society. [read post]
25 Jan 2010, 5:50 am
[Reuters] * Governor Patterson welcomes over 800 new lawyers to New York with a stand-up routine. [read post]
