Santa Clara County, California and the City of San Francisco last year enacted restrictions on the inclusion of toys, prizes and incentives in certain children’s meals. In response, state legislatures in Arizona and Florida are considering legislation prohibiting local governments in their states from following suit.
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Read more →When “Getting Along with your EPA Regional Official” is a session topic for new state environmental commissioners, you know there is a problem. On March 28, state environmental commissioners will convene in Alexandria, Virginia for the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) Spring Meeting. The meeting, which
Read more →The Council of State Governments announced Monday that it was shifting its annual Spring Meeting (this year’s Growth & Prosperity Summit of the States) from the usual large, in-person conference to an online format. While a dramatic move and, I am sure, disappointing to the senior staff
Read more →In recent statements to the National Governors Association, President Obama indicated that he believes there is an opportunity for flexibility in how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is implemented. For many of the assembled Governors, the offer of flexibility he made was not what
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