States Scramble to Follow Medicaid ID Law
Health officials in many states warn that a federal law requiring Medicaid recipients to prove citizenship starting July 1 could lead to long lines, dropped coverage and general confusion for the...
View ArticleIndian Casinos Boom to Tribes and States
States and Native American tribes have increasingly relied on gambling, one of the most popular forms of entertainment in the United States, to generate money for schools and other public services and...
View ArticleReport: 70% of High Schoolers Graduate
About 30 percent of the nation's public school students fail to graduate on time, according to an analysis by the research center of Editorial Projects in Education, which publishes Education Week...
View ArticleStates probe limits of abortion policy(2)
The U.S. Supreme Court looms large in the history of abortion in the United States, but state capitols from the 1800s to now have been the crucibles of America's evolving laws on a woman's right to end...
View ArticleLegislators Help Pets in Disasters
With hurricane season under way and images of Katrina lingering, Louisiana could become the fifth state since spring to enact a law addressing the plight of pets in emergencies. The issue is among a...
View ArticleAccounting Rule Could Bust State Budgets
Just when states found some breathing room after years of belt-tightening, a new accounting rule is about to force them to deal with some $500 billion in future health care costs for retired state...
View ArticleNew State Laws Roll Out July 1
A crop of new state laws takes effect July 1, ushering in the nation's first "car buyer's bill of rights" in California and the country's toughest restrictions on where sex offenders can live in...
View ArticleWill States Require Cancer Vaccine?
A federal panel of scientists recommended Thursday that all 11- and 12-year-old girls get a vaccine that could prevent 70 percent of cervical cancer cases. Now discussion moves to state capitols, where...
View ArticleCycle Safety Is Second-Class
Pro football star Ben Roethlisberger's recent motorcycle accident has intensified the debate about whether motorcyclists, in the name of personal freedom, should have the right to increase their risk...
View ArticleStatehouse Elections 2006: The End of Parity?
In the past 40 years, four elections have produced wild swings in the two major parties' control of state legislatures. In his latest commentary for Stateline.org, William T. Pound, executive director...
View ArticleStates, SEC Work to Protect Elderly Investors
To prepare for the coming retirement boom, state and federal securities regulators are joining forces to protect elderly investors from predatory sales tactics and investment fraud. The new joint...
View ArticleSchool Just a Click Away
The Internet is changing the face of high school as you know it, and today's students don't actually have to step into a classroom anymore to earn their diplomas. Even physical education credits can be...
View ArticleProperty Taxes Emerge as Election Issue
Soaring property tax bills, spurred by skyrocketing home prices, have gotten the attention of state lawmakers this election year. Pennsylvania's new property tax rebates for seniors stirred up some...
View ArticleGovernors Plan Attack on Avian Flu
If avian flu strikes, governors would have a tough time just keeping basic services going. As many as 40 percent of workers might stay home for a period of up to 14 months, and outside help from the...
View ArticleStem-Cell Wars Rage in State Capitols
President Bush's veto of a measure to expand federal funding of embryonic stem cell research leaves a handful of states on the contentious cutting edge of government efforts to boost the fledgling...
View ArticleStates step in to fill feds' role
Statehouses afloat in budget surpluses in 2006 ventured into new projects, from the first-in-the-nation statewide preschool for 3-year-olds in Illinois to a space pad in New Mexico, and also made...
View ArticleStates Collecting DNA from Arrestees
Kansas and New Mexico recently joined five other states and the federal government in allowing law enforcers to take DNA samples from arrestees - before conviction. Lawmakers and police say the...
View ArticleStates Silence Musical Copycats
Platters pretenders and conning Coasters beware -- states are cracking down on copycat musical groups who steal gigs from authentic artists and cheat fans. Five states have laws requiring that...
View ArticleStates, Federal Partner on English Testing
Twenty-four states are being invited to work with the U.S. Department of Education to develop acceptable math and reading tests for students with limited English proficiency.
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