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Pennsylvania Perspective for Monday, June 16, 2025

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Gov. Shapiro Urges Moral Clarity After Minnesota Lawmaker’s Assassination - Following the politically motivated killing of Minnesota House Leader Melissa Hortman and the shooting of state Senator John Hoffman, Pennsylvania...more

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Broad Street Brief: FY26 Budget Negotiations Entering HOME Stretch

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FY26 Budget Negotiations Entering HOME Stretch - Thursday marks the final opportunity for the City Council to advance bills—including those tied to Mayor Cherelle Parker’s $6.7 billion proposed budget and Housing...more

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General Assembly of Georgia Legislative Changes Impacting Public Education – 2022

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During the 2022 Regular Session of the General Assembly of Georgia, the Legislature enacted twenty-one bills that impact education. A summary follows: Act 772 (H.B. 1292) prohibits students who participate in 4-H sponsored...more

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Latest Developments from the Connecticut General Assembly: The Education Committee Has Spoken (Part Two: Funding-Related Bills) -...

In our last post, I summarized part of the General Assembly’s Education Committee’s final flurry of approved bills advancing bills out of committee.  In addition to the bills that we have already summarized, here is a brief...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 18 2022

Today’s work, as lawmakers close on the sixth week since the session’s opening, focused on local legislative initiatives in the House while there was more variety of subjects taken up by the Senate. There was also a pause of...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report – Legislative Day 12 2022

The floors of the House and Senate were busy today as legislators quickly got back to work after the three-day weekend. The Senate took up several weighty measures, including SB 338, which would expand Medicaid coverage for...more

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NCGA Week in Review March 2019 #4

North Carolina legislators reconvened on Monday to kick off a full week of committee presentations and floor votes. House lawmakers held several floor votes this week, including an unanimous vote on HB 283: Conner’s Law,...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - March 2019 #2

While West Georgia is in recovery mode due to the brutal storms on Sunday, lawmakers returned to a blustery Atlanta to work through several bills on Rules Calendars in the House and Senate....more

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West Virginia Legislative Brief: Commentary from Gil White - February 2019 #3

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Legislative Action by the Numbers: 1124 bills introduced in the House of Delegates - 618 bills introduced in the State Senate - 101 bills have passed the House of Delegates - 105 bills have passed the State Senate -...more

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Update on the West Virginia Legislature: Halfway Point - Issue 6

We are now just over halfway through the legislative session. By Friday, February 8, the 31st day of the 60 day regular session of the West Virginia Legislature, the House of Delegates had introduced 944 bills, while the...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - March 2018 #12

With a full legislative day to spare, House and Senate leaders came to agreement on a FY 2019 budget this morning after a long weekend of quiet negotiations. But the reveal was anything but quiet as House Appropriations...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #13

The House and Senate capped off a busy pre-Crossover week with several weighty propositions on their respective floors. In the Senate, members considered the “Keep Faith and Freedom in Adoption and Foster Care Act”, a...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #12

The House worked a full day today, taking up 14 measures on the floor before handling a full slate of committee meetings. Among the bills adopted by the House were provisions allowing QBE funding to follow students being...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #11

Sixteen more days! But, who is counting? Sine Die is quickly approaching, marking an end to Georgia’s 2018 legislative session. Thus, committees in the House and Senate are now meeting in earnest as lawmakers introduce their...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #9

Wrapping up their legislative week, the Senate adopted two provisions today closely watched by state agencies and local school districts. First, the Senate adopted its version of HB 683, the Amended FY 2018 Budget, by a vote...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #8

Happy Valentine’s Day to our readers! While chocolates and flowers poured through the doors of various offices in the State Capitol today, lawmakers were working on a number of important issues, including delving deeper into...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #7

Tax reform came to Georgia today with Governor Nathan Deal announcing the State’s response to last year’s federal tax reform. HB 918, carried by Deal’s floor leader Rep. Chuck Efstration (R-Dacula), allows Georgia taxpayers...more

Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough LLP

Gold Dome Report - February 2018 #6

Lawmakers hit the ground running today with Legislative Day 19, riding on good news on tax revenues that emerged late last week. On Friday, Governor Deal announced that the state’s tax revenues for the month of January were...more

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Education Newsletter: Volume 1, Number 2

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House Bill 2078 (signed April 17, 2017) - This bill restructures post-secondary credit system for high school students. Unlike dual enrollment programs, a student enrolled in concurrent coursework will attend regular...more

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Education Newsletter Volume 1, Number 1: Arizona Senator Introduces Bill to Expand the Rights of Student Speech

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This session, Arizona Senate Majority Leader Kimberly Yee (R-Phoenix) introduced Senate Bill 1384 to expand the rights of student journalists. If passed would grant both high school and college level student journalists the...more

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What Can Schools Expect from this Connecticut General Assembly Session?

On January 7, 2015, the 2015 session of the Connecticut General Assembly began. Adjournment is scheduled for June 3, 2015. We can expect that a plethora of proposed bills affecting Connecticut school districts will be...more

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