Slogans create backlash. Nuance builds consensus.

AI in education policy is evolving, with most states issuing educational AI guidance rather than passing binding state AI legislation for schools. Generative AI classroom regulations remain limited, b...

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7News is taking a closer look at some of the legislation Democrats in Virginia are focused on off the bat.That includes House Bill 863, which as it stands right

Download this chapter The idea Across the United States, from big cities to growing suburbs to college, beach, and mountain towns, families and workers are struggling to find and keep homes they can a...

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Towards a Healthy Civic Education

This report explores opportunities and strategies for expanding ballot initiative access to more states.

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Download the full paper The idea At a crucible moment in American history, after the nation witnessed firehoses wielded against children seeking justice, a governor blocking a schoolhouse door, and br...

States have power to take on everything from the cost of living crisis to the federal assault on our rights and freedoms. We're embracing solutions for our

A new course taught by Professor Zachary Liscow uses Connecticut as a case study for understanding how state government can work more effectively.

As the pandemic put millions of people out of work, states developed a backlog of unemployment insurance claims. Many governors blamed COBOL, a programming

New study in Colorado aims to use research to fight for literacy legislation that expands focus to include 9-to-13-year-old students

The State-Level Apps That Renew Democracy

Copublished with the Duke-Margolis Institute for Health Policy Abstract  Recent federal policy reforms and funding reductions pose significant

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Rep. Jake Auchincloss and bipartisan co-sponsors introduced three bills to curb social media companies’ legal immunity, strengthen safeguards for kids, and tax their ad revenues.

AI-powered platform brings full nationwide visibility to state legislative action, helping policy professionals stay informed, ahead, and everywhere policy is happening.

Tweaks to state laws mean many Americans will be able to benefit from small, simple plug-in solar panels

In new research, Norman Bishara and Lorenzo Luisetto analyze the nature and proliferation of state legislative activity to regulate noncompete agreements since 2009. In the absence of a federal rule, ...

It would be nice if I could understand my energy bill.  This is the time of the year where we are gathered around tables – mostly with loving family and tasty food- and then someone says…

Our first-of-its-kind data analysis found that a seismic split emerged in how medical institutions in Texas' two largest metro areas, Houston and Dallas, treated miscarrying patients — and in their ou...

Kentucky lawmakers studying artificial intelligence issue recommendations to protect minors exposed to AI online and laws about data centers.