Stateline Midwest
Stateline Midwest,
published monthly, keeps members of the Midwestern Legislative
Conference up to date on policy issues impacting their states, actions
being taken by the region's 11 state legislatures, and work being done
by the MLC and The Council of State Governments. Each issue of
Stateline Midwest includes in-depth articles covering issues of
importance to Midwestern lawmakers. The newsletter also has sections
devoted to a roundup of news from the region's leading newspapers and
summaries of recent reports examining critical public policy issues.
This publication is provided to
state government officials free of charge. If you are not a
state government official, the annual subscription rate is $60.
Click on the following links to
download recent issues of Stateline Midwest.
February 2010 -- Includes stories on the creation of uniform
academic standards, the impact of reapportionment on the Midwest,
the governors' January State of the State addresses, state physical
education requirements, the effects of a Supreme Court decision on
state campaign-finance laws, efforts in Wisconsin to reform the
state's child- and foster-care systems, and proposals to improve the
safety of Illinois nursing homes.
January 2010 -- Includes stories on state efforts to make sure more children have health coverage, how state officials are using social media to better connect with constituents, the impact of menu labeling on consumers' food choices, economic recovery in rural areas, plans to improve the region's passenger-rail system, and redistricting reform.
December 2009 -- Includes stories on the use of educational data systems to identify programs that boost student achievement,
the performance of state health care systems, trends in state
government employment, efforts to improve early childhood development in at-risk children, and a
proposal in Kansas to better support young people who serve as court witnesses.
November 2009 -- Includes stories on the importance of public
community colleges and the challenges they face, "healthy schools"
trends in the Midwest, the federal government's new $475 million
commitment to the Great Lakes, the fiscal crisis in state Medicaid
programs and Nebraska's recent effort to reform its behavioral
health system.
October 2009 -- Includes stories on plans for a new high-speed
passenger rail system in the Midwest, recall-election laws, state
sales-tax exemptions for food, the impact of the current budget
crisis on efforts to curb STDs and teen pregnancy, and health care
reform.
September 2009 -- This special edition of Stateline Midwest
provides a recap of the 64th Annual Meeting of the Midwestern
Legislative Conference. It includes stories on policy sessions
dealing with the state fiscal crisis, the American Recovery and
Reinvestment Act, corrections reform, and state efforts to help
families in crisis. The September issue also details the policy
resolutions passed by conference attendees and summarizes the work
done by the MLC policy committees at the meeting.
July/August 2009 -- Includes stories on state efforts to
strengthen math and science education, fiscal conditions in the
Midwestern region, strategies for continuing economic-development
programs during a time of tight budgets, and an Illinois program to
improve palliative care for children.
June 2009 -- Includes stories on the trend toward stronger state
high school graduation requirements, new home foreclosure laws in
the Midwest, tax credits and incentives to lure the movie industry
to the region, recent changes in the regulation of Great Lakes
invasive species, and a new economic program for Indiana's rural
communities.
May 2009 -- Includes stories on the state of public pension
funds, the status of gay-marriage laws in the Midwest, Iowa's
successful push to be a national leader in wind energy, and a
Michigan legislator's personal story of how organ donation saved his
life -- and made him an advocate for new laws in this health policy
area.
April 2009 -- Includes stories on provisions in the economic
stimulus plan designed to help rural areas, proposals this year in
the Midwest to change state income tax structures, state policy
options with the recent increase in federal dollars for criminal
justice, and new initiatives to help foster care children as they
"age out" of the system.
March 2009 -- Includes stories on new state bonding proposals,
states' and CSG's response to the federal economic stimulus plan,
options to change mental health policy, North Dakota's budget
surplus, and new initiatives in Kansas to improve outcomes and save
money in the state's correctional system.
February 2009 -- Includes
stories on higher education accessibility and accountability, the
future of state unemployment funds, new state laws that require the
use of ignition interlock devices by DUI offenders, and a look at
the year's first State of the State addresses.
January 2009 -- Includes stories on
state efforts to link advances in energy to employment and economic
growth; policies in the Midwest designed to produce and use more
biodiesel; the effects of the economic downturn on state Medicaid
budgets; and new efforts in Iowa to retain the state's young, educated
workforce.
Archived
Issues (1999-2008)
For more information, contact:
Tim
Anderson
last updated:
February 09, 2010
