A Publication for and about the Region's State Legislatures and Legislators
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.
May 2012 » (click links to the left on this page — under In This Issue — to view individual articles)
The May edition includes articles on state responses to the rise in "fracking" to release oil and gas, improper payment rates in Medicaid, the future of federal rail funding, Minnesota's tax credit for angel investors, proposed federal rules regarding CAFOs, how states are evaluating tax-incentive programs, legal disputes over the effective dates of bills, and how states compensate people wrongfully convincted of crimes. South Dakota Rep. Justin Cronin writes about legislation that requires "roll your own" cigarette operations to follow regulations imposed on other types of tobacco vendors, and this month's legislative profile is on Wisconsin Sen. Mark Miller.