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The possibility of parole: A powerful incentive that makes us all safer
May 06, 2024 | News, ManagementCOMMENTARY | Researchers have found that offenders incarcerated under truth-in-sentencing laws racked up more disciplinary infractions and engaged in fewer rehabilitation programs. And after release, they were much more likely to reoffend.
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Data for dementia: State’s brain health registry helps prep for an aging population
May 03, 2024 | Management, NewsThe Virginia Memory Project will catalog dementia cases and caregiving needs to inform policy and programming for aging adults.
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As a critical deadline approaches, the Biden administration issues a flurry of regulations
| News, ManagementThe new rules cover subjects as varied as marijuana policy, vehicle pollution, civil rights for transgender students, and drinking water safety.
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As cities ban them from public spaces, homeless people scatter in search of refuge
| News, ManagementAttorneys say bans could become more common nationwide if the U.S. Supreme Court overturns lower-court rulings in Oregon and Idaho that protect homeless people from being ticketed, charged or arrested for sleeping on public property.
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Illinois’ child welfare agency goes on a hiring spree
May 02, 2024 | News, ManagementThe Illinois Department of Children and Family Services has reduced hiring times for frontline workers from nine months to just a few weeks. Agency leaders hope a bigger staff will help improve the lives of kids it serves.
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AC, power banks, mini fridges: State equips Medicaid patients for climate change
| News, ManagementOregon wants to be proactive and pay for equipment that will help an estimated 200,000 residents manage their health at home before extreme weather or climate-related disaster hits.
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LGBTQ students wonder what’s next as conservative states seek to block new Title IX rules
May 01, 2024 | News, ManagementDays after the new Title IX rules protecting LGBTQ youth from discrimination at school were published, top officials in 15 states announced they were suing to block the rules from going into effect.
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State-level conservation action sparks hope for nature
April 30, 2024 | News, ManagementCOMMENTARY | Spurred by strong local support and successful conservation ballot initiatives, elected leaders are collectively building a menu of policies that could turn the tide of nature loss.
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Republican attorneys general mount a new attack on the EPA’s use of civil rights law
April 29, 2024 | News, ManagementTwenty-three states want the Biden administration's EPA to curtail its approach to environmental justice.
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State legislators are taking the maternal mortality crisis into their own hands
| News, ManagementState lawmakers—many of whom are women—are establishing new committees to study and investigate investigating pregnancy-related deaths, their causes and prevention.