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Blog Post:
Pre-election voting restricted in many states
Rich Ehisen
In most states eligible voters can cast their votes before Election Day, either by going to the polls during designated early voting periods or by voting via absentee ballot. But 30 states have no early voting period, although 13 of those states allow voters to cast absentee ballots in person before...
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18 Sep 2015
Blog Post:
States Still Divesting from Iran
Mary Peck
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia have laws on the books prohibiting at least some state pension or retirement funds from investing in companies that do a certain amount of business in Iran. Ten of those states also have laws on the books prohibiting at least some government contracts with...
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12 Feb 2016
Blog Post:
Politics In Brief - October 2 2017
Mary Peck
DHS CONTACTS STATES ABOUT 2016 ELECTION HACKING The Department of Homeland Security directly notified election officials in 21 states last month that they had been targeted by hackers connected to the Russian government during the 2016 election campaign. The states that confirmed they were targeted...
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29 Sep 2017
Blog Post:
Many States Considering Bans on Pharmacy ‘Gag Clauses’
Mary Peck
As of March 22, at least 27 states had introduced bills this year prohibiting pharmaceutical benefit manager (PBM) or health insurer contracts that prevent pharmacists from informing customers about alternatives to medications they’ve been prescribed, including drugs that may be cheaper or more...
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30 Mar 2018
Blog Post:
Most States Considering Drug Price Control Measures
Mary Peck
At least 40 states have introduced legislation in 2019 aimed at reducing the cost of prescription drugs, according to LexisNexis State Net ’s legislative tracking system. Fifteen of those states have enacted such measures.
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14 Jun 2019
Blog Post:
With Feds Distracted, States Will Have Much to Ponder in 2020
Mary Peck
It’s the holiday season, and if most voters are thinking about politics at all they are probably pondering more about how to get through family festivities without a major blowup over differing political philosophies than they are about next year’s legislative agendas. But rest assured...
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22 Nov 2019