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Even Conservative States Moving Forward on Health Exchanges
Feb 02, 2012
Faced with a rapidly approaching deadline for establishing state-based health exchanges under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), more than half of all states — including several with conservative control of their legislatures and governor’s offices — have already taken steps to... -
States Seek to Repeal Broad Anti-Immigrant Laws
Feb 02, 2012
As state legislatures begin to pick up speed early in the 2012 session, a growing number of states that passed broad anti-immigrant laws over the past two years are seeing the error of their ways. Citing widespread economic devastation, a dramatically-worsened business climate, and a loss of public... -
States Given More Flexibility, Control in Implementing Health Exchanges
Dec 22, 2011
In a surprising move, the Obama administration this week ensured that even more of the debate around health insurance coverage under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will take place in state capitols instead of Washington D.C. in the coming years. The role of the Department of Health and Human... -
Take-It-or-Leave-It Approach to Pensions Threatens Retirees in Rhode Island
Nov 04, 2011
A pension debate in Rhode Island this fall could set the stage for how dozens of other states take up the issue when regular sessions resume in 2012. As Progressive States Network reported last month, calls for dramatic changes to public pension systems and social security are largely an...
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