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2019 ISSUE 1

ALL ABOUT CSG NEW APPROACHES TO PRESSING ISSUES MEET YOUR CSG 2019 LEADERS MEMBERS SHARE 2019 GOALS AND RESOLUTIONS LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS ACROSS THE REGIONS

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CSG’S 2019 LEADERSHIP CIRCLE

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Issue 1 ALL ABOUT CSG ON THE COVER New Hampshire state Sen. Lou D’Allesandro serves as the 2019 CSG national chair.

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CORRECTION On page 29 of the 2018 Issue 5 edition of Capitol Ideas, we misprinted the salary of the Vermont secretary of state.

The correct salary is $113,042.

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SWAPPING STORIES, SHARING IDEAS ABOUT ADDICTION AND RECOVERY

WORKING FAMILIES AND THE STRUGGLE TO FIND QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE

IN 2019 I RESOLVE…

Opioid abuse deaths touch hundreds of families across the country each year, and the state government officials working to combat the problem are not exempt.

A child’s enrollment in a high-­ quality education and care program has been shown to be a major determinant of later life outcomes.

This year, in response to the prior­ ities state officials have asked CSG to pursue, we will launch two new policy initiatives with a national task force assembled to study state health care policy and another to empower state officials to grow their state economies.

It’s a new year, and for many people that means setting new goals. CSG members are no different. This year, we asked state public officials about their resolutions for 2019.

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This year, in response to the priorities state officials have asked CSG to pursue, we will launch two new policy initiatives with a national task force assembled to study and determine what works in state health care policy and another to help empower state officials to grow their state economies in this time of rapidly accelerating technological change.

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The CSG Center of Innovation is a national initiative launched in July 2018 to enhance CSG efforts to engage, inform and empower state officials.

8 SWAPPING STORIES, SHARING IDEAS ABOUT ADDICTION AND RECOVERY Opioid abuse deaths touch hundreds of families across the country each year, and the state governments officials working to combat the problem are not exempt.

12 POLICYMAKERS BET ON SPORTS WAGERING The Supreme Court’s decision in May 2018 to overturn the prohibition on sports betting in the states unleashed a torrent of activity at the state level, leading up to the 2019 legislative sessions.

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A recent analysis by New Frontier Data on jobs and taxes that would be generated from full federal legalization of marijuana projected that payroll taxes, business taxes and a 15 percent federal sales tax would generate $108 billion over a seven-year period.

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16 STATES SEEK TO HARNESS ERA OF TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION When officials in Columbus, Ohio, came together to submit the winning bid in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge in 2016, they recognized transportation was going through a sig­ nificant period of reinvention and disruption.

The new agreement aims to address the major changes in international trade in recent years, including advances in technology and digital trade, protecting intellectual property, increasing market access for agricultural products, and integration of the automobile supply chain in North America.

20 WORKING FAMILIES AND THE STRUGGLE TO FIND QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE A child’s enrollment in a high-quality education and care program has been shown to be a major determinant of later life outcomes.

22 MEET YOUR CSG LEADERS CSG is honored to have these new leaders at the helm for 2019. Find out more about the 2019 slate of leaders’ careers, policy goals and visions for CSG.

26 GET TO KNOW NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE SEN. LOU D’ALLESANDRO New Hampshire state Sen. Lou D’Allesandro has served in his state Legislature for more than 20 years. He serves as CSG 2019 national chair.

38 LEARNING TO LEAD WITH CSG One of the most important parts of CSG’s mission is to support state leaders in their service by offering national and regional leadership development opportunities.

40 NATIONAL CENTER FOR INTERSTATE COMPACTS The CSG National Center for Interstate Compacts is a policy program to assist states in developing interstate compacts, which are contracts between the states.

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It’s a new year, and for many people that means setting new goals. CSG members are no different. This year, we asked state public officials about their resolutions for 2019.

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Leadership development programs offered in each of the CSG regions are designed to equip talented state policymakers with the skills and strategies they need to meet the unique challenges they face in their states and regions. Each of the four programs attracts emerging state leaders who are striving to improve state government and their personal effectiveness as public servants. Find out more about CSG East’s Eastern Leadership Academy, CSG Midwest’s Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, CSG South’s Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills, and CSG West’s Western Legislative Academy at csg.org/csg_regional_programs.aspx.

In the next biennium, CSG will focus its public policy and programming work on two issues that are vital to states—health and the future of work—by convening two national public policy task forces on these policy areas. The first task force, “Healthy States—What Works,” will identify ways in which states can improve outcomes and reduce costs in health care, which accounts for the biggest expense in state government. The second task force, “The Future of Work—Navigating the New Economy,” is aimed at empowering state officials with the knowledge they need to build their state economies and adapt to accelerating technological change. Digitalization, cloud computing, block chain, globalization, automation, artificial intelligence, robots, drones, cybersecurity, data mapping, autonomous vehicles and privacy concerns are just a few of the issues that surround the public policy challenges in this area.

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Shared State Legislation Submissions The CSG Shared State Legislation, or SSL, Committee will convene its next meeting July 19 in Big Sky, Montana, in conjunction with the CSG West Annual meeting, where it will consider a docket of proposed state legislation for inclusion in the SSL volume. All CSG members are encouraged to submit legislation for the docket.

To be eligible, the legislation must have been enacted in at least one state and address a current state issue of regional or national significance; provide a benefit to bill drafters; and provide a clear, innovative and practical structure and approach. To submit a bill for consideration, please send the relevant information to ssl@csg.org by May 1.

Upcoming Regional Leadership Programs

2019 Toll Fellowship Applications Now Available The Council of State Governments Henry Toll Fellowship convenes 48 state officials from all three branches of state government each year for a weeklong leadership development program designed to stimulate personal assessment and growth. CSG is now accepting applications for the 2019 program. The application can be found online at csg.org/tollfellows. The program will take place at the Hyatt Regency in Lexington, Kentucky, Aug. 23–27. Participants selected for the 2019 Henry Toll Fellowship will be required to attend the 2019 Toll Fellowship Graduation Ceremony, which will be held during the CSG 2019 National Conference in Puerto Rico in December.

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Policy Analyst Speaks About Occupational Licensing at FARB Forum Matt Shafer, CSG senior policy analyst, spoke in January at the Federation of Associations of Regulatory Boards, or FARB, annual forum in New Orleans. Shafer spoke about CSG’s work on occupational licensing policy, the National Center for Interstate Compacts, and research on the impact of licensing on wages and employment for certain states and occupations. FARB represents members of state regulatory boards, and seeks to champion regulatory excellence. Participants benefited from hearing about CSG’s work to enhance licensure portability, which is a workforce priority for many state boards.

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They Tweeted It Canada in Detroit @CanCGDetroit • Dec 6 Consul General @CGJoeComartin is discussing Canada-Indiana opportunities with @CSGovts Midwest Chairman @SenatorCharb at #CSG2018!

Wil Schroder @WilSchroder • Dec 8 Did you know that in Kentucky 1 in 5 children struggle with hunger? This morning, legislators from across the US joined together in packaging over 35,000 meals! @CSGovts @KYSenateGOP

Senator Greg Boso @gregboso • Dec 5 Del Matt Rohrbaugh and representatives from Huntington sharing about their successes attacking drug problem @CSGovts National Conference #CSG2018

Eduardo Bhatia @eduardobhatia • Jan 11 Absolutely honored to have joined my dear friend, mentor, @CSGovts leader and inspirator-in-chief Mark Norris in his investiture as a Federal Judge in Memphis, TN today. Brought greetings and well wishes from legislators all over the United States.

Elgie Sims @ElgieSims • Dec 10 1st week as @CSGovts MLC Chair off to a FAST start. Thank you to my firm @FoleyandLardner, President Cullerton, my colleagues, host committee and others for joining me in hosting an amazing event to kick off planning for the 74th Annual Meeting of the MLC. #Serving17 #MLC2019

Michael Von Flatern @michaelvonf • Dec 6 Attending Council of State Governments conference in Cincinnati. Sitting in Canadian/US relations session. Can’t wait for Canada’s thoughts on the new Trade agreement.

Nellie Gorbea @NellieGorbea • Dec 11 Congratulations to Governor of Puerto Rico @ricardorossello on his election to President of the Council of State Governments! ¡Felicidades al Gobernador de Puerto Rico por ser seleccionado Presidente del Concilio de Gobiernos Estatales! #palante

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Damon Thayer @damon_thayer • Dec 7, 2018 Highlight of yesterday’s @CSGovts Annual Meeting in @covingtonkygov was @kysenatepres interviewing @USAmbCanada about her new job, USA CANADA relations etc #CSG2018 Proud a Kentuckian is our Canadian Ambassador!

Kimberly Dudik @DudikKimberly • Dec 7 At Council of State Governments conference strategizing w leaders from across nation about best practices to use in our states on many issues. One I have focused on is substance abuse/treatment.

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priority issues for 2019 Anyone serving in public office today is inundated by the pace of change. Government agencies and institutions must continually evolve to address the complexity of today’s public policy challenges and the expectations of their constituents. The Council of State Governments champions excellence in state governments and for over 85 years has convened state officials to consider how best to prepare for what’s next. If the states are laboratories of democracy, then CSG is the incubator for many of the ideas that move our states and nation forward.

This year, in response to the priorities state officials have asked CSG to pursue, we will launch two new policy initiatives with a national task force assembled to study and determine what works in state health care policy and another to help empower state officials to grow their state economies in this time of rapidly accelerating technological change. These task forces will work over the next biennium to provide cutting-edge insights and relevant options to state lawmakers.

CSG 2019 –2020 National Task Forces HEALTHY STATES WHAT WORKS

will focus on what works in health care and identify ways in which states can improve outcomes and reduce costs. Subcommittees will identify ways for states to reduce health care spending and enhance health care delivery system efficiencies, how innovations can improve outcomes, and how situational cost drivers can be better managed, contained or reduced.

The two task forces are “Healthy States—What Works,” and “The Future of Work—Navigating the New Economy.”

The need to focus on these two areas is obvious to state leaders.

Spending on Medicaid and K-12 education account for the largest shares of state budgets. Medicaid accounts for nearly a third of all state budgets while K-12 programs take up nearly 20 percent. These funds are invested to improve health and prepare the next generation for successful lives.

Both are essential state functions and state officials are interested in controlling costs and enhancing outcomes in both health and education.

Under current law, national health care spending in the United States is projected to grow at an average rate of 5.5 percent per year and eventually reach $5.7 trillion by 2026 (up from $3.5 trillion in 2017). Medicaid spending is currently 17 percent of total health care spending. Health care expenditures now account for nearly 18 percent of GDP. Technological advancement will continue to disrupt and transform state economies and state workforce needs. Most employers know their workforce lacks the skills necessary for the jobs of the future. Many of those skills—or at least the jobs they embody—don’t even have names yet. The next decade will feature whole swaths of jobs yet to be invented. For example, by some estimates, artificial intelligence could add $15.7 trillion to the global economy by 2030—more than the current output of India and China combined—resulting in an increase of 14 percent in global GDP. Will the states be ready to adapt and evolve? CSG is committed to bringing state officials together to learn more about how they can seize the day and navigate the future successfully.

The preamble to CSG’s original 1933 Articles of Organization states, “New times bring new needs in government, as in all other affairs.” That is as true today as it was the day CSG was founded. With the creation of these two national task forces CSG is again positioned to serve as a catalyst for greater understanding, a trusted convener of state officials and a source of real-world solutions. The only thing that stays the same is change and CSG is committed to evolving with its member states to meet the future together.

NAVIGATING THE NEW ECONOMY

will educate state officials and empower them to build their state economies in a time of rapidly accelerating technological change. Issues this task force will delve into include digitalization, cloud computing, block chain, globalization, automation, artificial intelligence, robots, drones, cybersecurity, data mapping, autonomous vehicles and privacy concerns. The task force will examine how these forces are changing workforce needs and how the workforce of tomorrow must evolve in the face of technology-driven trends.

THE JOURNEY TO 2020

Healthy States & The Future of Work First Task Force Meeting—May/June 2019 Healthy States & The Future of Work Second Task Force Meeting—December 2019 Healthy States & The Future of Work Third Task Force Meeting—May/June 2020 Healthy States & The Future of Work National Policy Academies—December 2020

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Each of the CSG national task forces will work through two subcommittees and first come together in late spring this year. Each task force will have co-chairs that reflect CSG’s commitment to a nonpartisan, regionally diverse examination of public policy issues. The task forces will share success stories from the states and innovative solutions that are already producing results.

Additionally, the task force members will interact with experts and thought leaders to gain a better understanding of these issues.

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Opioid abuse deaths touch hundreds of families across the country each year, and the state government officials working to combat the problem are not exempt.

CSG members recently shared personal stories about the opioid abuse crisis and discussed the role of state government in finding solutions.

Minnesota state Rep. Dave Baker, whose son died after an opioid overdose, said more opioid detox centers are needed — places that specifically serve people withdrawing from an opioid. He said states are responding to the crisis with great projects and policies, but the situation can be daunting for many people in state government.

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“We don’t know this like a doctor and here we are trying to tell doctors how much and how many to prescribe. … So, I don’t want to put one more statute or one more policy on the state books because we think we know how to do this. But we literally have a crisis in our lap that we have to do something about,” said Baker on a panel at the CSG Policy Academy, Promising Approaches for America’s Addiction Crisis, in December.

Baker thinks more people would try to get help if they knew they had a place to go that catered specifically to their needs.

Howard said one of the challenges she is currently facing in her state is law enforcement that wants full access to the prescription drug-monitoring program.

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“I consider that to be private information,” she said. “So, right now if law enforcement wants to have access to what’s in the prescription drug-monitoring program they talk to a judge, they get a warrant, and then they can get the drug history for the specified time, for the specified patients or for the specified provider.”

She said in other states there is a special law enforcement team that can access all the information inside the prescription drug-monitoring program. In Nebraska, however, she said the program is intermingled with the health information exchange and includes more than narcotic pain medication; it includes an entire health record.

“I think that this issue is an issue that we should look at on the medical side,” Howard said. “I don’t think that criminalizing substance abuse or people who are sick is going to get us where we need to go.”

Kentucky Senate President Robert Stivers told participants of the daylong session that the opioid and drug abuse problem touches virtually every division or cabinet of state government, including education, the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, the justice system, and economic development.

“It’s not a problem, it is the problem,” Stivers said.

Various methods have been used to address the problem over the years, including intervention, education and rehabilitation, he said.

However, a solution has been elusive due to the “ever-changing landscape” of the problem, he said.

Opioid abuse deaths touch large cities and small communities across the country, CSG Executive Director/CEO David Adkins told the crowd. Each day, more than 115 Americans die from an opioid overdose.

“That’s 115 families that will be getting that news today,” he said. “This is quintuple the number of opioid overdose deaths compared to just 1999.”

The numbers vary from state to state, but opioid overdose deaths continue to increase.

“We know that in some instances as you try to address one aspect of this problem, it has consequences for some other aspect of this problem,” Adkins said. “And states have engaged in a wide range of interventions.”

Duane Slone, circuit court judge for the Fourth Judicial District of Tennessee, adopted a 6-month-old boy, Joseph, about seven years ago who had neonatal abstinence syndrome.

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Nebraska state Sen. Sara Howard’s sister, Carrie, died from an opioid overdose in 2009. Now, the senator keeps her sister’s pill bottles in her office as a reminder. Howard, another panelist at the Policy Academy, described the prescription drug-monitoring program in Nebraska as one of the most robust programs in the country. She said the program was completely revamped a couple of years ago, and last year Nebraska was one of few states that saw a decline in opioid deaths.

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Sharing his story with the crowd, Slone said Joseph is the reason he continues to learn about and fight addiction. He listed intervention strategies in his state, including a recovery cabin, under supervision of the Drug Recovery Court, where pregnant women can live — and therefore remove themselves from harmful environments — and get help recovering from addiction.

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The cabin costs about $135,000 per year to operate, and it is staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week. The program reduces the number of children staying in hospital care because of neonatal abstinence syndrome and saves the state money. The cabin has received national media attention.

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“We provide transportation, utilities, insurance, personal hygiene products and more,” Slone said.

Slone is also chair of the eight-state Regional Judicial Opioid Initiative, which includes Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and West Virginia.

He said this is the region at the epicenter of a crisis without boundaries.

“It doesn’t know geographical, political or governmental boundaries,” Slone said. “We endeavor to promote standards related to data sharing, treatment services and evidence-based practices and advocate implementation of evidence-based and best practices and maximize strained resources and the biggest thing is to learn from each year.”

Chief justices from the states signed a charter that established the Regional Judicial Opioid Initiative in 2017. A federal Bureau of Justice Assistance grant supports the initiative. The initiative includes representatives from all three branches of state and local governments along with federal and private-sector partners.

Regional goals include sharing aggregate data sets, using data to inform appropriate evidence-based and best practice interventions, piloting appropriate interventions in targeted multi-state sites, and providing education, training and technical assistance to prescribers and stakeholders in the criminal justice, treatment, child welfare and related fields.

“We’ve got to talk to each other,” Slone said.

“We have got to knock down the silos.”

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CSG Members Rank Approaches to Opioid Crisis During the CSG 2018 National Conference in Northern Kentucky–Greater Cincinnati, attendees at two sessions discussing promising approaches to the opioid addiction crisis in the states participated in an exercise to determine priority strategies among those in attendance.

Each attendee was able to place one to 10 stickers on 19 separate strategies in four general categories. The categories were harm reduction, reducing supply, reducing demand and treatment.

Multiple votes allowed attendees to designate the relative weight of their indicated priorities.

Almost half of attendees—48 percent— selected the general category of treatment as their weighted priority. The next strongest priority—at 32 percent—was reducing demand, which included the primary prevention strategies of community development, post-incarceration education, drug abuse prevention education and

research to find pain relief alternatives. Harm reduction strategies and reducing the supply of opioids were ranked considerably lower, at 10 percent each.

In rank order, the top five specific strategies identified by those who participated in the exercise were: medication-assisted treatment, treatment for prisoners, community development, post-incarceration support and Medicaid.

Medication-assisted treatment, or MAT, along with behavioral counseling and support, is considered the gold standard treatment, yet it is estimated that fewer than 10 percent of people with opioid use disorder receive this treatment strategy. The FDA has approved three medications: methadone, buprenorphine (common brand name Suboxone) and naltrexone (common brand name Vivitrol).

Top Five Chosen Strategies/Approaches

In regard to treatment for prisoners, increasingly, jails and prisons are offering treatment for opioid use disorder, especially MAT, before prisoners are released. Often, however, the handoff between the corrections system and the community is not sufficiently coordinated to maintain treatment.

A so-called upstream preventive strategy, community development could have the impact of reducing the appeal of drug use and the availability of drugs in depressed communities with limited opportunities for advancement.

Individuals released from the corrections system, whether actively engaged in treatment or not, often need support to prevent relapse.

And, finally, Medicaid is the largest funder of opioid use disorder treatment and is particularly key to expanded treatment in states that expanded Medicaid eligibility following the passage of the Affordable Care Act.

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The Supreme Court’s decision in May 2018 to overturn the prohibition on sports betting in the states unleashed a torrent of activity at the state level, leading up to the 2019 legislative sessions. Some states have already moved to allow sports betting, including Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and West Virginia.

In Murphy v. National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Supreme Court struck down the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992, or PASPA, a federal law that bars states from legalizing sports betting.

PASPA was challenged in 2012 when New Jersey passed a law that legalized sports betting, which was ruled by federal courts to be in violation

of PASPA. In 2014, New Jersey repealed some existing bans on sports betting, which was then challenged by the NCAA. The Supreme Court ruled that PASPA violated the anticommandeering principle, the idea that Congress does not hold the power to issue orders directly to the states or force them to act.

Since PASPA was overturned, state officials are looking for answers to questions about regulation, implementation, benefits to state budgets, social costs, tourism, and how emerging forms of gaming will impact more traditional modes like pari-mutuel wagering and state lotteries. Legislators and regulators have a steep learning curve to grasp emerging forms of gaming such as online betting, eSports and in-game wagering, and how to craft consumer protection guidelines and not run afoul of the Interstate Wire Act of 1961 and other federal laws.

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We used to have a saying in budgets, ‘the most important million is the last million.’ States don’t consider sports betting to be a big windfall, but we want to recognize the increases where available and expand our tax base where possible.”

—John Hicks, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers CSG convened a day-long series of panels designed to help policymakers navigate the policy implications of legalized sports betting during the States Place Their Bets Policy Academy on Dec. 5 in conjunction with the CSG 2018 National Conference.

Simpson said PAPSA was potentially harmful to legislators and regulators in the states because it created the false impression that the states themselves are prohibiting state betting, which could be misleading to citizens.

In the states that have moved to legalize sports betting, regulations vary significantly state by state. During the policy academy, Bryan Seeley, senior vice president and deputy general counsel for Major League Baseball, spoke about the future of the industry, which he said he suspects will grow quickly in the coming years.

“I suspect that in the next two years you will see sports betting in many more states,” Seeley said.

“You are going to see rapid expansion.”

Seeley predicts that online sports betting is likely to outpace retail sports betting, with DraftKings and FanDuel being leading players in the industry.

The policy academy also addressed legal obstacles policymakers face as they seek to legalize sports betting in their states.

Ali Bartlett Miranda of Bingham Greenebaum Doll, who helps states navigate the legal obstacles around sports betting, said the considerations for states as they craft their sports betting legislation and regulations include

defining sports betting, determining what entities can offer sports betting, minimum age requirements, what events can be bet on, royalties to leagues, tax rates, and online and mobile wagering options.

Miranda said when making decisions about sports betting, state legislators should consider how to put policies in place that can do the most effective job in channeling betters away from the black market.

“The more defined we get in legislation, the more there is an opportunity to bet on things in the black market,” she said.

The afternoon panels examined states that have moved forward with authorizing sports wagering and discussed best practices for regulation and implementation, impacts to state budgets and social costs.

“We used to have a saying in budgets, ‘the most important million is the last million.’

States don’t consider sports betting to be a big windfall, but we want to recognize the increases where available and expand our tax base where possible,” said John Hicks, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers.

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“Telling a state that they must keep their laws as they are today is essentially the same thing as telling them what laws to make, which violates the anticommandeering principle,” said Rick Simpson, a partner at Wiley Rein, during the policy academy. “The distinction between prohibiting a state from acting and compelling a state to act is really an empty distinction.”

“If Congress believes that regulating sports betting is the right thing to do, they should take that action themselves and take responsibility for it,” he said.

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Going Green Mar ijuana Polic y Impac t s o n St ate Bud get s

by Lisa McKinney There has been a sea change in public policy—and public opinion—around marijuana legalization from just a decade ago. Medical marijuana laws exist in 33 states, while ten states have legalized recreational marijuana. At CSG 2018 National Conference session titled Growing Green: Marijuana Policy Impacts on State Budgets, policymakers and experts discussed the economic impacts of legalization as well as lessons learned from states that have already legalized.

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A recent analysis by New Frontier Data on jobs and taxes that would be generated from full federal legalization of marijuana projected that payroll taxes, business taxes and a 15 percent federal sales tax would generate $108 billion over a seven-year period. New Frontier Data is an independent analytics company specializing in the cannabis industry.

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With a growing majority now supporting full adult use, the momentum for expanding state legalization and for federal prohibition reform will grow in the years to come, predicted Beau Whitney, vice president and senior economist at New Frontier Data. Normalization of cannabis will continue as more states legalize, medical applications of cannabis are better understood and product forms are tailored to reflect unique consumer preferences, according to Whitney.

One challenge for state policymakers and regulators in states where marijuana has been legalized is

bringing the illicit market into the legal domain, said Whitney. It is projected that in 2025 the illegal trade will still make up half the market, he said.

“Taxes are great revenue for the state, but they could dissuade participation in the legal market,” Whitney said. “So if states are too aggressive with their tax policy it could prohibit growth.”

Consumers are also very price-sensitive, so too-high taxes could drive them away from the legal market.

With the most states only allowing restricted medical use, and with regional cannabis business bans limiting consumer participation, there will remain a well-entrenched illicit market for the foreseeable future, he added.

Massachusetts state Rep. David Rogers shared his state’s experience with the legalization process.

Rogers was an advocate for the legalization of marijuana and a bill he sponsored was used as the model for the voter referendum language approved in his state in November 2016.

“I’m not an evangelist for the use of marijuana,” he said. “In fact I think people should be pretty careful, whether it is with gambling or drugs or cigarettes or anything else. That’s not where I came from as I supported legalization. My general attitude was that most of the data showed that people were going to do it anyway, so why not tax and regulate it.”

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He said because states that were legalizing were not seeing rates of use go up, there was no reason to leave the revenue on the table that would come from legalizing it.

“You are also not regulating it and people are getting it from a market where it is not tested,” he added.

After Massachusetts’ voter referendum was approved, the Legislature decided to take up the issue and substantially changed the language from the original referendum.

The Legislature decided on a 10.75 percent excise tax rate, a 6.25 percent regular state sales tax, a 3 percent local option and an up to 3 percent host community agreement. The revenue from the sales tax goes into the state’s general fund and the revenue from the local option goes straight to the city or town. The revenue from the excise tax goes to a special marijuana fund that funds the Cannabis Control Commission and the Massachusetts Department of Agriculture’s resources for hemp and pesticide administration. The marijuana fund also is used to support substance abuse treatment and prevention grants for schools and communities, public safety and municipal police training, programming for restorative justice, and more.

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Not including local tax, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue estimated for fiscal year 2019 a projected state revenue range of $44 million to $82 million, and for fiscal year 2020 a projected revenue range of $93 million to $172 million.

“It’s not game changing—we have a state budget of about $40 billion—but it is significant,” said Rogers.

“It is significant revenue that can be put to good use.”

Doug Friednash, an attorney at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck who served as chief of staff to Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper as the state passed and implemented policies to legalize recreational marijuana, spoke about his state’s experience with regulating the industry. In Colorado, 12 agencies are engaged in the execution of the state’s adult use and medical marijuana law, so each agency needs to be involved in and prepared for legalization, he said.

Friednash advised that policymakers who think legalization is even a possibility in their state do the research on economic and social impacts now, looking at the data and experiences of states who’ve gone through the legalization process and have mature markets.

“The polling (in favor of legalization) keeps going up and up,” Friednash said. “It’s not a question of if; it’s a question of when. The country is really turning green.”

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Whitney also emphasized that marijuana legal reform touches a wide variety of jurisdictions including state jobs, taxes, health care, the energy sector and law enforcement.

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STATES SEEK TO HARNESS ERA OF TRANSPORTATION INNOVATION additional $10 million from the Paul G. Allen Philanthropies that it could put toward creating a series of Smart Columbus initiatives that would help the city adapt to the latest moment of great change.

by Sean Slone

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When community officials in Columbus, Ohio, came together to submit the winning bid in the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Smart City Challenge in 2016, they recognized transportation was going through a significant period of reinvention and disruption with self-driving cars on the horizon and new mobility options like ride-hailing vehicles already on the streets. They recognized the disruption because the city had seen something like it before.

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“The last time there was going to be a significant change in transportation—a disruption like we’re seeing now—was back in the early 1900s,” said Michael Stevens, Columbus’ chief innovation officer, who spoke at a policy academy during the CSG National Conference in December. “At that point, Columbus was the buggy manufacturing capital of the United States. One out of every four buggies was made in Columbus, Ohio, and within 10 years … we went from people using the horse and buggy to the automobile.”

Winning the Smart City Challenge meant Columbus was able to capture $40 million from the Department of Transportation and an

“We’re working to empower our residents’ lives through responsive, innovative mobility solutions,” Stevens said. “We really want to demonstrate how intelligent transportation systems and equitable access to transportation can have a positive impact on our residents.”

With the assistance of more than $500 million additional dollars pledged by private-sector partners, Smart Columbus has been able to move forward with projects like a regional transit bus system equipped with connected vehicle technology, a multimodal trip planning application, smart mobility hubs throughout the community and mobility assistance for individuals with cognitive disabilities. The city has also established a center where consumers can test drive electric vehicles.

Stevens said these initiatives help improve the quality of life for Columbus residents and help provide mobility solutions for a region expected to grow by a million people over the next three decades.

One of Smart Columbus’ biggest private-sector partners is the Honda Motor Company, which operates a 14,000-employee manufacturing plant 40 miles northwest of Columbus in Marysville, Ohio. Among other things, the company has partnered with Marysville and the state of Ohio to test connected vehicle and smart intersection technologies along the

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“The transportation model we have today is simply not going to work for tomorrow,” said DriveOhio Executive Director Jim Barna. “We can’t build our way out of congestion. We can’t engineer our way out of accidents and fatal (crashes), so we are looking at technology.” state’s U.S. 33 Smart Mobility Corridor. Honda officials say Ohio made some good choices when it comes to deciding how to regulate efforts to innovate on transportation in the state.

“Ohio is a model that we really like,” said Craig Orlan, senior state relations specialist for Honda North America. “It’s one that we’ve really encouraged other states to look at. They’ve put together a task force called DriveOhio that includes all of the various stakeholders. It’s given us as an automaker a single point of contact that we can work with when we want to do projects like the Smart Corridor … but it has ensured that the state has some supervision over us, making sure things are being deployed in a safe and responsible manner but still giving us the flexibility to do what we need to do … as the technology develops.”

Created in January 2018, DriveOhio is housed within the Ohio Department of Transportation. Working in collaboration with other state agencies, DriveOhio is able to use their authority to cut red tape when companies want to come to the state to research, test and deploy new transportation innovations.

—Michael Stevens, Columbus’ chief innovation officer

Utah has deployed its own corridor of radio-based connected vehicle technology to serve a city bus system in Salt Lake City. As a bus travels down the corridor through 24 intersections, if it’s behind schedule, it asks the traffic signal ahead to give it a little extra green time to get it back on schedule. The first connected vehicle technology corridor using Designated Short-Range Communications of its kind in the country, it has been operational for more than a year.

“Our studies have demonstrated that we’ve improved the reliability of those buses by about 3 to 6 percent on their schedule,” said Blaine Leonard, technology and innovation engineer at the Utah Department of Transportation. “In the transit world, that’s pretty huge.”

Leonard said for states and communities to enable these kinds of technologies, it’s necessary to partner with the private sector to invest in the technology infrastructure backbone—fiber networks that can allow for the fast transfer of data. More than half of Utah’s fiber network was built as part of public-private partnerships, which has allowed them to save tens of millions of dollars.

Utah is also tackling the issue of consumer acceptance of self-driving cars. Utah officials will bring low-speed automated shuttles to eight to 10 locations early this year, study how the public interacts with the vehicles and determine whether they can supplement public transit offerings.

Leonard said it’s important that states and cities not be intimidated by the long list of initiatives already underway to move transportation innovations forward and the cost of these initiatives. He suggested communities “start small but start somewhere.”

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THE LAST TIME THERE WAS GOING TO BE A SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN TRANSPORTATION—A DISRUPTION LIKE WE’RE SEEING NOW—WAS BACK IN THE EARLY 1900S … ONE OUT OF EVERY FOUR BUGGIES WAS MADE IN COLUMBUS, OHIO, AND WITHIN 10 YEARS … WE WENT FROM PEOPLE USING THE HORSE AND BUGGY TO THE AUTOMOBILE.”

But Ohio is far from the only state deploying technology to improve transportation and bring in the innovators.

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Modernizing the North American Free Trade Agreement Canada | United States of America | Mexico

by Andy Karellas

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On Nov. 30, at the G-20 Summit in Argentina, the United States, Canada and Mexico signed a trade agreement to modernize the 24-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA, into the new United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or USMCA.

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The new agreement aims to address the major changes in international trade in recent years, including advances in technology and digital trade, protecting intellectual property, increasing market access for agricultural products, and integration of the automobile supply chain in North America. The new agreement must get approved by Congress, which creates uncertainty around the probability and timing of its implementation.

During a press conference, President Donald Trump praised the agreement.

“The USMCA is the largest, most significant, modern and balanced trade agreement in history,” Trump said. “All of our countries will benefit greatly. It is probably the largest trade deal ever made, also. In the United States, the new trade pact will support high-paying manufacturing jobs and promote greater access for American exports across the range of sectors, including our farming, manufacturing and service industries.”

Canada and Mexico are the two largest trading partners of the United States. In 2017, bilateral trade of goods and services with Canada totaled $673 billion, and trade with Mexico totaled $615 billion. Trade between the United States, Canada and Mexico has grown by 370 percent between 1994 (the implementation of NAFTA) and 2016, and trade is estimated to

support more than 14 million jobs in the United States.

"Canada and Mexico are important trading partners for Maryland, supporting more than 300,000 local jobs,” said Signe Pringle, the managing director of the Office of International Investment and Trade with the state of Maryland and vice president of the State International Development Organizations. “Trade deals, such as USMCA, support our local economy and help boost export sales for Maryland companies of all sizes. Exports to these two valued trading partners represent more than 20 percent of all Maryland goods that are being exported globally, demonstrating the importance of trade agreements and strong relations with Canada and Mexico."

USMCA KEY CHANGES The USMCA builds from the original NAFTA framework but includes key changes from the original, including changes to requirements around automobile manufacturing, stronger intellectual property protections, establishing a sunset review period, and most publicly noted, changes in market access for agricultural products.

Automobile Manufacturing: The agreement requires that 75 percent of the auto content be made in North America, an increase from 65 percent under NAFTA. It also requires 40 to 45 percent of auto content to be made by workers earning at least $16 per hour. The new rules will take place six years after the deal is implemented.

Intellectual Property: The agreement includes stronger protection and enforcement for intellectual property, including allowing drug companies 10 years to sell their products in Canada without facing generic competition. It also strengthens the copyright protection and enforcement around digital counterfeiting.

Kelly Craft, U.S. ambassador to Canada, spoke about U.S.-Canada relations and trade at the CSG 2018 National Conference in Northern Kentucky-Greater Cincinnati. In February 2019, President Donald Trump nominated Craft to be ambassador to the United Nations.

Sunset Provision: The agreement adds a new 16-year sunset clause, or expiration date, to the agreement. It also establishes a process for the United States, Canada and Mexico to review the agreement every six years.

Agricultural Products: The agreement expanded market access for exports of U.S. dairy products into Canada up to 3.6 percent of Canada’s dairy market. It also eliminates Canada’s program to allow low-priced dairy ingredients to undersell U.S. dairy sales, also known as milk classes 6 and 7. The agreement set a new standard for agricultural biotechnology products, and will allow U.S. grown wheat to receive an official Canadian grade, eliminating the requirement for a country of origin statement.

Moreover, the countries agreed to nondiscriminatory commitments to the sale and distribution of alcoholic beverages, including bourbon whiskey, Tennessee whiskey, tequila, mezcal and Canadian whiskey as distinctive products.

Businesses and state leaders have been closely watching the negotiations to determine the agreement’s potential impact.

"Minnesota is optimistic that the USMCA will bring new streams of growth and a positive impact on our trade and investment ties with Canada and Mexico,” said Gabrielle Gerbaud, executive director of the Minnesota Trade Office within the Department of Employment and Economic Development. “The state's proximity as a border state and diverse industry clusters serve as an excellent platform to further develop our connections with Canada, our largest export market.”

The negotiated USCMA must be approved by the U.S. Congress and Mexican and Canadian governments. The journey toward full passage could be long and bumpy, especially with a new and split Congress.

The U.S. Congress extended Trump’s Trade Promotion Authority, also known as TPA or fast-track, in 2015. TPA provides the president the authority to negotiate international trade agreements; Congress can only vote with a simple yes or no, and cannot amend the agreement. There are also a variety of administrative processes that must take place before Congress can act on the legislation, including a public report on the potential economic impact of the agreement.

“The NAFTA agreement has been beneficial to Iowa exporters and farmers with nearly 50 percent of our exports destined for Canada and Mexico each year,” said Peggy Kerr, team leader for the International Trade Office at the Iowa Economic Development Authority. “Swift completion of the modernized USMCA is key to maintaining and strengthening our ties with both countries. Continuity of markets and relationships are crucial to Iowa producers and manufacturers.”

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Although Mexico is miles away, many of our businesses have experienced robust export growth in the Mexican market in recent years, the state's second largest export destination.

In particular, the agreement enhances opportunities in sectors such as IT, biotechnology and environment; expands market access to Canada for Minnesota's poultry, egg and dairy producers; and eases market entry for small and medium-sized companies venturing into exporting. The USMCA will help Minnesota businesses build upon established relationships and expand Minnesota's footprint in North America."

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WORKING FAMILIES

AND THE STRUGGLE TO FIND QUALITY EARLY CHILDHOOD CARE

by Carl Sims Early childhood marks a critical period for cognitive development and is the time when the brain develops the most rapidly. In addition to family efforts to foster this growth, a child’s enrollment in a high-quality education and care program has been shown to be one of the most effective tools for healthy cognitive development and has been proven to be a major determinant of later life outcomes.

At the CSG 2018 National Conference in December, Jennifer Grisham-Brown, faculty director of the University of Kentucky Early Childhood Laboratory, provided remarks at a session on early childhood care about the importance of quality programs.

“Children who do not have access to quality child care tend to not do as well in school and have poor outcomes that follow them through their lives,” said Grisham-Brown. “We also know that children who grow up in poverty and who receive quality child care do better in school and are more successful. Therefore, quality child care for all children should be the goal.”

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Research conducted by Dr. James Heckman, a Nobel Prize winning economist and advocate of early childhood education, supports this. He concludes that high-quality programs result in higher attainment levels, lifetime earnings, employment levels and home ownership rates.

Moreover, they reduce social costs such as the need for remedial education, unemployment benefits, incarcerations and even trips to the emergency room. Heckman’s research has also found that high-quality early childhood education and care programs provide a $7-$12 return in benefits for every dollar invested and that quality programs have a 3-6 percent higher return on investment than lower quality programs.

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However, working families, especially those that have children with special needs or are headed by one parent, commonly experience substantial challenges in finding quality providers. Significant disparities also exist along the lines of socioeconomic status, race and ethnicity. According to a report by the U.S. Department of Education, children from low-income families have a 41 percent enrollment in preschool compared to 61 percent in higher-income families. The report also found that Latino children enroll in preschool at a 40 percent rate, compared to 50 percent for African American children, and 53 percent for white children.

Regardless of a family’s background, the limitations in finding effective early childhood education and care are primarily explained by three factors: quality, cost and availability.

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The benefits of early childhood care and education programs have been found to be more profound when the quality of services is high.

Quality early childhood care and education programs tend to have smaller groups of children in classrooms; low adult-child ratios; low staff turnover; developmentally appropriate curriculum; qualified teachers; and a consistent, emotionally supportive environment that promotes positive interactions.

The availability of early childhood education and care programs pertains not just to the number of programs and seats but also their proximity to where families live and work. Availability is further limited for families seeking licensed high-quality programs, which according to a recent HHS study, account for fewer than 10 percent of all providers. This problem is even more pronounced for families living in low-income or rural areas where child care “deserts” are more common.

States have recently taken greater steps to fostering better quality in early- and schoolage care and education programs through the development and administration of Quality Ratings Information Systems, or QRIS. Though exact designs differ from state to state, generally these systems are responsible for setting quality standards and providing monitoring, incentives and support services to promote continuous improvement. QRIS program also can rate early child care and education programs to help better inform families about choosing the right care provider.

Legislators are able to learn [through the caucus] how early childhood care and education can positively affect other policy areas which they may be more knowledgeable about, such as crime rates and disparity in education.”

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This cost is even greater for high-quality programs where more competitive care-provider salaries and benefits, lower adult-child ratios, and better classroom resources lead to higher prices. To keep within budget, families may be forced to choose lower-quality programs to even be able to provide their children access at all.

Given the challenges for families in finding quality and affordable education and care programs for their children, there is a clear need to educate public officials, especially newly elected legislators, about the value of investing in these programs. Realizing this, Wisconsin legislators formed the Wisconsin Legislative Children’s Caucus in 2016. The caucus’ stated purpose is to create a sustainable forum to educate legislators and build bipartisan support for promising, evidence-informed investments in children and families.

Wisconsin state Rep. Joan Ballweg serves as a co-chair for the caucus, which she says is improving the conversation about early childhood education by focusing on what works.

“The caucus was formed not to advocate for or against legislation but rather provide education to legislators on evidence-based policy,” Ballweg said.

Though the caucus does not limit its focus to certain ages of children or specific policy areas, there has been a concerted effort to keep early childhood education and care near the forefront of the conversation.

“The caucus has focused significantly on early childhood education because it is an issue that has been shown to provide a significant return on investment, meaning enacting good policy can support a child’s ability to be successful later in life,” Ballweg said.

Ballweg also remarked on how the policy topic relates itself to areas that legislators might be more familiar with. “Legislators are able to learn [through the caucus] how early childhood care and education can positively affect other policy areas which they may be more knowledgeable about, such as crime rates and disparity in education.”

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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends that child care cost no more than 7 percent of a family’s income.

However, according to estimates by Child Care Aware of America, the annual average cost of child care in the United States is approximately $9,000-$9,600 per child, which is approximately 16 percent of the national median household income. Though the exact cost of child care can vary depending on the age of the child and type and location of care, this estimate is representative of the difficulties families can face in affording these services.

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Gov. Ricardo Rosselló Ricardo Rosselló was sworn in as the governor of Puerto Rico in January 2017. Rosselló was a college professor and scientist before taking on the role of governor. Rosselló founded the political advocacy group Boricua Ahora Es, which promoted statehood for Puerto Rico.

Rosselló was confirmed as CSG 2019 national president at the CSG 2018 National Conference in December.

“As national president of CSG, my goal is to promote diversity and inclusivity and to ensure that the voices of all U.S. citizens are heard in the crafting of effective public policy—including those in Puerto Rico and the other territories whose needs are often overlooked or forgotten,” Rosselló said.

“Using this auspicious platform that CSG provides, I plan to continue developing those relationships necessary to advance the relationship between the U.S. mainland and the territories so that we can all develop best practices to serve our constituents and advance the common good.”

The governor’s father, Pedro Rosselló, also served as CSG national president during his time as governor of Puerto Rico.

Rosselló is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he earned

bachelor’s degrees in chemistry and biomedical engineering with a concentration in development economics. He continued his academic career at the University of Michigan, where he completed his master’s and doctorate. He went on to conduct research on stem cell technology at Duke University.

Rosselló created a system of public opinion surveys that applies new discoveries in the cognitive sciences to conduct research in real time. His research has been awarded several prizes including the Biomaterials Conference STAR Award, and has been published in several scientific journals.

“My background gives me a unique perspective as to how to make decisions to provide a better quality of life for the people of Puerto Rico,” he said. “As a scientist, I am a problem-solver. I look for solutions. I am not a career politician, and as such, I don’t feel boxed in by the philosophy of ‘political as usual.’”

In 2012, Rosselló published a book, A Better Puerto Rico is Possible, which analyzed how the condition of Puerto Rico under the current political system of the commonwealth affects the social and economic parameters of the island, as well as its relationship with the rest of the world.

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He and his wife Beatriz have a daughter, Claudia Beatriz, and a son, Pedro Javier Rosselló.

HE IS THE SON OF F O R M E R G OV E R N O R P E D R O R O S S E L LÓ.

In high school, he was a three-time junior tennis champion.

He worked as a researcher at Duke University, focusing on stem cell technology.

He has a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering and economics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a Ph.D. in biomedical engineering from the University of Michigan.

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Sen. Lou D’Allesandro Lou D’Allesandro is currently serving his 11th term in the New Hampshire state Senate representing District 20. D’Allesandro will serve as chair of the Senate Finance Committee as well as vice chair of both the Ways and Means and Capital Budget committees. His priorities for the upcoming legislative session include combatting the opioid crisis and improving access to mental health care.

D’Allesandro was confirmed as CSG 2019 national chair at the CSG 2018 National Conference in December. He has been actively involved with CSG throughout his time in the New Hampshire Senate. D’Allesandro said he was honored to be chosen for this role by his colleagues from around the country, Canada and Puerto Rico and he looks forward to serving over the next year.

“A large number of new legislators were elected in the fall, many of whom may not have had legislative experience,” D’Allesandro said. “I believe CSG can provide leadership and information to help create an environment where new legislators can be in touch with one another with the hope of providing better results on mutual concerns. CSG can provide more exposure to research and information resulting in more productive legislation.”

D’Allesandro serves on the Board of Directors of Southern New Hampshire Services, a local community action program. He recently completed nearly two decades of service as an appointee to the New England Board of Higher Education, or NEBHE, a regional, congressionally authorized compact founded in 1955 by six New England governors to promote greater opportunities in higher education for New England students. As a lifelong educator, improving access to higher education has always been a passion of D’Allesandro’s. He has been a vocal advocate for NEBHE’s Regional Student Program, which enables students across New England to attend a college or university from another state and receive in-state tuition rates if they are pursuing a program not offered at their own state’s educational institutions.

He has been a longtime advocate for improved civics education and passed legislation in New Hampshire requiring a course in civics for high school graduation. The senator also visits each school in his district every fall to engage with students of all ages as well as teachers and administrators.

D I D YO U K N O W ?

HIS FAVORITE HIDDEN GEM IN HIS STATE IS THE NEW HAMPSHIRE STATE LIBRARY.

In 2018, he published a book about his life and experiences in politics authored by Mark Bodanza and titled Lou D’Allesandro: Lion of the New Hampshire Senate and Thoughts for Presidential Hopefuls.

He is a member of The National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame Inc., and a director of the New Hampshire Hockey Hall of Fame.

He holds honorary doctorates from Franklin Pierce University, Daniel Webster College and the New Hampshire Institute of Art.

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Don’t respond until you have the facts. Always leave your audience wanting a little more.

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He has three children, nine grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.

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Rep. Joan Ballweg Joan Ballweg is the state representative for the 41st Assembly District located in south central Wisconsin. Her public service began in Markesan, Wisconsin, where she served as alderperson on the Markesan City Council for four years, and then served as mayor for six years.

Later, she sat on the Waupun Memorial Hospital Board of Directors and was chair from 2002 to 2004. From 2003 to 2004, she also served on the management committee of Agnesian HealthCare Enterprises.

Ballweg served as CSG 2018 vice chair before being confirmed as 2019 chair elect at the CSG 2018 National Conference in December.

“CSG has led important initiatives such as the Justice Center and National Center for Interstate Compacts,” Ballweg said. “I hope during my leadership role with CSG the organization can continue to allow collaborations such as these to flourish and make states stronger.”

Ballweg was a fellow of CSG Midwest’s Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development and later served on the program’s selection committee.

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TO NEW LEGISLATORS It is an honor to be sent to the state capitol by your district, so be sure to listen to those who put you into office as new colleagues and initiatives begin to have your ear.

“During my time being involved with CSG, I am most proud of hosting the 2016 CSG Midwest conference in Milwaukee,” she said. “I’ve also had the opportunity to serve on the BILLD selection committee. I feel like participation in these events and programs are personal and professional growth opportunities that I enjoy seeing other Midwestern legislators take advantage of.”

Ballweg’s special legislative interests include spearheading Red Tape Review, a comprehensive look at Wisconsin’s administrative rules, and initiatives relating to strengthening families and early childhood education. In 2014, Ballweg chaired the Legislative Council Steering Committee for Supporting Healthy Early Brain Development. In 2015, she also initiated a bipartisan Wisconsin Legislative Children’s Caucus, which is focused on building support for evidence-informed investments in children and families. In addition, she is a member of the Wisconsin Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention Board.

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She is a former first-grade teacher.

She and her husband, Tom, own a John Deere Farm Equipment dealership and a yard and garden store, and have been in business since 1976.

SHE SERVED AS MAYOR OF MARKESAN, WISCONSIN, FOR SIX YEARS.

She was a fellow of the CSG Midwest Bowhay Institute for LegisHer favorite hidden gem in Wisconsin is “Big lative Leadership Green Lake.” It is the deepest natural lake in Development.

Wisconsin and is surrounded by old colonial homes.

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Sen. Sam Hunt Sam Hunt is a Washington state senator for the 22nd District, which includes the cities of Lacey, Olympia and Tumwater as well as unincorporated northern Thurston County. His district is the home of The Evergreen State College, Saint Martin’s University, and South Puget Sound Community College, and the state capitol.

Hunt served in 2017 as chair of CSG West, an organization composed of legislators from the 13 western states and the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia, and several Mexican border states. During Hunt’s term as chair, Washington had the honor of hosting the 2017 CSG West Annual Meeting in Tacoma.

He was elected CSG 2019 vice chair at the CSG 2018 National Conference.

voice at the federal level, among state governments and with our neighbors in Canada and Mexico.

Hunt was elected to the Washington Senate in 2016 after serving 16 years in the House of Representatives. He is chair of the State Government, Tribal Relations, and Elections Committee and is also a member of the Ways and Means and Early Learning and K-12 Education committees. In addition, he chairs the Legislative Oral History Advisory Committee and serves on the Capitol Campus Design Advisory Committee, and the Washington-Hyogo Friendship Council.

“My hope is that CSG will be a strong advocate for increasing access to democracy in our voting and elections,” Hunt said. “We must remember that we have the right to vote and not just the privilege to vote. We can have safe and secure elections without creating barriers.”

Hunt was a school teacher in Pasco, where he served as mayor pro tempore, and Montesano.

He also worked for the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction, was staff director for the Washington senate majority leader, education advisor to Gov. Booth Gardner, and legislative director at the Department of Information Services. He is a former member of the North Thurston Public Schools Board of Directors.

Hunt said that as vice chair, he also hopes to strengthen CSG and help it grow as a stronger

Hunt is a longtime resident of Olympia, and his two children and their families live in Olympia.

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IN 2017, HE SERVED AS CHAIR OF CSG WEST.

He served as mayor pro tempore of Pasco, Washington.

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TO NEW LEGISLATORS Don’t take yourself too seriously. Legislative work is tough and timeconsuming, but one needs to have the flexibility and ability to take time to laugh and relax.

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His interest in public service and politics grew when as seventh His favorite hidden gem in grader he was asked if he Washington is Palouse Falls. wanted to help put up signs for the Democratic HE IS A FORMER SCHOOL TEACHER. candidate for governor.

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N E W H A M P S H I R E S TAT E S E N AT O R A N D C S G 2 0 19 N AT I O N A L C H A I R

What accomplishment are you most proud of from your time serving in the New Hampshire Legislature?

“The piece of legislation that I am most proud of is the Birth Records Bill.

We were the fifth state to pass legislation on this subject and I received many positive responses from across the country. Bills of a similar nature were then passed in Maine, Massachusetts, Rhode Island and New Jersey.”

What are your primary policy goals for your state going forward? What policy areas are you the most passionate about and why?

“My primary policy goals in New Hampshire are continuation of the positive economic growth, working on the mental health crisis with a solid plan to address the issues, and fighting for access to the polls so that no one is disenfranchised.

I am most passionate about education, both K–12 and at the post-secondary level. We must provide opportunity and hold down the cost of post-secondary education.”

Last year you published a book titled Lou D’Allesandro: Lion of the New Hampshire Senate and Thoughts for Presidential Hopefuls.

What do you hope readers will take away from the book?

“It is my hope that my book reveals that one’s desire to serve has many steps that must be

taken. The struggle to make things happen is not an easy one. A person must establish relationships and create friendships that last a lifetime.

My story attempts to show the path I took and how, with the help of many, I was able to overcome some very difficult times.

My story is part of my American Dream.”

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What inspired you to run for office?

“I met John F. Kennedy while a student at the University of New Hampshire.

I followed his career as he was a fellow Massachusetts native and my representative in Congress as well as my senator.

He provided an example of commitment and serving the people, and had the ability to bring people together. I strongly felt that I would like to follow this path.”

You are a former collegiate football, lacrosse and baseball player as well as athletic director and basketball coach at Southern New Hampshire University. What lessons from sports have you carried with you in your career as a legislator?

“Sports provided me a chance to lead people and I learned the value of relationships. The team concept has carry-over value in all you do in life—you as a player play one role, as a coach, another. The men and women that I have coached have been the base of my support when I became involved in public life. The ability to take a loss and come back, as well as the experience of getting people together, are all part of the lessons I learned and have served me well in my adult life.”

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CSG EAST/EASTERN REGIONAL CONFERENCE Pennsylvania Sen. Joe Scarnati and Rep. Ryan Mackenzie, CSG ERC 2019 Co-Chairs

2019 EVENTS 9-1-1 False Reporting: Examining Public Policy to Combat the Racialization of Public Spaces April 5–6, 2019 l New York, New York

Rural Broadband: Bridging the Connectivity Divide April 26–27, 2019 l Wilmington, Delaware

2019 National Transportation Stakeholders Forum June 10–13, 2019 l Crystal City, Virginia

Making Teachers Mobile: Updates on the Teacher Licensure Interstate Compact

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ennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie are serving as the 2019 ERC co-chairs.

move the dialogue in Pennsylvania to the next level of respectful political discourse.”

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Mackenzie first got involved with CSG through Scarnati, who is in his fifth term in the Pennsyl- the Eastern Leadership Academy. vania Senate, represents the 25th Senatorial “This still stands out as one of the best training District. experiences I could have had as a new legis­ “Across the commonwealth of Pennsylvania lator,” Mackenzie said. “It was an invaluable exthe needs of rural, suburban and urban areas perience and has made me a more effective of the state vary greatly,” Scarnati said. “My legislator.” senatorial district is the largest geographical Mackenzie is a ninth generation resident of district, encompassing a total of eight rural the Lehigh Valley and an advocate for what counties in the north central region of the state. he sees as the most important issues facing It is imperative that when enacting legislative Pennsylvania: creating jobs, protecting taxinitiatives, we look at the impact they will have payers, strengthening education and reformon each region.” ing government.

Scarnati is a third-generation business owner He is in his fifth term in the Pennsylvania in the Brockway area. In his 17 years as a state House of Representatives, representing the senator, Scarnati has served as a rank-and-file 134th Legislative District. member of the Senate, as a member of Senate Prior to being elected, Mackenzie served as Leadership and as Senate President Pro Tempolicy director at the Pennsylvania Department pore—a position that he was elected to by of Labor & Industry. In this role, he worked on the full Senate. In 2008, with the passing of Catherine Baker Knoll, Scarnati became Penn- issues related to unemployment compensation reform, workers’ comp insurance and workforce sylvania’s 31st lieutenant governor. He served development. He was successful in championthe remainder of Knoll’s term, which ended ing efforts that saved Pennsylvania taxpayers Jan. 18, 2011. $100 million by refinancing debt and will save “Taxpayers expect and deserve that elected an additional $400 million per year through officials work together to accomplish initiareform measures. tives that help move to Pennsylvania forward,” “Having worked in the executive branch in PennScarnati said. “It is crucial that we adhere to sylvania, I appreciate CSG’s unique role as an our principles, but we should also be willing organization serving all three branches of state to listen to thoughts of those across the aisle.

By engaging in civil conversations, we can help government,” Mackenzie said.

July 26–27, 2019 l Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

59th Annual Meeting & Regional Policy Forum of the Eastern Regional Conference July 28–31, 2019 l Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The ERC’s 59th Annual Meeting & Regional Policy Forum will be held at the Omni William Penn Hotel on July 28–31, 2019, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

The ERC 2019 Annual Meeting is being co-chaired

by Pennsylvania Senate President Pro Tempore Joe Scarnati and state Rep. Ryan Mackenzie.

2019 Eastern Leadership Academy Aug. 25–29, 2019 l Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The Robert J. Thompson Eastern Leadership Academy, or ELA, annually brings together as many as 30 state and provincial officials from the 18 Eastern region member jurisdictions. This select group of state officials, from all three branches of government, receives training to enhance their leadership and communication skills from a variety of experts in media, education and government. Held in partnership with the Fels Institute of Government, ELA is designed for legislators, as well as legislative staff, executive branch and judicial branch officials in the early to mid stages of their government careers. For more information and to apply, please visit csg-erc.org/leadership-academy/.

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The Eastern Trade Council, or ETC, strength-

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ens state trade programs and increases regional exports by sharing trade development data and best practices, jointly promoting regional products and services, and collectively advocating for federal trade promotion programs and policies that benefit the region. The ETC is supported by annual appropriations from its 11 member jurisdictions. For more information about ETC, please contact Veronique Cavaillier, director of the Eastern Trade Council, at vcavaillier@csg.org.

Wendell Hannaford .................................. whannaford@csg.org Director, CSG/ERC

David Biette.....................dbiette@csg.org Deputy Director, CSG/ERC

Departmental Specialists Jack Aitken........................ jaitken@csg.org

Perspectives ERC produces an annual report outlining our yearly activities and the work of our policy committees, providing highlights of the ERC Annual Meeting and initiatives planned for the year ahead. Please find a link to this year’s perspectives at csg-erc.org.

ERC Transportation Policy Newsletter A monthly newsletter outlining important topics and key news regarding transportation in CSG’s Eastern Region. To sign up for alerts, contact Steve Hewitt or Don Hannon, ERC’s Transportation Policy consultants, at donhannon@iCloud.com, or shewitt109@aol.com.

ERC Council on Communities of Color, consisting of African-American, Asian, Hispanic and Native American legislators from ERC’s member states and provinces, sponsors programs for state officials on public policy issues of particular concern to communities of color. The council seeks to engage all ERC members in a dialogue on issues involving race, diversity and inclusiveness in our states, communities, and in the workplace. Communities of color face difficult, and often unique, economic, environmental and social challenges.

The Council on Communities of Color seeks to focus attention on these issues and promote the conversations necessary to produce public policy solutions, not only to improve the quality of life in these communities, but to improve the productive capacity of our states and the region.

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Green Matters Newsletter A monthly newsletter highlighting energy and environment issues in CSG’s Eastern Region. For more information, please contact Rona Cohen, senior policy analyst, at rcohen@csg.org.

CSG/ERC Canada-U.S. News

Diagnosing personal communications challenges

SETH PENDLETON Partner, KNP Communications Seth Pendleton specializes in preparing political, nonprofit, and business leaders for some of their most crucial public appearances, including media interviews, national convention speeches, keynote addresses, and investor meetings. Seth has been a speaker and media trainer for more than 15 years, working with such clients as AARP, Harvard Business School, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, HBO, Pfizer, Bayer, and Hewitt and Associates.

Seth has also served as a media/speaker trainer and debate prep consultant for more than 50 members of the United States Congress and the United States Senate. He previously served as a senior speechwriter for the director of the National Science Foundation. Seth holds a masters’ degree from Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government and an M.A. in theatre arts from Villanova University. A former actor and theater director, Seth is a long-time member of the Screen Actors Guild.

LEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP: BUILDING A CULTURE OF EXCELLENCE J A N UA R Y 1 0 , 2 0 1 9 | B U CC A N E E R H OT E L | B E A C H M E E T I N G R O O M | 1:30 P. M . TO 4:30 P. M .

This interactive presentation will focus on how we each play a role in creating a culture of excellence and civility. Participants will engage with research-based strategies to enhance core leadership competencies that create a culture of excellence. Areas of focus will include intentional relationship building, integrity, clear communication of expectations, purposeful habits, pro-active mindset, and accountability of self and others necessary to reach optimal performance.

Veronique M. Cavaillier ...................................... vcavaillier@csg.org Director, Eastern Trade Council Director, Leadership Training Programs

Rona Cohen......................rcohen@csg.org Senior Policy Analyst, Energy & Environment Program Editor, Print & Multimedia Projects

Debbie-Ann Paige.......... dpaige@csg.org Senior Policy Analyst, Military & Veterans Affairs Committee Coordinator, ERC Quad Caucus

J. SCOTT RAECKER Director, The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University J. Scott Raecker is a former Iowa legislator and director of The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University that has a mission to enhance civility through ethical leadership and character development.

Scott draws on 14 years of experience in the Iowa legislature, and more than 20 years as a professional focused on development of ethical leadership and civility to help current legislators navigate the sometimes uncertain terrain of lawmaking and governing.

Scott served as chair and ranking member of the Appropriations Committee, chair of the Ethics Committee, chair of the Administration and Regulation Sub-appropriation Committee and vice-chair of the Economic Growth Appropriation Committee.

The ERC EASTrain program brings seasoned exLEGISLATIVE LEADERSHIP: ENGAGING IN EFFECTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS perts to state legislatures throughout the region for hands-on professional development training designed to improve leadership skills. The programs are developed at the request of legislative leadership and customized to meet the needs of members.

J A N UA R Y 1 1 , 2 0 1 9 | B U CC A N E E R H OT E L | B E A C H M E E T I N G R O O M | 9:00 A . M . TO 11:00 A . M .

Building on the strategies from the first session, this interactive presentation will focus on how each member plays a role in creating a culture of effective and productive committee meetings. Areas of focus will include clarity on roles (chair, vice chair, ranking member, member); goals and strategies; effective negotiation; how to work effectively with staff; and accountability of process to reach optimal committee performance.

J. SCOTT RAECKER Director, The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University

The Council of State Governments is a nonpartisan, nonprofit association charged with promoting excellence in state government. As the only association representing all three branches of government, CSG has been committed to putting the best ideas and solutions into practice since 1933. CSG’s Eastern Office serves 11 northeastern states— Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, as well as Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, and Quebec. In pursuit of its mission, ERC conducts public policy research and analysis, holds seminars and conferences, and publishes various electronic newsletters relating to agriculture, environment/energy, health, transportation, and regional trends.

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Agnes Wilk...........................awilk@csg.org Administrative Assistant

CSG ERC Policy Consultants Don Hannon....... donhannon@icloud.com Transportation Policy

Steve Hewitt..............shewitt109@aol.com Transportation Policy

Fran Boyd....................... info_erc@csg.org Agriculture and Rural Affairs Federal Affairs

Tara Sad...................... taraeric@gmail.com Agriculture and Rural Affairs

Bob Haefner .......................bobhaefnerjp@comcast.net Agriculture and Rural Affairs

CONTACT US! 22 Cortlandt St., Floor 22 New York, NY 10007 p 212.482.2320 | www.csg-erc.org

Oliver Kim................ ojkim23@yahoo.com Health Policy

Elizabeth Whitehouse .................................ewhitehouse@csg.org Education Policy Director of CSG Center of Innovation

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Monthly newsletter highlighting Canada-U.S. relations in CSG’s Eastern Region. For more information, please contact David Biette, deputy director of CSG/ERC, at dbiette@csg.org.

Establishing credibility, trust, and likability

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J A N UA R Y 1 0 , 2 0 1 9 | B U CC A N E E R H OT E L | B E A C H M E E T I N G R O O M | 9:00 A . M . TO 12:30 P. M .

Understanding the critical, intangible leadership qualities of credibility and affinity, including the nonverbal behaviors that project those qualities

A.R. Braver...................... abraver@csg.org

Uldis Vanags.................. uvanags@csg.org

EASTRAIN Participants will develop proven, effective skills for producing a successful encounter with constituents and colleagues. Participants will learn a commonsense approach to defusing hostile questions and giving positive, simple, and memorable information.

The training will focus on instruction and practice in core executive skills and behaviors observed in highly successful elected officials. Skills covered during the session will include:

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CSG SOUTH/SOUTHERN LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE Louisiana House Speaker Taylor Barras CSG SLC 2018–2019 Chair

2019 EVENTS

The South continues to demonstrate that, as a region, we are up to the many challenges and opportunities that come our way.

We increasingly are the region at the forefront of innovative public policy in areas such as workforce development, economic development and higher education. Our continued ability to come together to learn from one another is a testament to the strength and vitality of the SLC, as well as that of the Southern region.”

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peaker Taylor Barras was elected to the Louisiana House of Representatives in 2007, representing New Iberia’s District 48, which comprises portions of Iberia, Lafayette and St. Martin Parish. He was elected Speaker of the House in January 2016.

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On July 25, 2018, delegates to the SLC’s 72nd Annual Meeting in St. Louis, Missouri, unanimously elected Barras chair of the Southern Legislative Conference. Barras will preside over the SLC and its executive committee through 2019. He will assist in shaping the program for the 73rd Annual Meeting of the SLC, to take place in New Orleans, July 13–17, 2019.

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“The South continues to demonstrate that, as a region, we are up to the many challenges and opportunities that come our way,” Barras said in his capacity as SLC chair and spokesperson for the 15 SLC member states. “We increasingly are the region at the forefront of innovative public policy in areas such as workforce development, economic development and higher education. Our continued ability to come together to learn from one another is a testament to the strength and vitality of the SLC, as well as that of the Southern region.”

A New Iberia native, Barras received a bachelor’s degree in accounting from Louisiana State

73rd Annual Meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference July 13–17, 2019 | New Orleans, Louisiana Convened as the focal point and culmination of its yearly activities, the Annual Meeting of the Southern Legislative Conference is the nation’s largest regional gathering of state legislators, legislative staff and government officials, and the premier public policy forum for Southern state legislatures. Numerous informal discussions allow state government officials to share their knowledge and experiences with colleagues facing similar challenges and opportunities. This hallmark of the SLC Annual Meeting gives policymakers an opportunity to meet and collaborate on a broad spectrum of state government issues. The site of the 2019 SLC Annual Meeting, New Orleans is one of the world’s most fascinating cities and home to a truly unique melting pot of culture. New Orleans is known around the world for its music, food and nightlife.

University in 1979. His career in banking spans more than 35 years in South Louisiana, where he currently serves as market president of Iberiabank’s New Iberia market.

In addition to his work with Iberiabank in South Louisiana, Barras has been active for many years in Iberia Parish through his work as chair of the board of the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce, chair of the Leadership Iberia Program and campaign and leadership-giving chair for United Way. He was the recipient of the Outstanding Civic Service Award presented by the Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce in 2004, named Mr. Iberia in 1992 and picked as a Rising Young Business Leader by the Times of Acadiana.

Barras has served as vice president of the Louisiana Sugar Cane Festival and Fair Asso­ciation; a member of the Iberia Cultural Resources Association; co-chair of the St. Edward School capital campaign; and a member of the Cath­ olic High School Capital Campaign Committee.

He is a former member of the board of directors for the Council for A Better Louisiana.

Barras and his wife, Cheryl Lopez Barras, have one son, Alex, who is married and resides in Baton Rouge.

Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills Oct. 5–9, 2019 | Little Rock, Arkansas The Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills, or CALS, seeks to create skilled, educated and confident state leaders by developing and enhancing core competencies that play a vital role in the service of public officials, in both professional and personal arenas. Through activities and instruction focusing on the leadership program’s four central components— communication, conflict resolution, consensus build­ ing and critical decision-making—CALS scholars have an opportunity to reinforce and refine these crucial skills. The program provides a unique opportunity for participants to engage in conversations and take part in sessions designed to explore individual boundaries and perceptions in a strictly nonpartisan environment. Applications for the CALS program are accepted from new and mid-career state executive, legislative and judicial branch officials in the SLC’s 15 member states. Full scholarships are provided to those selected, covering all costs related to participation in the program.

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PUBLICATIONS & RESOURCES Prepared under the auspices of SLC’s six standing committees, SLC Regional Resources provide a regional analysis on the background and current status of the most prevalent and unique state government policy issues facing Southern states.

Focusing on policy issues, trends and developments particular to the South, these reports provide a point of reference that allows SLC members to view their state’s governmental policies in relation to their closest neighbors.

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SLC Delegations— In order to better facilitate

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information sharing between and among its member states, the U.S. federal government and foreign nations, the SLC arranges delegations comprising legislative leaders and committee chairs to domestic and international points of innovation to observe a particular program or service first-hand, communicate member states’ positions on federal legislation and regulations, and enhance economic relations with countries of importance to the Southern region.

Colleen Cousineau Director

Policy & Program Contacts Mikko Lindberg......... mlindberg@csg.org Senior Communications and Research Specialist Contact for member services and outreach; SLC Annual Meeting; SLC website and publications; Continuing Legal Education (CLE)

Lily Schieber................. lschieber@csg.org

SLC Special Series Reports provide an in-depth

Through the State Transformation in Action Recognition, or STAR, award, the Southern Office recognizes creative, impactful, transferable and effective state government solutions. Submissions for the recognition of innovative programs are accepted from a wide array of state agencies, departments and institutions operating within the executive, legislative and judicial governmental branches.

concise reports that identify new and emerging issues that are time sensitive and often off the radar of policymakers. These briefs examine the impact and implications of recent state and national developments for the Southern states.

Comparative Data Reports, or CDRs, are pre-

pared annually by select SLC states’ fiscal research departments. These reports track revenue sources, appropriations levels, performance measures, and a multitude of other metrics in Southern states. A useful tool for legislators and legislative staff alike, CDRs are available for adult correctional systems, education, Medicaid and transportation.

Policy Analyst Contact for cultural affairs; economic development; health and human services; corrections and public safety; transportation

Cody Allen.......................... callen@csg.org Legislative Staff Exchange Program, or LSEP, provides opportunities for legislative staff in SLC states to participate in peer-to-peer briefings and exchanges to develop effective strategies, identify best practices and share innovative ideas across a broad spectrum of legislative processes. Tailored for the particular needs and schedules of the participants, LSEPs are held in both formal and informal group settings, with funding provided by the SLC. The SLC periodically arranges professional development programs in state capitols and conducts workshops on pre-selected topics for legislators and legislative staff. The topics and presenters are decided in close consultation with leadership and senior staff in the respective legislative offices. All costs related to the workshop are borne by the SLC.

Policy Analyst Contact for education; fiscal affairs; government operations

Nick Bowman.............. nbowman@csg.org Publications and Research Associate Contact for state legislative service agencies; SLC Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills (CALS); SLC State Transformation in Action Recognition (STAR)

Susan Lanter.....................slanter@csg.org Finance and Events Coordinator Contact for accounts payable and receivable; SLC Annual Meeting

Neil Johnson................ njohnson@csg.org Operations Coordinator Contact for general accounting; property management; SLC Annual Meeting

Gia Fore............................... gfore@csg.org Administrative and Meeting Coordinator Contact for SLC Annual Meeting

CONTACT US! P.O. Box 98129 Atlanta, GA 30359 p 404.633.1866 | www.slcatlanta.org

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Visit slcatlanta.org to browse SLC publications and research.

Anne Roberts Brody.....aroberts@csg.org Policy Analyst Contact for agriculture; energy; environment; rural development; legislative staff training

Roger Moore....................rmoore@csg.org

analysis of key policy issues facing Southern states.

Addressing governmental issues with multiple layers and highly nuanced solutions, these reports provide an extensive analysis of national, economic and political trends, along with an additional focus on how these developments relate to the SLC member states and the region as a whole.

SLC Issue Alerts and SLC Issue Briefs comprise

Programs and Marketing Manager Contact for SLC Annual Meeting; SLC Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills (CALS); legislative staff training; social media

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CSG MIDWEST/MIDWESTERN LEGISLATIVE CONFERENCE 2019 EVENTS

Illinois Sen. Elgie Sims Jr. CSG MLC 2019 Chair The opportunity to serve in this role with CSG Midwest is a tremendous honor. This organization challenges legislators to move past today’s partisan politics to produce policy outcomes that are in the best interest of the people we represent.”

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en. Elgie R. Sims Jr. is state senator for Illinois’ 17th Senate district, which includes portions of the South Side of Chicago, Chicago’s south suburbs, and Will and Kankakee counties. He previously served nearly six years as the state representative of Illinois’ 34th House district.

An attorney and second-generation small business owner, Sims’ commitment to hard work began at an early age while working in his family’s business. Throughout college and during his time working in Springfield, he often commuted from downstate Illinois to help run his family’s business on Chicago’s South Side, and he did the same while putting himself through law school.

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Sims remains active in many civic organizations that aim to improve the quality of life for the communities they serve. As a community leader, he has worked to provide scholarships and books to children in need and worked to make our communities safer.

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CSG Midwest recently selected Sims as 2019 chair.

“The opportunity to serve in this role with CSG Midwest is a tremendous honor,” Sims said. “This organization challenges legislators to move past today’s partisan politics to produce policy outcomes that are in the best interest of the people we represent. I look forward to working with my colleagues, on both sides of the aisle, to find common ground and advance initiatives to help the people of communities throughout the Midwest and in Canada.”

As a state senator, Sims continues to put families and communities first. During his time in the Illinois General Assembly, Sims has championed legislation focused on improving the quality of our schools, strengthening the middle class by creating good jobs, bringing fiscal discipline to Springfield and passing common-sense public safety initiatives with the aim of making our streets safer.

Sims focuses on creating economic oppor­ tunities and good paying jobs. Recently, he passed a law requiring the state of Illinois to create a plan to address the crisis of high unemployment among young people. He also worked to pass a law to help revitalize the local economy by allowing low-interest loans to small, minority and women-owned businesses working on transportation projects for the state of Illinois.

Widely regarded for his legislative knowledge and ability to forge compromise, Sims led efforts in the House for Illinois to become the first state in the nation to pass legislation to improve community and law enforcement relations. The Police and Community Relations Improvement Act has been used as model legislation on improving relations between law enforcement and the communities they protect and serve. The Act establishes and includes statewide protocols for the implementation of body cameras and training requirements for law enforcement officers.

74th Annual Meeting of the CSG Midwestern Legislative Conference July 21–24 | Chicago, Illinois Contact: Cindy Andrews | candrews@csg.org Illinois state Sen. Elgie Sims, chair of the MLC, will host the four-day event—the premier meeting for the Midwest’s state and provincial lawmakers. Through its mix of featured guest speakers, interactive sessions on key public policy issues, networking opportunities and professional development workshops, the MLC Annual Meeting gives attendees a unique opportunity to learn from guest experts and each other while collaborating with their legislative colleagues from neighboring states and provinces. The family friendly event will also include a number of activities for the spouses, adult guests and children of attendees featuring some of Chicago’s finest venues.

25th Annual Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development Aug. 9–13 | Minneapolis, Minnesota Contact: Laura Tomaka | ltomaka@csg.org BILLD is an intensive, five-day educational and training opportunity for newer state legislators, offering them a unique opportunity to heighten their leadership and policymaking skills and meet the challenges facing state government as they become tomorrow’s leaders.

The agenda includes a rigorous curriculum of leadership development workshops, policy analysis seminars and public service skills training. BILLD focuses on major issues facing state governments, such as education, corrections, health care and economic development, along with skills development training such as negotiation and conflict resolution, time and focus management, and communications and speechmaking training.

Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus Sept. 13–14 | Chicago, Illinois Contact: Lisa Janairo | ljanairo@csg.org The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Legislative Caucus is a nonpartisan group of state and provincial lawmakers from eight U.S. states—Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wis­ consin—and two Canadian provinces—Ontario and Québec. CSG Midwest provides staffing services for the caucus.

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Planning Guide for Shipments of Radioactive Material through the Midwestern States

NEW FOR 2019 See page 11 for our new section on the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development (BILLD) — alumni news, articles from BILLD scholars and key upcoming dates

CSG Midwest Issue Briefs 2-3 • Health & Human Services: Illinois law puts new limits on ‘skinny’ health plans • Criminal Justice & Public Safety: ‘Excessive’ fines case from Indiana heard by Supreme Court • Agriculture & Natural Resources: New farm bill provides some certainty in uncertain times • Great Lakes: Michigan lays groundwork for new pipeline beneath Straits of Mackinac

Around the Region 4 A look at new studies on budgets and what they say about the Midwest’s fiscal conditions

Capital Closeup 5 Wisconsin changes balance of power between Legislature, attorney general

Question of the Month 5 Have any states considered bills to end daylight savings time or make it year-round?

Profile 8 Wisconsin Assembly Assistant Majority Floor Leader Mary Felzkowski

FirstPerson 9 Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs on how states are making ABLE accounts work for the disabled

CSG News & Events 10 Region’s new legislative leadership team in place

Capitol Clips 12 • Population gains in South Dakota, Minnesota • Michigan changes ballot-measure rules • Two new state laws aim to improve nurse safety • Minnesota documents rise of telemedicine

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To order, call 630.925.1922.

CSG Midwestern Office Staff Michael H. McCabe, Director Tim Anderson, Publications Manager Mitch Arvidson, Policy Analyst Jon Davis, Assistant Editor/Policy Analyst Cindy Calo Andrews, Assistant Director Ilene K. Grossman, Assistant Director Lisa R. Janairo, Program Director Laura Kliewer, Senior Policy Analyst Gail Meyer, Office Manager Laura A. Tomaka, Senior Program Manager Kathy Treland, Administrative Coordinator and Meeting Planner

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New policies on sexual assault, from handling of rape kits to new supports in hospitals, being implemented across Midwest

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s she’s worked on policies to improve how her state handles sexual assault investigations and helps victims, Nebraska Sen. Kate Bolz has talked to advocacy groups and consulted with experts.

But she also has in her mind a constituent, a survivor who approached her after a town-hall meeting.

“She was so young and had been so hurt by her circumstance,” Bolz says, “and she talked about the kind of support and information she needed.”

“Over the past couple of years,” she adds, “we’ve heard a lot from survivors.”

The same likely can be said for legislators across the Midwest, as evidenced by statistics on the prevalence of sexual assault and the burst of activity in state capitols.

According to RAINN, the nation’s largest anti-sexual violence organization, someone is sexually assaulted in the United States every 98 seconds. And more than 20 percent of women report having been a victim of rape (either attempted or completed) during their lifetimes, federal data show.

States have explored various ways to improve their policies around sexual assault, and the result has been several new laws that aim to help victims and improve investigations of the crime, particularly through a better handling of sexual assault kits. Here is a look at some of the strategies being proposed and implemented in the Midwest.

State laws in Midwest mandating that rape kits be tested

All kits must be tested No testing mandate* * Through legislation or executive branch actions, several states in the Midwest have taken steps to address concerns about backlogged, untested kits — for example, conducting statewide inventories and/or requiring that all of these backlogged kits be tested.

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LB 43 includes these provisions as well.)

Also last year, Illinois legislators adopted new requirements for how sexual assault victims are cared for in the hospital.

Under HB 5245, hospital emergency rooms must have a staff member who has received training on how to collect physical evidence, respond to the medical and psychological needs of a survivor, and testify in court. These requirements take effect in three years.

The goal of Illinois’ HB 5245 is two-fold: improve support for victims and government prosecutions of sexual assault crimes.

By improving supports, too, the state hopes it encourages more victims of sexual assault to report their cases to law enforcement. (Nationally, only about one-third do.)

Illinois formed a working group four years ago to explore various “victimcentered” policies, and HB 5245 and SB 3404 are among the results of this group’s work and recommendations.

A third example was the legislature’s passage three years ago of SB 3096, which requires specialized training on sexual assault for law enforcement, first responders and 911 operators. That same measure also extended the time for survivors to consent to the testing of forensic evidence, for use in sexual assault kits, from 14 days to five years.

would be informed of their rights during initial interactions with nurses, medical examiners or police officers.

Bolz worked with the advocacy group Rise on the legislation. That same group lists South Dakota and Illinois as having passed some version of a Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights in 2018.

Illinois’ SB 3404, for example, spells out the rights of every victim to have Policies on testing of rape kits an advocate present during a hospital New supports, rights for victims examination; to consent to the collection A sexual assault kit, or rape kit, contains of DNA evidence; and to shower after a biological evidence collected in the afterEarlier this year, Bolz introduced LB 43, the medical exam is complete. (Nebraska’s math of a sexual assault.

Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights.

PLEASE TURN TO PAGE 6 “I think maybe the most important element [in the legislation] is the proactive requirement that people are provided It is estimated that every 98 seconds, a information about their rights — everything person in the United States is sexually from the right to being treated with dignity assaulted. State governments are and respect to the right to participate in the at the center of efforts to improve criminal justice process,” she says. the government’s response to “When you are experiencing a trauthese crimes — including more matic situation, information that you can supports for victims, new policies on trust, about the choices you have, is really sexual assault kits, and prevention programs on college campuses. important.”

Under LB 43, sexual assault victims

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ontana state Rep. Kimberly Dudik, the CSG West 2019 Chair, believes the region faces “Bringing bipartisan groups of leaders together many important issues. to focus on areas of common concern provides the most universally accepted and well-rounded “One of the most important issues facing state solutions to policy issues,” she said. leaders is how to successfully curb the growing problem of substance abuse,” she said. “This Dudik serves on the Appropriations Committee; includes illegal substances, as well as prescrip- Joint Appropriations Subcommittee on Judicial tion drugs, and the many related issues it brings. Branch, Law Enforcement, and Justice; Rules When we successfully address this problem, Committee; Finance Committee; and was chairmany of the other issues we face—public safety, person of the Office of State Public Defender Task Force. workforce development, job creation and government expenditures—will be positively Maintaining strong ties to her community, Dudik impacted.” also devotes time to civic duties. She serves on Dudik began her career as a domestic violence the board of the local hospital, St. Patrick Hosadvocate, helping families in abusive situations, pital, and chairs the Mission and Community and continued to care for those in need as a Needs Committee where she focuses efforts on registered nurse. She became an attorney en- identifying community needs and program forcing Montana’s laws as both a deputy county funding. attorney and assistant attorney general. In this Dudik said she’s eager to host the CSG West 2019 capacity she determined that Montana’s laws Annual Meeting in Big Sky, Montana, July 16–20 needed improving, not just enforcing, leading where sessions will explore a range of policy her to the legislature. issues important to the West.

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CSG JUSTICE CENTER CSG Justice Center Refocuses Work Under New Leadership protocols regarding dependence and addiction treatment; it also plans to highlight key elements of the issue through videos and other media on a national level.

Megan Quattlebaum CSG Justice Center Director

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ver the past year, The Council State Governments (CSG) Justice Center experienced changes that brought a reinvigorated commitment to improving criminal justice systems in states and counties across the country, as well as a host of new ideas to spark innovation.

These changes began in February 2018 when CSG Executive Director/CEO David Adkins named Megan Quattlebaum the new director of the CSG Justice Center following a nationwide search. Quattlebaum previously served as the program director of Yale Law School’s Justice Collaboratory, where she was named a Senior Liman Fellow in Residence and as a lecturer in law at Columbia University Law School.

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“Megan is a dynamic leader whose experience and passion will help CSG continue to support the states in developing smarter, more effective criminal justice policy,” Adkins said at the time of the appointment. “For more than 15 years, state officials have looked to the CSG Justice Center to convene and facilitate groundbreaking work about criminal justice and public safety.

The CSG Justice Center’s role in advancing sound criminal justice policy and practice across the country has never been more important.”

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With new leadership comes a new direction, the trajectory of which has already begun to take shape.

This includes a focus on the opioid epidemic, one of the critical issues in our field. With corrections officials battling high numbers of people with substance addictions in their facilities, the CSG Justice Center has begun developing a portfolio of work centered on the intersection of the criminal justice system and opioid addiction. In the coming year, the organization plans to help jurisdictions examine their processes inside correctional facilities, such as

The organization is also embarking on new work to provide states with a data-driven approach to the three primary ways they can assist victims of crime. These methods include managing victim restitution, compensating victims for certain expenses incurred as a result of a crime, and funding victim services through state and federal grants. This work emphasizes how critical it is that the policies and practices that direct these three systems is methodically and regularly assessed to ensure that the needs of all victims are met in a consistent, timely, and compassionate manner.

The CSG Justice Center is also laying groundwork to tackle issues around reentry and employment, especially when it comes to collateral consequences—which are the legal and regulatory restrictions that limit or prohibit people convicted of crimes from accessing employment, business and occupational licensing, housing, voting, education, and other rights, benefits, and opportunities. After collecting and analyzing the collateral consequences in all U.S. jurisdictions, the organization recently launched the National Inventory of Collateral Consequences, an online searchable database that identifies and categorizes the statutes and regulations that impose collateral consequences in all 50 states, the federal system, and the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands, and Puerto Rico.

The evolving juvenile justice field also prompted the CSG Justice Center to refresh its organizational outlook on youth-related work. In partnership with the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University’s McCourt School of Public Policy, the CSG Justice Center developed six innovative strategies that states and localities can follow to make sweeping changes to their juvenile justice systems. Through interviews and focus groups with nearly 50 researchers, national experts, and systems leaders, the partners identified innovative ideas for building upon recent system improvements by reorienting juvenile justice systems to improve public safety and outcomes for youth. The partners released a publication, Transforming Juvenile Justice Systems, to highlight these strategies and set the stage for future work in the CSG Justice Center’s juvenile justice portfolio.

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Second Chance Act 10-Year Anniversary November 2018 Celebration and Reauthorization On the federal level, the CSG Justice Center celebrated 10 years of impact created by the Second Chance Act. Passed by Congress in 2008, the Second Chance Act has supported work to improve reentry outcomes in communities throughout the country. The organization promoted the value of the bill through stories and statistics shared throughout the year on social media, as well as in two key publications—Reentry Matters and Reducing Recidivism: States Deliver Results.

Following President Donald Trump’s designation of April 2018 as “Second Chance Month,” the CSG Justice Center also sponsored an event in conjunction with the Association of State Correctional Administrators, the National Association of Social Workers, the National Association of Counties (NACo) Prison Fellowship, and the Association of Prosecuting Attorneys to celebrate and reflect on the impact of the Second Chance Act. Congress reinforced its commitment to the legislation in December when it passed the Second Chance Reauthorization Act of 2018, which was included in the bipartisan First Step Act.

50-State Summit, 50 Data-Filled Workbooks On the state level, the CSG Justice Center worked with top officials from all 50 states to produce individual, state-specific workbooks that contain more than 60 data visualizations showing historical trends and data comparisons related to crime, arrests, recidivism, and correctional populations. The workbooks also provide policymakers with key questions to help identify opportunities to increase public safety and consider the public safety challenges in their state as well as possible solutions.

The research used to create these workbooks also provided a framework for discussions that took place at the 50-State Summit on Public Safety held in November 2017 in Washington, D.C. Each of the attendees at the Summit—including 35 behavioral health directors, 15 police chiefs, 12 sheriffs, and 41 state legislators—received their state’s workbook.

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More Governors Connecting “Face to Face” with People in the Justice System In another successful effort to engage state partners, the CSG Justice Center and the National Reentry Resource Center launched the Face to Face initiative in August 2017. Face to Face encourages policymakers to personally engage with the people who are closest to the correctional system. In all, 15 governors on both sides of the aisle have participated in Face to Face activities, including meeting with people with mental illnesses successfully diverted from jail, visiting a women’s correctional facility, and meeting with people incarcerated at maximum security prisons.

Justice Reinvestment Efforts Expanded The CSG Justice Center also continued to help deliver policy improvements in states and counties across the country. For example, in Massachusetts, staff worked with a bipartisan, interbranch steering committee and working group to support a datadriven Justice Reinvestment approach to address issues within the state’s criminal justice system. The process led directly to two major pieces of criminal justice legislation being signed in April 2018 that represent the most significant changes to the state’s criminal justice system in decades.

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The CSG Justice Center also launched the Stepping Up County Self-Assessment, designed to assist counties interested in evaluating the status of their current efforts to reduce the prevalence of people who have mental illnesses in jails. The online tool, launched in July 2018, guides counties to determine their implementation progress. Explore the tool at https://tool.stepuptogether.org/.

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“Stepping Up” Efforts to Reduce Mental Illness in Jails Building on the successes of the first two years, the Stepping Up initiative—led jointly by the CSG Justice Center, NACo, and the American Psychiatric Association Foundation to reduce the number of people with mental illnesses in jails—expanded its efforts to provide counties with the tools they need to use data to systematically identify people who have mental illnesses who enter their jails. As part of the national effort, this new phase (which officially launched April 6, 2018) named eight rural and urban “Innovator Counties” as models for their expertise in collecting baseline data.

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LEARNING TO LEAD WITH CSG State leaders demonstrate unparalleled dedication to their communities, states and our nation. One of the most important parts of CSG’s mission is to support state leaders in their service by offering national and regional development opportunities.

While leadership is an innate trait for many public servants, learning to lead is a skill

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honed. That is why CSG offers many training programs for elected and appointed state officials across the nation. We are proud to partner with state leaders in their dedication to continual learning. Read more about these opportunities here!

Aug. 23–27, 2019 | Lexington, KY

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Each year, the CSG Henry Toll Fellowship, named in honor of CSG founder Henry Wolcott Toll, brings together a group of rising state leaders to Lexington, Kentucky, for an intense week of leadership training. Participants are encouraged to both evaluate and adapt the way they interact with each other and the world around them—setting aside titles, politics and party lines. Designed to help state officials from all three branches take an introspective look at how they view themselves as public servants, colleagues and community members, the program provides a unique experience unlike any other in the nation. The CSG Henry Toll Fellowship targets outstanding rising state government officials from all three branches of government. Elected, appointed and merit officials may all apply. The Toll Fellowship is designed as a “graduate” level program complementing leadership development programs offered by CSG’s regional offices. It is, therefore, suggested but not required that applicants first complete their respective regional program. The list of Toll Fellow alumni is long and distinguished. Past Tolls have achieved great success including serving as governors, secretaries of state, chief justices, speakers and in the U.S. Congress.

For more information and to apply for the CSG Toll Fellowship, contact tolls@ csg.org or visit csg.org/tolls.

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Robert J. Thompson Eastern Leadership Academy Aug. 9–13, 2019 | Minneapolis, MN APPLICATION DEADLINE » APRIL 10, 2019 Each summer, 37 lawmakers from the 11 member states of CSG Midwest and its affiliate members gather for a unique five-day educational experience, the Bowhay Institute for Legislative Leadership Development, or BILLD. Named in honor of the first director of CSG Midwest, the late James Bowhay, the Bowhay Institute is the only leadership training program designed exclusively for Midwestern legislators.

BILLD helps newer legislators develop the skills necessary to become effective leaders, informed decision-makers and astute policy analysts.

The program offers a unique opportunity for lawmakers to improve their leadership skills and explore the issues of the day with nationally renowned scholars, professional development experts, and legislative leaders and colleagues from across the region. In addition to its focus on leadership training, covering topics such as conflict resolution and negotiation, BILLD includes policy sessions on issues ranging from education and corrections to health care and economic development.

The BILLD program is conducted by CSG’s Midwestern Office in cooperation with The Center for the Study of Politics and Governance at the University of Minnesota’s Humphrey School of Public Affairs.

Fellowships are awarded on a competitive, nonpartisan basis by a steering committee of legislators from the region. For more information and to apply, please visit csgmidwest.org/BILLD.

Aug. 25–29, 2019 | Philadelphia, PA APPLICATION DEADLINE » MAY 15, 2019 Named for Pennsylvania state Sen. Robert J. Thompson—a beloved state and local government leader whose 30-year career was a model of personal and professional integrity, fairness, optimism and humility —the Robert J. Thompson Eastern Leadership Academy, or ELA, annually brings together as many as 30 state and provincial officials from the 18 Eastern region member jurisdictions. This select group of state officials, from all three branches of government, receives training to enhance their leadership and communication skills from a variety of experts in media, education and government. Held in partnership with the Fels Institute of Government, ELA is a unique opportunity to learn with the best and the brightest from across the region. The ELA is designed for legislators, as well as legislative staff, executive branch and judicial branch officials, primarily in the early–mid stages of their government careers. For more information and to apply, please visit csg-erc.org/leadership-academy/.

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Dec. 9–12, 2019 | Colorado Springs, CO APPLICATION DEADLINE » APRIL 19, 2019 Oct. 5–9, 2019 | Little Rock, AR APPLICATION DEADLINE » JULY 31, 2019

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The Center for the Advancement of Leadership Skills, or CALS, seeks to create skilled, educated and confident state leaders by developing and enhancing core competencies that play a vital role in the service of public officials, in both professional and personal arenas. CALS prepares emerging and mid-career legislative, executive and judicial branch state leaders for their roles in state government. Through activities and instruction focusing on the leadership program’s four central components—communication, conflict resolution, consensus building and critical decision-making—CALS scholars have an opportunity to reinforce and refine these crucial skills. For more information and to apply for the CALS leadership program, please visit slcatlanta.org/CALS.

Each year CSG West brings together a distinguished national faculty to offer the West’s premier training experience for Western state legislators in their first four years of service. The goals of the Western Legislative Academy, or WLA, are to help newer legislators become more effective and to build stronger state legislative institutions. To that end, a faculty of outstanding academics, corporate, military and public trainers work with a small class of lawmakers who come from each of our 13 Western states. Members of the academy are selected on the basis of their dedication to public service, desire to improve personal legislative effectiveness and commitment to the institution of the legislature. The WLA reinforces CSG West’s mission to provide opportunities for Western state legislators to share good ideas across state borders. For more information and to apply for the WLA program, please visit csgwest.org/legislativeacademy/WesternLegislativeAcademy.

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The CSG National Center for Interstate Compacts, or NCIC, is a policy program that assists states in developing interstate compacts, which are contracts between states. State governments often prefer to direct themselves collaboratively when addressing problems that span boundaries, and compacts have proved to be an effective mechanism for states to jointly problem-solve, often avoiding federal intervention.

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seamlessly in multiple jurisdictions without the burden of carrying multiple licenses and the costs and time associated with tracking renewal dates. Occupational licensure compacts allow states to cooperatively develop and enforce stringent standards.

“Professionals, especially young professionals, want greater ease of movement to work and interstate compacts are a proven means for states to protect consumers and allow for licensure portability and reciprocity,” said Logsdon.

Currently four licensure compacts are operating—compacts for nurses, physicians, physical therapists and emergency management personnel. A licensure compact for psychologists will soon be operational and a compact for advanced practice nurses is now before the states. An occupational licensure compact being developed for audiologists and speech language pathologists is on track to be before the states for consideration in January 2020.

As of December 2018, 31 states have joined the enhanced Nurse Licensure Compact, or eNLC; 27 states have joined the Interstate Medical Licensure Compact, or IMLC; 21 states have joined the Physical Therapy Compact, or PT Compact; 16 states have enacted the EMS Licensure Compact; and seven states have joined the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact, or PSYPACT. However, interest in licensure compacts isn’t confined to healthcare professions. In August, the viability of a teacher licensing/certification interstate compact was the focus of a two-day seminar at the CSG Eastern Regional Conference Annual Meeting in Rye Brook, New York.

“NCIC combines policy research with best practices and promotes the use of interstate compacts as an ideal tool to meet the demand for cooperative state action,” said CSG Assistant Director of Policy and Research Dan Logsdon. “The NCIC is an information clearinghouse, a provider of training and technical assistance, and a primary facilitator in assisting states in the review, revision and creation of new interstate compacts as solutions to multistate problems or alternatives to federal preemption.”

“A major topic of conversation at the ERC meeting was the inefficient distribution of qualified teachers,” said Matt Shafer, senior policy analyst at the CSG Center of Innovation. “Some states have more teachers than they can employ in the local schools and other states don’t have enough teachers to meet their needs. This balancing problem is driven, in part, by a lack of mobility. Eliminating these barriers to licensure mobility would allow for the more efficient transfer of teachers to locations of greater need.”

In 2018, NCIC saw interest in interstate occupational licensure compacts grow. As Americans become more mobile, legislators, regulators and professional bodies are looking to interstate compacts as a mechanism to promote occupational licensure portability and reciprocity in the states. Professionals want the ability to practice

As state policymakers continue to grapple with the policy challenges presented by the 21st century workforce and the dual demands of ensuring public safety while providing regulatory flexibility, interest in interstate occupational licensure compacts is expected to continue to grow in 2019.

center of innovation

CENTER OF INNOVATION The CSG Center of Innovation is a national initiative launched in July 2018 to enhance CSG efforts to engage, inform and empower state officials. The center leverages CSG’s considerable convening power and its demonstrated success in providing outreach and technical assistance to the states to acquire external funding for projects focused on CSG member priorities.

Often, federal agencies understand that working with CSG is the best way to engage in productive dialogue with state officials. Leaders in the U.S. departments of Justice, Labor and Defense and other federal departments and agencies have repeatedly trusted CSG to help them develop healthy intergovernmental relationships. Often federal funding streams are available to create and deliver needed and requested services to the states.

Private foundations often want to engage with state officials because, like CSG, they understand that most of the decisions impacting public policy outcomes are made in state capitols, not in Washington, D.C. The CSG Center of Innovation provides a one-stop platform for linking private foundations with public officials in the states.

The center currently has nine projects funded for a total of over $8.68 million. Here is a summary of key initiatives: Occupational Licensure: CSG, the National Conference of State Legislatures and National Governors Association Center for Best Practices launched a three-year project, Occupational Licensing: Assessing State Policy and Practice, with the goal of enhancing the portability of

Overseas Voting Initiative (OVI): In 2018, the U.S. Department of Defense Federal Voting Assistance Program funded CSG to continue work to help active military personnel stationed overseas face the unique challenges in exercising their right to vote in U.S. elections. The project aims to improve the return rate of overseas absentee ballots from service members and U.S. citizens abroad. As part of this effort, CSG’s Overseas Voting Initiative maintains three advisory working groups that provide state policymakers and state and local election officials with best practice guides to ensure the men and women of the U.S. military and Americans living overseas are able to vote.

Retaining Employment and Talent After Injury/Illness Network (RETAIN) Demonstration Projects: The RETAIN grant is a part of the CSG disability employment policy portfolio and is focused on identifying new, replicable strategies to help disabled individuals stay on the job.

The grant is a part of the first phase of funding for the RETAIN Demonstration Projects, which will be administered by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment Policy, in partnership with the department’s Employment and Training Administration and the Social Security Administration.

Securing the Vote: Elections Cybersecurity: To assist with the increasingly complex concerns regarding elections security, CSG has partnered with the Democracy Fund to create an advisory group of state and local officials and cybersecurity and election experts. The advisory group will guide CSG’s efforts throughout the project and will play a key role in hosting a consortium at which delegations from a sample group of states will map their states’ election structures and develop incident response communication protocols for election cybersecurity breaches.

State Exchange on Employment and Disability (SEED): The State Exchange on Employment & Disability (SEED) is a formal collaboration between CSG and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Disability Employment. The current project represents the fifth round of funding CSG has received for disability employment policy work and will allow CSG to convene a task force of state officials and host a Disability Employment 101 Policy Academy.

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“Rather than a think tank, the CSG Center of Innovation will be practical resource for state officials in all three branches of state government,” said Elizabeth Whitehouse, director of the CSG Center of Innovation.

“The center will focus on providing state leaders with hands on opportunities to learn, avoiding pie in the sky approaches in favor of real world solutions to some of the most pressing issues in the states.”

occupational licenses. Through a competitive application process, 11 states were selected to join the consortium. The participating states— Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Nevada, Utah and Wisconsin—will become familiar with occupational licensing policy in their own state, learn about occupational licensing best practices in other states, and begin implementing actions to remove barriers to labor market entry and improve portability and reciprocity.

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all about csg

by Shawntaye Hopkins

It’s a new year, and for many people that means setting new goals. CSG members are no different.

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This year, we asked CSG members and recent Henry

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Toll Fellowship graduates about their resolutions for 2019. Some of their goals were personal; some were directly related to their roles as public servants.

Check out what these six individuals had to say and wish them luck!

member resolutions

Rep. Patricia A. McCoy

Assemb. Walter T. Mosley

Rep. Brigid Kelly

“I resolve to listen more and truly understand what the other person is saying. By doing so, I can then best formulate questions and concerns, which will lead, hopefully, to compromise and consensus.

Oh, and a good night’s sleep would help as well.”

“My New Year’s Resolution for 2019 is to be more sensitive as to why we continue to serve and to leave a legacy of accomplishment that will better the lives of fellow New Yorkers and Americans.”

"In 2019, I'm going to focus on creating more balance between my work in the legislature and what I like to do for fun.

I'm recommitting to running by training to run my fifth marathon!"

New York

Ohio

Sen. Lou D’Allesandro

Rep. Margie Wilcox

Vermont

Sen. Troy A. Carter Sr.

Louisiana

“My goal is to create better relationships because life is a series of relationship building.”

New Hampshire

“To recognize people as people and respect their challenges in their life. To keep a firm balance on what is personal and what is the public’s business. To clear the clutter and deal with the issues which most directly impact the people of Alabama and my district. To grow as a leader and confront the most difficult challenges, which have held us back for decades.”

Alabama

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“To seek peace. To forgive and seek forgiveness rather right or wrong — life is too short for grudges and misunderstandings.

To always tell my loved ones, ‘I Love You.’ To always leave people, things and places better than I found them. To praise and thank God daily.”

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T H E C S G FA M I LY T R E E A F F I L I AT E D O R G A N I Z AT I O N S CSG is the only nonpartisan policy organization that represents all three branches of government. As such, we count local and state leaders from the judicial, legislative and executive branches of government from across the nation as part of the CSG family.

But our family tree extends beyond government officials to 10 national organizations of state leaders. CSG is proud to partner with organizations representing emergency management personnel, probation and parole officials and many more. CSG Affiliates work in specialized areas and allow CSG to have a deeper impact nationwide. In turn, CSG offers a vast network of members and services, as well as a platform to present their issues to a wider audience.

AAPCA

ASSOCIATION OF AIR POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCIES csg.org/aapca_site

MIC3

APPA

AMERICAN PROBATION AND PAROLE ASSOCIATION

mic3.net

appa-net.org

NASFA

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE FACILITIES ADMINISTRATORS nasfa.net

NASTD

NAS PE

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE PERSONNEL EXECUTIVES naspe.net

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF STATE TECHNOLOGY DIRECTORS

NEMA

nastd.org

NATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION nemaweb.org

SI DO

NHCS L

NATIONAL HISPANIC CAUCUS OF STATE LEGISLATORS nhcsl.org

STATE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATIONS sidoamerica.org

MILITARY INTERSTATE CHILDREN’S COMPACT COMMISSION

WIG

WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT

womeningovernment.org

BIG 7

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CSG is a proud member of a network of nonpartisan, nonprofit organizations that represent state and local governments, known as the Big 7. In addition to CSG, the group is comprised of the following organizations.

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International City/County Management Association (ICMA) National Association of Counties (NACo) National League of Cities (NLC) National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) National Governors Association (NGA) United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) Together, these organizations advocate for state and local governments at the federal level, speaking with a collective voice to strengthen the critical role of states and municipalities in our federalist system of governance and to advance solutions to the challenges we share.

The Big 7 national organizations are members of the State and Local Legal Center, or SLLC. The SLLC files amicus curiae briefs in support of states and local governments in the U.S. Supreme Court and is a resource to states and local governments on the Supreme Court.

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