Fifteen US states have introduced some form of term limit on state legislators which prevents them from running for office for more than set number of times. While some past research has suggested that term limits can lead to weaker state legislatures, new research from Laine P. Shay suggests that they can empower the party in power’s Speaker. He […]
Much of the US response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been the responsibility of state governments, with some issuing stay-at-home orders earlier than others, and some not issuing them at all. In new research which analyses the timing of state stay-at-home orders, Laine P. Shay finds that Democratic states were over 400 percent more likely to implement early stay-at-home […]
The relative lack of competitive elections across the US has been the cause of growing concern in recent years. But what might be some of the potential policy and legal consequences associated with more competitive elections? In new research, Bryan M. Black and Laine P. Shay find that states with more competitive legislative elections are more likely to have […]
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Local sales taxes may be the answer for local governments in need of additional money to pay for increasing transportation costs.
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