Here at the Legislation Law Prof Blog, we aim to be the most interesting blog covering legislation and policy advocacy — but of course we’re not the only blog out there. Here’s a roundup of some posts that have recently appeared elsewhere. (If you know of others we should include, let us know!)
Over at the NCSL Blog, Melissa Hansen covered a recent report from the National Association of State Medicaid Directors, which identified capacity as a most important limitation as states pass legislation seeking to reform their Medicaid systems. Meghan McCann reports that the New Mexico state legislature has passed SB 643, poising the state to be the 25th to allow online voter registration (three states have yet to implement their systems). And Jackson Brainerd surveys how states are looking to tax evaders to generate revenue.
At the Council on State Governments Knowledge Center blog, Sean Slone provides a roundup of how transportation funding measures are faring in the states. And Diana Di Marco summarizes recent polling by YouGov suggesting that most Americans favor universal registration, but oppose making voting mandatory.
At ALEC’s American Legislator blog, Amy Kjose Anderson celebrates West Virginia becoming the latest state to adopt an ALEC model bill that curbs asbestos lawsuit “abuse,” by making it harder for people made ill to receive compensation.
Last but not least, over at the homepage of the American Law Institute, they’re highlighting three new projects launched earlier this year. These include a new restatement on Children and the Law, a project on on police investigations, and a project on campus sexual assault.