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PDF | Download the Full Magazine SNAPSHOT OF TODAY’S WORKFORCE PAGE 30 September 2017 THE NUCLEAR OPTION(S) Civics Lessons Inmate Health Serial Commas B:8.75" T:8.125" S:7" GoBoldly.com ©2017 America’s Biopharmaceutical Companies.Biopharmaceutical ©2017America’s ©2017 America’s Biopharmaceutical Companies. B:11.375" T:10.875" S:10" THERE WERE THOSE WHO BELIEVED THE BODY COULD NEVER FIGHT CANCER. NEVER SAY NEVER. Today, researchers are using immunotherapy treatments to stimulate the body’s immune system to destroy invading cancer cells. Welcome to the future of medicine. For all of us. JOB: PHR-GEN-M03363B DOCUMENT NAME: 7C81353_PHR_b2.1_ks.indd DESCRIPTION: Cancer P/4C BLEED: 8.75" x 11.375" TRIM: 8.125" x 10.875" SAFETY: 7" x 10" GUTTER: None PUBLICATION: Governing, CQ, Modern Healthcare, State Legislatures, Healthcare Executive ART DIRECTOR: Georgina Hofmann 8-4659 COPYWRITER: Dean Hacohen 8-4399 ACCT. 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Pound Director of Communications Karen Hansen Editor NCSL’s national magazine of policy and politics Julie Lays Assistant Editor Kevin Frazzini Contributing Editor FEATURES DEPARTMENTS Jane Carroll Andrade Summer Intern Olivia Berlin The Nuclear Option(s) Page 1 STAFF AWARDS PAGE 4 Online Magazine By Daniel Shea and Kristy Hartman Ed Smith Mark Wolf Lawmakers debate the merits of shoring up struggling nuclear SHORT TAKES PAGE 5 power plants or leaving market forces alone. Connections, insight and ideas from NCSL Advertising Sales Manager LeAnn Hoff (303) 364-7700 NEW OFFIC ERS PAGE 6 [email protected] Meet NCSL President Deb Peters and Staff Chair Chuck Truesdell Contributors Mindy Bridges Jennifer Shultz Wendy Underhill TRENDS PAGE 8 Rich Williams The latest on the childcare workforce, state lotteries and “jackpot Art Director fatigue,” the declining U.S. birth rate, solar industry jobs and Bruce Holdeman teaching young drivers how to interact with police NCSL President Senator Deb Peters South Dakota FROM D.C. PAGE 11 NCSL Staff Chair Chuck Truesdell High Court, High Stakes Fiscal Analyst, Legislative Research States await landmark decisions by the Commission Supreme Court on several critical issues. Kentucky Denver Office 7700 East First Place STATELINE PAGE 20 Denver, Colorado 80230 News in brief from across the country— (303) 364-7700 from shielding public lands in California Washington, D.C., Office to studying the “textalyzer” in New York 444 N. 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From left, in Bloomberg. New Mexico Representative Stephanie Garcia Richard, Senator Mimi Stewart and “It’s an equity debate.” Legislative Education Study Kevin Pula on the Committee Executive road-use fees some Director Rachel Gudgel states charge for work on New Mexico’s electric vehicles ESSA plan during an NCSL to make sure their meeting this summer. owners contribute to road building and maintenance, in the Fiscal Times. CONNECTIONS “As e-commerce Task Force Trip NCSL’s Agricultural Task Force meetings bring together legislators and staff three times a year to study inland continues to grow at waterways, pollinator health and research partnerships, among other topics. During a visit to New Orleans this 15 percent a year, like summer, members saw firsthand the importance of the Mississippi River and the Port of New Orleans to the it has the last six years, agricultural industry and trade. 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