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Under The Dome: Inside The Maine State House 5-17-13

by Avery T. Day, John D. Delahanty, Andrea Cianchette Maker | Pierce Atwood LLP on 5/17/2013

Under the Dome: Inside the Maine State House is a weekly update that provides a high-level overview of recent activity at the Maine State House. Governor’s Fourth and Fifth Vetoes of the Session Sustained - Last week,...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 13: Budgets Approved, Medicaid and Tax Bills Sent to Governor Bentley

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 5/15/2013

With the constitutional deadline of midnight on the 30th day closing in, Alabama lawmakers worked at a feverish pace to complete work on some of the most substantial and controversial legislation in the 2013 session....more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 12: Gun Bills, Budgets and Medicaid

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 5/7/2013

Last week, legislators turned their attention to the weightiest and most controversial issues, including debate and passage of several gun bills. Now, with only three legislative days remaining, both budgets will take...more

School Districts Cannot Spend Bond Money on Projects Not Disclosed to Voters - School Bonds with 55 Percent Vote Threshold Must...

by Kelly Salt | Best Best & Krieger LLP on 5/1/2013

The Fourth District Court of Appeal recently upheld a challenge to a school district’s spending voter-approved bond proceeds for field lighting at a high school stadium because the ballot proposition did not specifically list...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 10: Slow and Steady Movement by Senate and House

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/23/2013

As the Alabama Legislature moves closer to adjournment, legislation is making slow but steady progress. Tuesday and Thursday marked the 21st and 22nd days of the 2013 Regular Session. With only eight legislative days left and...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 8: Burning The Midnight Oil

by Denise Killebrew, Dennis Nabors | Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 4/9/2013

When lawmakers returned on April 2 for the second half of the 2013 Regular Session, the 16th legislative day resulted in one of the longest of the year, with both houses adjourning close to midnight and then putting in long...more

Miles To Go Before They Sleep

by Eric Swanson | Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 4/8/2013

With the 2013 Minnesota legislative session moving into the home stretch, virtually all of the “heavy lifting” of the session remains. While the calendar indicates the session is two-thirds complete, the numbers tell a...more

SCA 3 Proposes Constitutional Amendment To Lower Voter Approval Requirement For Parcel Taxes From Two-Thirds To 55 Percent For...

by Constantine Baranoff, P. Addison Covert, Brett L. Price, Meghan Covert Russell | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 3/19/2013

SCA 3 seeks to amend the California Constitution relating to taxation by amending Section 4 of Article XIIIA, adding Section 4.5 to Article XIIIA, amending Section 2 of Article XIIIC, and amending Section 3 of Article XIIID,...more

Government Relations Alert: Adjusting For A Reduced Shortfall, Governor Dayton's Revised Budget Excludes Sales Tax Overhaul

by Leonard, Street and Deinard on 3/15/2013

Governor Dayton yesterday unveiled his revised budget for fiscal years 2014-2015. With Minnesota Management & Budget (MMB) recently projecting the FY 2014-15 shortfall at $627 million, down from last November's estimate of...more

Alabama Legislative Update – Week 5: "Right to Work" Amendment Passed

by Baker, Donelson, Bearman, Caldwell &... on 3/13/2013

In the wake of the controversy surrounding the passage of the Alabama Accountability Act, the legislative process slowed considerably in the State House. However, there was some movement on a few significant pieces of...more

Government Relations Report - Week 6 Wrap-up: Property Tax, Education Reform, Red Light Cameras, Water Issues and Home Rule

by Katherine Carlucci, Thomas Stanberry | Davis Brown Law Firm on 2/25/2013

We have now completed six weeks of the 2013 Session of Iowa’s 85th General Assembly. The end of week five marked the first milestone: the deadline for individual bill requests. After February 15th individual legislators...more

Proposition 39 – Analysis and Status of Implementation Current as of: 2/14/13

by Constantine Baranoff | Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 2/22/2013

In November 2012, Proposition 39 was approved by the voters of California. Prior to Proposition 39, corporations were given two options to calculate their state tax liability under California law. Proposition 39 eliminated...more

School Loan Revolving Fund Changes Act 437 of 2012

by Laura Bassett, Harold Bulger Jr., Thomas D. Colis, Christopher Dembowski, Amanda Van Dusen | Miller Canfield on 1/30/2013

The long debated changes to the State law implementing the School Bond Qualification and Loan Act were enacted in December as part of the Legislature's lame duck session, and became effective on December 27, 2012, as Public...more

Government Relations Report: Iowa Gavels in the 85th General Assembly

by Katherine Carlucci, Thomas Stanberry | Davis Brown Law Firm on 1/29/2013

The 2013 legislative session began on Monday, January 14 with speeches pledging bipartisanship from leadership in the House and Senate....more

Government Relations Report: A Preview of Iowa's 86th General Assembly

by Katherine Carlucci, Thomas Stanberry | Davis Brown Law Firm on 1/13/2013

The 2013 Iowa legislative session will gavel in on Monday, January 14, the first of the two-year 86th General Assembly. For the most part, the 86th General Assembly will look very much like the last with a split legislature....more

Tax-Free Employee Educational Assistance Programs Extended by Fiscal Cliff Legislation

by David Glaser | Patterson Belknap Webb & Tyler LLP on 1/4/2013

At the end of last year, we alerted you that the beneficial tax treatment of educational assistance programs under Section 127 of the Internal Revenue Code (the Code) pursuant to which an employer pays, or reimburses, an...more

California Voters Stand Behind Education and Pass Proposition 30

by Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard on 11/8/2012

Despite recent polls showing a decline in support for Proposition 30, it appears the California voters have rallied behind Governor Jerry Brown's plan to stave off sharp cuts to public education. Proposition 30 temporarily...more

A Short Course on the 11 Proposed Amendments to the Florida Constitution on the November 2012 General Election Ballot

by Carlton Fields on 10/19/2012

The Legislature has placed 11 proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot for the General Election to be held November 6, 2012. There will be no citizen initiated proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this...more

Government

by Sedgwick LLP on 9/6/2012

UPDATED THROUGH SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 Legislation – State University System. Do the statutes and provisions of the General Appropriations Act that restrict state universities’ expenditure or tuition and fees and condition...more

Ten Things You Should Know About the 2012 North Carolina Legislative Session

by Brooks Pierce on 7/16/2012

The North Carolina General Assembly has completed its 2012 session. Often referred to as the "short session" since its primary purpose is to adjust the second year of the biennial budget adopted in 2011, Legislators also...more

Are the November State Tax Initiatives worrying you about going for a local school bond or parcel tax election? Teleconference on...

by Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP on 5/17/2012

Presentation Outline: - Section 1: Navigating the School Bond Environment • Current Political Climate • School Finance Practices Under Scrutiny • What about the November State Tax Initiatives? • Opportunities to...more

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