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El juicio presidencial en Colombia con Rossi Cruz
2024 Elections: The Race for the White House and Congress
Podcast: A Conversation with Andy Rotherham on Hot Topics in Education for 2023
Podcast - An Update on the Renewable Fuel Standard Final Rule
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2022 Midterm Election Update: Which Party Will Control the House and Senate?
Podcast: A Deep Dive into Consortia with Dan Sennott and Stephanie Halcrow
Since the recent Dobbs decision, which overturned Roe v. Wade, companies have been impacted nationwide and have several new legal angles to consider as it relates to their employees and their business
The Art of Making Policy
Orrick Public Policy Podcast #26 – A Conversation with the Minnesota State Senate Majority Leader Jeremy Miller
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Season One Wrap-Up
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Podcast: A Conversation with Attorney General Aaron Ford
[WEBINAR] Planning in the Coastal Zone
Last month, I posted about a lawsuit brought by a Boston citizens group, the Emerald Necklace Conservancy. The group was seeking to enjoin the City of Boston and other parties from moving forward with a Project to upgrade and...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess this week. When the Senate returns next week, it will hold a procedural vote on a bill to codify the right to same-sex...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. Congress is in recess this week. Both the House and Senate will return to Washington next Monday, November 14th....more
On 3 May 2022, the European Commission launched its proposal for a Regulation for the European Health Data Space to “unleash the full potential of health data”. However, questions arise as to whether this proposal is a...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in recess until Labor Day. Once they return, they will have a packed to-do list ahead of the November elections, which may include...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House is in recess this week, though the Senate is in session with an expected busy agenda this week. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) is currently leading a...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital Congress. The House and Senate are in recess this week. Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) is trying to find a bipartisan deal on gun control ahead of the planned vote on the issue after...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. Their to-do list includes continuing their work on FY22 appropriations, the reconciliation bill, election reform,...more
Faced with the challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the February winter storm energy shortages, and redistricting, most observers thought there would be little time left in the 2021 Texas legislative session for bills...more
In continuing efforts to address problems exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, on June 18, 2021, the Governor signed legislation (S.1168-A/A.108-B) into law to address an urgent public policy priority related to clinical...more
It was 41 years ago that one of the more bizarre events in U.S. environmental history took place: two U.S. EPA officials were “kidnapped” by an angry environmental group in a working class neighborhood in New York. As many of...more
In this new episode of OnAir: Health Care, Akin Gump health care senior policy advisor Matthew Hittle and consultant Dr. Mario Ramirez welcome public law and policy partners Ed Pagano and Clete Willems to talk federal health...more
Just after midnight, the 2021 Legislative Session concluded with many legislative measures sneaking in under the wire—and many others lying dead on the House and Senate floors. The House and Senate compromise on the FY22...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The House and Senate are both in session this week. While the current focus is on passing the next COVID-19 relief package, House Democrats are also getting ready to...more
Outlook for This Week in the Nation’s Capital - Congress. The Senate is not in session this week, and the House is in a committee work week. On Wednesday, the House Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Communications and...more
It’s a time of transition, both in Washington DC and in Springfield. Nationally, the Biden Administration is filling out its Cabinet and other appointments. In Springfield, newly-minted Speaker Welch is working through new...more
The General Assembly closed the first week of its 2021 Legislative Session with a look ahead at Governor Kemp’s plans for the State’s budgets and his expected legislative initiatives. Before a joint session of the House and...more
The upcoming Texas Legislative sessions face challenges unlike others in modern history. With the backdrop of COVID infections doubling or tripling, lawmakers are scrambling to come up with new rules and protocols to conduct...more
President-elect Joe Biden’s victory over Donald Trump could mean big changes for federal treatment of issues affecting water service providers, as well as how such issues are addressed in California, where Governor Newsom...more
Below is a broad overview of policies for which President-Elect Biden has indicated support (PDF). It is important to note that, while some of these policies fall under the President's executive power, many will require...more
With COVID-19 positive cases and area hospitalizations continuing to trend upwards, more and more Oklahoma cities and towns are considering whether to make face coverings mandatory in public settings. Last night, Tulsa’s...more
Yesterday on July 14, 2020, Dr. Mark Escott, Austin-Travis County’s Interim Medical Director, announced new emergency rules, authorized under two ordinances passed unanimously on July 9, 2020, at a special-called Austin City...more
On June 25, 2020, Travis County Judge Sam Biscoe and Hidalgo County Judge Richard Cortez issued orders related to COVID-19. Judge Biscoe issued a Gatherings of Individuals Order for Travis County and Judge Cortez issued a...more
On Thursday, June 18, 2020, Governor Newsom and California’s Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued an Order requiring all Californians to wear masks or other face coverings when in high-risk situations, including...more
El Paso city officials issued a revised local emergency directive on June 18, 2020, mandating that all businesses in the city of El Paso must develop and implement a health and safety policy that requires wearing a face mask...more