The History Behind the Separation of Church and State in America
WEBThe court’s three liberal appointees dissented in these important 2022 cases. “This Court continues to dismantle the wall of separation between church and state that the Framers fought to ...
A Trillion Here, a Trillion There: Omnibus Legislation in ... - Governing
WEBThe current national debt is $23 trillion, just six times the size of two specimens of recent congressional legislating. The late Sen. Everett Dirksen (1896-1969) is credited with saying, “A ...
Over Two Decades, Much of the West Has Turned Blue. Why
WEBDec 12, 2023 · Still, 2024 seems unlikely to bring about a drastic change in Democratic fortunes. Over the last two decades, the West may have become Democrats’ political promised land. But in Texas, they’re ...
The Biden Administration Will Pay Farmers More Money Not to Farm
WEBThe government had spent more than $7 billion to preserve those acres. “A huge amount of money was essentially paid and then lost when those acres go back into farming,” Schechinger said ...
What Painted Us So Indelibly Red and Blue? - Governing
WEBAugust 3, 2021 •. Alan Ehrenhalt. 2020 U.S. election results. (Shutterstock) “We’re not a collection of red and blue states,” Barack Obama is famously supposed to have said in 2004. “We ...
2021 Military Active-Duty Personnel, Civilians by State - Governing
WEBFeb 1, 2022 · The five states with the most total active-duty and reserve members of the military, as of September 2021, were: 217,889 in California. 174,598 in Texas. 156,475 in Virginia. 122,214 in North ...
States With Most Government Employees: Totals and Per Capita …
WEBMar 21, 2014 · State State/Local FTE Employment State/Local FTEs Per 10K Pop. State Gov. FTE Employment State FTEs Per 10K Pop. Indiana: 131,762: 200: 30,223: 46: Illinois
The Clouded Legacy of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing - Governing
WEBBernard Harcourt, a Columbia law professor, sees “a tremendous amount of disorder that erupts as a result of broken windows policing, with complaints skyrocketing, with settlements of police ...
Why Does America Have Primaries? - Governing
WEBMay 28, 2022 · The original purpose of primaries, they say, was to make government more responsive to the will of the American people. Instead, they argue, primaries have hijacked government on behalf of ...
The Biggest Social Issues to Watch in 2024 - Governing
WEBThe Biggest Social Issues to Watch in 2024. Legislatures across the nation are confronting several social issues including crime, drug use, immigration and poverty. These issues will continue to ...