The Biggest Social Issues to Watch in 2024 - Governing
Editor's note: These issue briefs originally appeared in our annual Issues to Watch, which was published on Jan. 10. You can read the entire article here. Crime
Five Policy Issues to Watch in 2024 - Governing
At the end of 2023, public schools reported difficulty hiring qualified teacher’s candidates, with retention suffering as well, partially due to salaries.Teachers went on strike last year in Los ...
The Pros and Cons of Privatizing Government Functions
Nov 29, 2010 · Last summer, residents of Maywood, Calif., woke up one morning to find the government as they knew it gone. After years of corruption and mismanagement, the small, blue-collar city south of Los ...
Life Tenure on the Supreme Court: Appointments and ... - Governing
Since 1789, 115 individuals, nearly all of them white, most of them men, have served on the Supreme Court.Thus far, only five women have served on the court, two African Americans (Thurgood ...
What's Behind the Push Toward Privatizing Water Systems?
Feb 5, 2024 · Residents of Jackson, Miss., are no strangers to water problems. The city drew national attention back in the summer of 2022, when 150,000 residents went days or even weeks without access to safe ...
How Did the Senate End Up With Supermajority Gridlock?
Filibusters increased in frequency over the course of the 19th century until 1917, when the Senate adopted a new rule that “allowed the Senate to invoke cloture.”Under this new rule, the ...
The Rise, Fall and Mutation of Political Machines - Governing
Jacob Arvey, left, was part of a delegation including Sen. Adlai Stevenson and Mayor Richard J. Daley greeting former president Harry Truman on a visit to Chicago in July 1956 to raise funds for ...
What Painted Us So Indelibly Red and Blue? - Governing
Sometimes, however, the simplest questions become the most difficult ones to answer. We live in a collection of divergent and mutually antagonistic constituencies.
How America’s Three Constitutions Define the Nation - Governing
May 16, 2021 · The Formal Constitution The formal 1787 Constitution needs little description. There it is, 4,534 words, encapsulating the civic intentions of 55 white men who deliberated, debated, argued, and ...
Why Does America Have Primaries? - Governing
May 28, 2022 · With primary season underway, our resident historian examines the origins and role of primary elections in American politics and the intensification of American partisanship.