Mattie Quinn

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Miami Invites Florida DOGE to Look for Waste in City Spending

2 weeks ago | governing.com | Mattie Quinn

On Thursday, the City Commission unanimously approved a proposal from Commissioner Joe Carollo to invite officials from the state agency, called Florida DOGE for short, “to the city of Miami (to) look for government waste and fraud.”Gov.
States Building More Housing Are Seeing More Babies

2 weeks ago | governing.com | Mattie Quinn

Increases from 2023 to 2024 were highest in Colorado (4.5 percent), Idaho (3.8 percent), Utah (3.6 percent), Washington state and Nebraska (each 2.6 percent). Births increased around 2 percent in West Virginia, South Dakota, North Carolina, Montana, Rhode Island and South Carolina. Almost all those states had decreases in births the previous year, and many have been building housing rapidly since 2023.
Texas Creates Massive Private School Choice Plan

2 weeks ago | governing.com | Mattie Quinn

Abbott has already said that he plans to sign Senate Bill 2, a $1 billion proposal allowing families to use taxpayer dollars to fund their children’s private school education. Similar legislation has historically run into opposition from Democrats and rural Republicans. But that changed last week, when the Texas House gave its stamp of approval to SB 2, a vote that included support from Republicans who opposed similar legislation in 2023.
Want More Housing?: States and Cities Must Cut Red Tape.

2 weeks ago | governing.com | Mattie Quinn

State legislators across 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands have put forward almost 3,000 bills this session to address the housing crisis. But prices continue to crush Americans, with roughly 42 million households spending more than a third of their income on housing. And tariffs and deportations could make home building — and, therefore, home prices — even more expensive. The root cause of the crisis is simple: We do not have enough housing to meet demand.
From Company Town to Incorporated City

2 weeks ago | governing.com | Mattie Quinn

If the majority of them vote yes on May 3, the leaders they elect at the same time will have the responsibility of creating a city from the ground up. What does it take to have a fully functioning city? Nearly 10 years after SpaceX, Elon Musk’s effort to colonize Mars, began operating in a small community in Cameron County just a few miles inland of the Gulf Coast, employees who live there and other residents will vote next month to incorporate their Starbase community as Texas’ newest city.
The Unacceptable Risk Sanctuary Cities Pose for Public Safety

2 months ago | governing.com | Jared Brey |Mattie Quinn

The House Oversight Committee is investigating the policies of sanctuary jurisdictions in Boston, Chicago, Denver and New York City. These cities, which refuse to fully cooperate with federal immigration enforcement, claim they are protecting immigrant communities. However, their policies have far-reaching consequences that hinder federal law enforcement’s ability to combat crime effectively.
Here’s How to Improve Iowa’s Math Scores - And How to Pay for It

2 months ago | governing.com | Jared Brey |Mattie Quinn

Gov. Kim Reynolds is not happy. A few weeks ago, in her Condition of the State address, Iowa’s governor told us how she was going to Illinois this spring to convince businesses to come to Iowa. Predictably, she trashed our neighbors to the east. Republican governors from Iowa love to do this. Reynolds even tried out the line of attack she would use to convince those Illinois businesses to move across the Mississippi River: Taxes, regulations, crime. Their “education system is failing,” she said.
Former Illinois Speaker Madigan Found Guilty of Corruption

Feb 12, 2025 | governing.com | Alan Greenblatt |Jabari Simama |Mattie Quinn

But the jury, which deliberated for roughly 65 hours over two weeks following a marathon three months of evidence and testimony, was split in its verdict. They acquitted the former speaker on seven other charges and ultimately deadlocked on six counts. Madigan’s co-defendant, veteran Springfield lobbyist Mike McClain, walked free after the jury deadlocked on the same charges.
East Coast States’ Climate Coalition Considers Ways to Expand

Dec 9, 2024 | governing.com | Alan Ehrenhalt |Mattie Quinn

The 11-state Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, established in 2005, is the country’s first regional cap-and-invest system for reducing carbon emissions from power generation. Since 2021, administrators have been conducting a program review, analyzing its performance since the last review in 2017 and weighing potential adjustments to make sure it continues to deliver benefits to member states.
Higher Ed Changes Loom Under a Second Trump Administration

Dec 4, 2024 | governing.com | Jared Brey |Mattie Quinn

Donald Trump and JD Vance have expressed hostility toward modern colleges and universities as bastions of elite progressivism. Trump has said he wants to eliminate the Department of Education, an aim of Republicans for decades. Education policy experts expect changes to federal rules around discrimination and sexual misconduct on campuses. Despite having a limited formal role in higher education, the federal government has a lot of influence on colleges and universities.