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Category: Agriculture and Rural Development
- Ag Labor: Congressional Working Group Releases Interim Report Highlighting Challenges
- Foreign investments in U.S. agricultural lands raise alarms in Washington
- Expanding rural apprenticeship in Maine
- Maryland approves landmark loan guarantee for natural climate solutions
- The Time is Now to Address the Broadband Gap
- Podcast: Farming amid a chronic labor shortage: A conversation with three New Hampshire producers
- Maine passes “Right to Food” constitutional amendment
- States prepare for an infusion of broadband funds
- Report: Congressional leaders push major increase in rural broadband investments
- Is carbon the “crop” of the future?
- USDA invites comment on food supply chains
- Changes in milk production in the Northeast
- New Hampshire governor taps the first maple tree
- 96 percent of U.S. farms are family owned
- States turn to nature-based solutions to address the climate challenge
- Farmers to Families Food Box Program
- Coronavirus Food Assistance Program
- COVID-19 and the rural economy
- As dairy prices plummet, policymakers strive to keep farms afloat
- Economic Injury Disaster Loan program available for farmers
- In Baltimore, delivering food to the homebound during the pandemic
- COVID-19: impact on rural America
- USDA assistance tool for rural communities
- Freshwater salmon farming in Maine
- Agriculture is a critical industry
- Sick
- Lost farms and farmland
- Accessing rural broadband to bridge the digital divide
- U.S. attorney for West Virginia sues hemp farmer
- Foreign investment in U.S. agricultural and timber land
- Telemedecine: not just video
- USDA: Rural families headed by single adults have higher poverty rates than urban counterparts
- U.S. dairy industry celebrates tariff rollback
- Rural Broadband Policy Summit
- A tale of two rural Americas
- Bee colony loss survey
- American Broadband Initiative Milestone Report
- FFA leaders travel to South Africa
- Farm income losses 2016-17
- 2018 Farm Bill signed
- USDA strengthening SNAP eligibility rules
- Rural broadband – or lack of it
- Changes to DOL’s H-2A program
- U.S. Attorney for West Virginia sues hemp farmer
- United States-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement (USMCA)
- 2018 Dairy Summit
- Is the American Dream still alive in rural America?
- Organic – Is It Worth the Price?
- EBT Acceptance at Farmers Markets Needs States’ Support
- H-2A Visa Program Under Review, Short of a Legislative Fix
- Proposed Hemp Changes in Senate Farm Bill
- Hemp in the news
- SNAP participation by county
- Dairy News
- Recovery update for Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands
- USDA Helped 7 Million Rural Residents with $1.5 Billion in 2017
- NAFTA: implications of termination
- Dairy Safety Net Discussions
- USDA Services During Shutdown
- FCC asks for comments on rural health program for broadband
- Important decisions in organic certification
- The importance of agricultural education in schools
- The status and statistics of rural broadband
- 2017 Census on Agriculture
- Ag organizations send letter to governors on NAFTA
- Puerto Rico’s agriculture sector devastated by Hurricane Maria
- House Holds Northeast Listening Session on 2018 Farm Bill
- Commissioner Steve Reviczky Elected President of NASDA
- Annual Meeting Recap
- North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) renegotiation
- Meet New Hampshire State Representative Steve Darrow
- Is Rural America the New Inner City?
- Meet the Legislator: Massachusetts Senator Anne Gobi
- Meet Massachusetts Representative Stephen Kulik
- Trump Signs Executive Order on Agriculture
- Meet Delaware Senator Gary Simpson
- A first look at President Trump’s USDA budget for 2018
- Meet Representative Carolyn Partridge
- The Extent of the 2016 Drought, and the Prognosis for 2017
- Meet the legislator: Pennsylvania Senator Judy Schwank
- Understanding the Margin Protection Program (MPP)
- Meet Maine Representative Michelle Dunphy
- Can small Northeast dairy farms be saved?
- Meet Senator ‘Mac’ Middleton
- Allow us to introduce ourselves
- Disparity between ag jobs and millennial interest
- State ag departments support COOL repeal
Category: Annual Meeting
- State officials to gather in Manchester, New Hampshire for 61st Annual Meeting of CSG East
- The Movement Summit: Exploring the cost of racism and searching for equitable governing solutions
- Untapped talent: Creating economic opportunity for refugee and immigrant professionals
- Responding to the alarming rise in maternal mortality
- Passive houses in Pittsburgh: the future of super-efficient buildings
Category: Canada - U.S. Relations
- U.S.-Canadian border reopening offers hope to local communities
- Task Force on Public Health and the U.S.-Canadian Border
- U.S.-Canada border, still closed
- U.S. administration withdraws tariffs on Canadian aluminum
- COVID-19: Canada update
- Court affirms Canadian drug price control authority
- Canada, United States among TPP signatories
Category: Connecticut
- State of the State Analysis: Delaware and Connecticut
- CSG EAST hosts discussion on Connecticut Green Bank’s innovative Green Liberty Bonds
- Amid a spate of nuclear plant closings, state officials mull economic, environmental impacts
- Connecticut, national groups issue reports on English language learners
Category: Council on Communities of Color
- CCC panel explores strategies for protecting voter rights
- CCC explores policies to keep communities of color safe
- Council on Communities of Color: COVID-19 Micro-Summit Project
- CCC virtual discussion offers strategies for communicating with at-risk constituents during a crisis
- Confronting issues around race, and racism, in the statehouse
- Race in the state house: a critical examination of culture and policy
- Race, diversity and the New America Plenary
- Flint, Michigan, returns lead, environmental racism, to the national conversation
Category: Criminal Justice
Category: CSG East
- Ruth Ann Minner, former Delaware governor and CSG president, passes away
- Four regional leaders chosen for CSG 20 Under 40 leadership award
- Statement: Former CSG/ERC Director Alan V. Sokolow
Category: CSG East jobs
- CSG East job opening: Program Manager, Eastern Trade Council
- CSG East job opening: Policy Analyst
Category: Delaware
- From the ELA 2019 class president: Dylan McDowell
- CSG ERC health panel focuses on innovations
Category: Eastern Leadership Academy
- From the 2021 ELA Class President: Reginald Parson
- EASTRAIN offers online workshop on effective virtual communications
Category: Eastern Trade Council
- Northeastern trade directors meet to discuss regional trade development
- ETC’s virtual trade mission to Africa opens doors for Northeastern companies
- Business development opportunities in Africa
- 2020 STEP grants
- ETC overseas: exploring Germany’s dual-education model
Category: EASTRAIN
Category: Education
- States Addressing the Teacher Shortage, Part 2: Retention
- States Addressing the Teacher Shortage, Part 1: Recruitment
- Increasing Early Childhood Education Training and Credentialing
- Webinar: Vulnerable student populations
- VALLO — Veterans Accelerated Learning for Licensed Occupations
- Webinar: The future of standardized testing
- CSG hosts webinar on teacher license mobility
- Addressing the student debt crisis
- What are the president’s funding priorities for education?
- Workforce Development: 5 Things to Know
- Senate HELP Committee passes No Child Left Behind rewrite, returns more control to the states and reaffirms commitment to supporting underserved students
Category: Energy and Environment
- Pending SCOTUS Cases Could Strengthen Call for State Action on Climate and Energy in 2024
- States discuss regional strategies to address PFAS
- States with net-zero carbon emissions targets
- Engaging communities in a nuclear waste storage solution
- As offshore wind advances, experts urge regional collaboration on transmission planning
- Maryland lawmakers approve net-zero climate legislation
- Podcast: Maine’s first-in-the-nation packaging recycling law reflects growing momentum for “producer responsibility” legislation
- Focusing on jobs and equity, Ithaca, New York aims to decarbonize every building
- Transmission, NIMBY, and the quest to decarbonize the grid
- State policies continue to be a key driver of renewables in the United States – DOE report
- Stimulus bill adds $900 million for LIHEAP
- Energy and environmental news roundup: stimulus package leaves out key energy, environmental provisions
- Planning for the safe passage, and storage, of the region’s nuclear waste
- Pursuing regional approaches on the road to a low-carbon economy
- Offshore wind ushers in a new energy economy
- Connecticut, New Jersey increase their renewables mandates
- Massachusetts State Senate unanimously approves bill requiring “Market-Based Compliance Mechanisms” to reduce carbon emissions
- New Jersey Governor Murphy announces nation’s largest offshore wind target
- Cuomo Unveils Environmental Agenda in State of the State Address
- Forging a Regional Energy Strategy amid a Marketplace in Transition
- U.S. to Withdraw from Paris Agreement, but Many CSG/ERC States Committed to Carbon Reductions
- Wind Generation Surpassed Hydroelectric Power in 2016 – U.S. EIA
- Report Finds Efficiency Could Replace Power from Indian Point Nuclear Plant in New York
- NY Gov. Cuomo Announces Deal to Close Indian Point Nuclear Plant
- Benefits of State Clean Energy Mandates Outweigh Costs, Federal Report Finds
- First-in-the-nation offshore wind farm comes online in Rhode Island
- Embracing the public on a nuclear waste storage solution
- In New York’s fast-growing solar market, a focus on assessing “value”
- Large-scale building retrofits seen as key to meeting New York climate targets
- CSG/ERC seminar at Penn addresses carbon policies, sustainable water infrastructure, and renewables
- As New York moves to reshape its electricity system, a focus on renewables and jobs
- EPA’s Clean Power Plan: A brief overview for the ERC Region
Category: Federal Government
- New 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline marks first week since launch
- Supreme Court hands down flurry of major decisions
- SCOTUS Brief: United States v. Vaello Madero
- Supreme Court Preview – Midterm Update
- Category: Supreme Court
Category: Fiscal
- Eastern states set to enact higher minimum wages in 2023
- Legislative fiscal leaders report challenges and financial impacts of COVID-19
- CSG signs on to direct aid to states and locals letter
- Phase 1 of Reopen RI set to begin May 9
- In Rhode Island, helping constituents and employees access critical services
- Northeastern governors forge coalition to reopen their economies
- Estimated state allocations for the Coronavirus Relief Fund
- States get proactive on transportation infrastructure spending
- The impact of eliminating the state and local tax deduction
Category: Health Policy
- With opioid death toll rising, leaders seek new, better answers
- Medicaid in a Post-COVID World: Waivers Can Provide Flexibility for States
- Age-friendly states respond to changing demographics
- Transparency in drug pricing: a strategy to reduce drug costs?
- COVID vaccination rates in the East
- Northeast governors announce regional agreement to buy medical supplies
- COVID-19 resources for state leaders
- New Jersey reduces its C-section rate
- Rhode Island recognized by the Commonwealth Fund for improving on key health measures
- Regulation of fast growing freestanding EDs varies among states
- ERC Health Committee discusses approaches to improving maternal health
- Feds and states diverge on patients’ use of drug coupons
- Pending federal debate over tobacco could hamper states’ “age 21” efforts
- States poised to take a closer look at pharmaceutical benefit managers
- New association health plans form in Vermont
- Maine begins Medicaid expansion, joins all other ERC members in expansion
- Texas court ruling puts ACA back in spotlight, defenders plan appeal
- Health as housing: Medicaid may look to cover supportive housing
- Maine voters to decide whether to adopt new aging benefit
- Open enrollment for ACA insurance exchanges to begin November 1, 2018
- Congress moves closer to approving new resources to combat opioid epidemic
- Public polling urges more government action on opioids, two federal grants due by end of July
- A closer look at Medicaid waivers, part 2: two recent high-profile denials
- States take sides on new ACA legal challenge
- New campaign aimed at reducing opioid use among young adults
- A Closer Look at Medicaid Waivers, Part 1: Work Requirements
- Is CHIP funding at risk? Federal rescission proposal raises concerns
- New Jersey poised to mandate health insurance
- Feds issue annual health plan regulation, creating opportunities and challenges for state insurance markets
- Congress to add new opioid funding, consider additional policies
- Bipartisan funding bill contains numerous health provisions, even more CHIP
- Labor Department calls for comments on “association health plans,” which some fear will destabilize state insurance markets
- FCC asks for comments on rural health program for broadband
- Congress passes short-term relief for CHIP
- Ballot Measures in Maine, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
- New Brief – Medicaid Buy-in: A State Option to Expand Access to Coverage
- Antibiotic prescribing down but more needs to be done
- Uninsured rates continue to improve, ERC lower than other regions
- State CHIP programs at risk without federal action
- New data show more employees in high deductible plans; rate varies considerably by state
- CMS finalizes important patient-friendly informed consent payment proposal
- Survey of state legislators’ values for health reform finds strong differences by party but some encouraging overlap
- State health policymakers get the latest from DC and options to respond
- State policymakers hear how bioscience is generating jobs with health innovation
- The Future of Medicine in the Human Genome Genomics — Making a difference in patients’ lives / By Mary Branham
- Prevalence and challenges facing high-need patients vary significantly between states
- Proposed bill allowing importation of drugs from Canada would save $6.8 billion over 10 years
- ICER seeks comment on Value Framework Changes for Ultra-Rare Condition Treatments
- New CMS tool maps health provider capacity by state, county
- Webinar: Legal Interventions to Reduce Opioid Overdose Mortality
- ERC members attend CSG forum in DC on the future of Medicaid
- Lowest wage workers least likely to be offered health benefits at work
- ACA repeal, Medicaid, personalized medicine, and bioscience highlight at ERC Annual Meeting
- Updated: CBO estimates that 22 million more Americans will become uninsured by 2026 under the Senate’s ACA replacement proposal
- Report estimates AHCA cuts $373.6 billion in Medicaid funds to ERC region
- ERC states high health care spenders per capita but very good news on Medicaid trend
- CMS seeking public comment on new informed consent payment proposal
- CBO estimates that AHCA would cause 23 million more uninsured in ten years
- President’s budget proposal includes large cuts to state Medicaid funding, among other health programs
- 2016 uninsured rates remain low in ERC region
- New tool allows detailed state health comparisons and analysis across a wealth of metrics
- New tool compares local health care costs; ERC generally higher than US average
- State policymakers urge Congress to preserve successful state-federal Medicaid partnership
- Milbank publishes study of state health policy capacity resources and needs
- Vermont rates highest among all states in public health emergency preparation
- Doctor compensation continues to grow, ERC region lower than rest of United States, Canada higher
- Canadian lessons for the United States on healthcare reform
- State-specific impact estimates of American Health Care Act
- Hospitals must now notify “observation” status Medicare patients, implications for state Medicaid programs
- CT, NY outline state impact of House ACA replacement plan
- States vary in Medicaid payments for opioid addiction treatment
- Canadians with cystic fibrosis live 10 years longer than Americans
- New report finds adults in Medicaid expansion states have better access to care, fewer financial barriers
- Employer sponsored coverage stable but states vary
- ERC region remains among best-insured states in new CDC survey
- ICER revises value assessment methodology, public comments open
- Maryland explores state options to control pharmacy costs
- Non-medical vaccine opt-outs for children dropping in most of US, but some ERC states still rising
- ERC states remain among the most healthy, but lots of room for improvement
- ERC hospital Medicare hospital-acquired condition penalties getting worse
- States sue generic drug companies for price fixing
- Opioid-related hospital visit rates higher in ERC, but rising like the rest of the nation
- CSG, ERC pass resolutions to preserve Medicaid state-federal partnership
- ERC region and individual state Medicaid fact sheets online
- Employer coverage cost growth slowing, but still faster than incomes
- Nominations open for New England comparative effectiveness council
- Regulation of fast growing freestanding EDs varies among states
- Wide variation among CSG-ERC states in smoking rates and disparities
- New England health policymakers meet to consider the future of hospitals
- Northeast ranks best for health of women and children
- Where are the marketplaces offering bargains? Insurance premiums vary inside and outside ACA marketplaces
- ERC state uninsured rates dropped, Medicaid grew from 2013 to last year
- GAO finds individual insurance markets concentrated in most states in 2014
- Vermont Drug Transparency Law Update
- Annual meeting slides are posted online
- States seek relief from rising prescription drug costs (2016 Quebec CSG-ERC Annual Meeting)
- ICER seeks input on value methodology update
- Northeast communities among healthiest in United States, but also most costly
- State policymakers hear about successes and challenges in Medicaid reform
- Still time to register for CSG-ERC Medicaid reform meeting in Boston
- UPDATE: VT Governor signed first-in-the-nation drug transparency law
- Brief: Preventing Underservice in Medicaid Reform
- Health Committee Forum on State Medicaid Reforms — June 29, Boston
- Awaiting Governor’s signature, VT bill requires drug companies to justify prices
- Insurance exchange premium growth in ERC region averaged 6.7% this year with wide variation; same variation but higher prices expected for 2017
- Palliative care webinar offers opportunities to improve life for seriously ill people — and save money
- New report finds higher access to care in ERC states
- Newest Health Affairs blog offers states 15 ways to control health costs
- Wide variation in health care prices by state
- Rich/poor life expectancy gap depends on where you live
- Update – Palliative Care Webinar time change
- Private employer costs higher in ERC region, but health costs are less of the total
- Large increase in Medicaid dental access for children across states
- Webinar: The Potential of Palliative Care for People with Serious Illness
- Northeastern physicians lowest paid in US
- April Health Affairs features CT state employee VBID plan results
- CEPAC meeting affirms the value of outpatient palliative care, but more research is needed
- ERC region costly for Long Term Services and Supports while demand grows
- CSG/ERC region scores well in health care quality, but significant disparity challenges
- Supreme Court rules against VT health price database
- Motor vehicle deaths up 8 percent in 2015
- Medicare members from ERC states have saved $5.6 billion on prescription drugs under the ACA; over 8.8 million received free preventive care in 2015
- Three in four US physicians had an electronic health record in 2014; ERC states vary widely
- Benefits of sponsoring out of state trips for policymakers
- Next CEPAC meeting taking a deep dive into effectiveness of palliative care
- Survey of state laws on Epi-Pen use in schools; ERC states split on policies
- Health care is expensive for American households, but less than housing or transportation
- Medicaid tobacco cessation effectiveness varies between states
- New Health Affairs issue focuses on high-cost, high-need patients, ACA and Medicaid expansion impacts
- Teen birthrates dropped across ERC region last year
- British medical humor for the holidays
- New England Governors’ letter urges Congressional leaders to expand opioid treatment workforce
- CSG-ERC states lead the nation in health system performance
- Consumers in ERC states receiving $70 million in ACA premium rebates
- 2016 Medicare rates offer relief for states
- CSG/ERC joins Network for Public Health Law
- Half of remaining CSG/ERC region uninsured eligible for subsidies
- NJ conference on Medicaid ACOs – deep commitment to applying lessons learned
- Over 1 million ERC region residents gained health coverage last year
- More health insurance options this year than last
- Cadillac tax will affect one in ten US single employer plans in 2018, more in CSG-ERC region
- New Gallup survey finds ERC region uninsured rates down 7 percentage points from 2013
- ERC states’ Medicare hospital readmission rates vary
- Care delivered by family members in CSG’s Eastern Region worth almost $100 billion, but future is uncertain
- Annual Meeting Health Committee Panel — Developing a Health Care Workforce to Reach the Triple Aim
- Three CSG/ERC states lead nation in heath price transparency
- ERC states vary in Medicaid enrollment since ACA
- Best practices guide on integrating behavioral health into primary care for New England
- Early numbers show CSG/ERC region leads the country in reducing uninsured rates
- Webinar: Caring for High-Need, High-Cost Patients – Lessons for Connecticut
- Webinar highlighted best practices for state exchanges, power of state-state collaboration
- Survey contrasts wellness plans between U.S. and Canadian businesses
- ERC states’ employer coverage eroded since the recession, well before ACA implementation
- Webinar: Health Insurance Exchanges – States Sharing Resources, Solving Problems
- New report outlines ACA state innovation waiver opportunities
- US physicians 16 percent less likely to accept new Medicaid patients than privately insured; wide variation across CSG/ERC region
- HHS creates a payment reform Learning and Action Network to support value-based reforms
- New regional policymaker guide for choosing most cost effective coverage options for opioid addiction treatments
Category: Housing
- Regional leaders discuss housing crisis at CSG East summit
- CSG East Housing Summit in Hartford 2024
- Funding Housing Supports with Medicaid 1115 Waivers
- Webinar Recap: State Measures to Improve Affordable Housing Access
- RPA – housing production is lower now than before the Great Recession
- Tackling the housing affordability crisis: Zoning reform in Maine
Category: International Trade
- SBA announces $19 million in grants for state trade development
Category: Leadership Training
- 2022 Toll Fellowship applications are now open
Category: Maine
Category: Maryland
- Maryland Treasurer Nancy Kopp retires after 50 years in public service
Category: Massachusetts
Category: Military Veterans Affairs
- Millions of Veterans Now Eligible for VA Health Care Without First Applying for Benefits
- Webinar Recap: Military and Veterans Affairs regional call (February 28)
Category: New Brunswick
Category: New Hampshire
- In Memoriam: Former N.H. State Rep. Suzanne Smith
- New Hampshire addresses absentee voting during the coronavirus pandemic
- NH Gov. Sununu Establishes Governor’s Office for Emergency Relief and Recovery (GOFERR)
Category: New Jersey
- New Jersey Grieves Passing of Lieutenant Governor Sheila Oliver
- Governor Murphy postpones primary; announces restrictions for construction work, essential retail stores
- New Jersey launches grant program for small businesses
Category: New York
- New York State of the State Analysis
Category: Nova Scotia
Category: Ontario
Category: Pennsylvania
Category: Prince Edward Island
Category: Puerto Rico
- Important developments in Puerto Rico’s transportation system
Category: Quebec
Category: Radioactive Waste Transportation
Category: Rhode Island
- Rhode Island starts drive-in COVID-19 tests
Category: Territorial Relations
Category: Transportation
- Preventing Wildlife-Vehicle Collisions
- Eastern states finding early success in developing Electric Vehicle infrastructure
- America’s Bus Fleet Awarded $409.3 Million
- Road fatalities, reckless driving on the rise nationwide, says NHTSA
- Solving the infrastructure investment challenge
- White House offers infrastructure report cards for every state
- States, grappling with massive revenue losses, seek long-term fix for transportation budgets
- U.S. Department of Transportation grant awards
- 2020 Airport Improvement Program grants
- Transit Infrastructure Grant Awards
- Airport safety and infrastructure grants awarded
- USDOT grants awarded to region
- CARES Act and transit
- State-owned and state-supported enterprises
- Grade crossing safety
- US-DOT: Accelerating Innovative Mobility program, and other DOT news
- Toll Credit Marketplace Act
- Preparing for a transportation disruption
- Transportation Report — March 14, 2016
- Transportation Funding
Category: U.S. Virgin Islands
Category: Uncategorized
- Applications for CSG 20 Under 40 Award due by July 23
- Announcing the CSG 20 Under 40 Leadership Award
Category: Vermont
- Vermont legislature strives to work across the aisle
Category: Workforce Development
- Federal funding for workforce development: Federal opportunities for states
- States embrace evolving workforce strategies for youth and young adults with disabilities
- Apprenticeships: A model for kickstarting a labor market recovery

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