scholarly journals A Lobbyist's Dilemma

10.28945/4729 ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 001-037
Author(s):  
Mary Hodges West
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Independent Colleges ◽  
Legislative Session ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Speaker Of The House

Georgia Lobbyist, Jet Toney, didn't know what to do. There were 11 days left in the 2020 Georgia legislative session and the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House had decided, due to the rapid spread of COVID-19, to suspend the session to a time indeterminate. This had never happened, not even in wartime. Jet's oldest client, the Georgia Independent Colleges Association had a budget item and a bill they needed Jet to handle before the Session adjourned. Jet watched all his hard work evaporate as all 236 House and Senate Members scattered back across the state. With all no longer under the Capitol Gold Dome, what options did Jet have to preserve his successes and forge new ones?

scholarly journals Explosive range expansion of Eulophia graminea (Orchidaceae) in Puerto Ricio and the West Indies

Lankesteriana ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
James D. Ackerman ◽  
Normandie González-Orellana
Keyword(s):  
Puerto Rico ◽  
Range Expansion ◽  
West Indies ◽  
First Record ◽  
The State ◽  
Western Hemisphere ◽  
The West ◽  
The Bahamas ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Southern Florida

Eulophia graminea Lindley (Orchidaceae), a native orchid of tropical and subtropical Asia, was first reported in the Western Hemisphere from populations in Miami, Florida, U.S.A. where it spread rapidly through the southern part of the state. Here we report the first record of this species for Puerto Rico and sightings in the Bahamas and Cuba, reflecting the rapid spread seen in southern Florida (U.S.A).

Conclusion

2020 ◽  
pp. 143-150
Author(s):  
Brian Pugh
Keyword(s):  
Attorney General ◽  
The State ◽  
Court Order ◽  
Legislative Session ◽  
Budget Reform

Major budget reform in Mississippi has occurred only twice in the last four decades, with the most significant reform occurring in the mid-1980s. No reform shaped Mississippi’s budget-making process more than the Mississippi Administrative Reorganization Act of 1984 (S.B. 3050, passed during the 1984 legislative session), which was passed not voluntarily by the legislature but as a result of a court order. The drastic budget reform would have not occurred if it had not been for then–Attorney General Bill Allain’s challenge to the structural makeup of the committee responsible for the budget-making process at the time, the Commission of Budget and Accounting. The state supreme court’s decision in ...

scholarly journals The role of media in the construction of social reality

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Vanja Nišić ◽  
Divna Plavšić
Keyword(s):  
Daily Life ◽  
Social Reality ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
The State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Media Construction ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
The Media ◽  
The Impact

Th is paper analyzes the concept of media construction of reality and its impacton society. Recognizing the growing infl uence and importance of themedia in a man’s daily life, it can be said that the media and media cultureitself are an important factor in modern society. Th e media have the abilityto place information and to provide to the citizens-consumers to accept themwithout critical and conscious interpretation and real understanding. An importantfactor in the development of the media is and technological advancesthat contributed to the rapid spread of the media and gave more power to thepresentation of reality and the state of society as it corresponds to the creatorsand the “constructors” of that reality. By understanding Baudrillard and hisunderstanding of the simulation, we will present the impact and role of themedia in constructing the social reality (simulation of reality).

scholarly journals Political Ideology and the Outbreak of COVID-19 in the United States

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel L. Rosenfeld
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Political Ideology ◽  
State Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
The Novel ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Novel Coronavirus

At the state level within the United States, did political ideology predict the outbreak of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19)? Throughout March 2020, the United States became the epicenter of the COVID-19 pandemic, recording the most cases of any country worldwide. The current research found that, at the state level within the United States, more conservative political ideology predicted delayed implementation of stay-at-home orders and more rapid spread of COVID-19. Effects were significant across two distinct operationalizations of political ideology and held over and above relevant covariates, suggesting a potentially unique role of political ideology in the United States’ COVID-19 outbreak. Considering political ideological factors may offer valuable insights into epidemiological processes surrounding COVID-19.

scholarly journals Elmer Verner McCollum, 1879-1967

1969 ◽  
Vol 15 ◽  
pp. 159-171 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Early Life ◽  
Later Life ◽  
The United States ◽  
The State ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Farm Animals ◽  
Early Age ◽  
Farm Work ◽  
Vivid Description

In his autobiography entitled From Kansas farm boy to scientist , Elmer McCollum gives a vivid description of his early life on a farm near Fort Scott in the State of Kansas. His forebears, of Scottish origin, had emigrated to the United States in 1763 and all had been farmers. His own parents were people of little education, who by dint of hard work and frugal living had become prosperous by local standards and had built a ‘frame house’ in which Elmer was born in 1879, the fourth child and the elder of two sons. Owing to his father’s ill-health, he was put to all types of farm work from an early age. It was a mixed farm with cows, pigs and poultry, as well as crops. By the age of eleven he was experienced in the planting and harrowing of crops as well as in the care of farm animals, which remained an asset in his later life when many of his researches were concerned with their nutrition.

Georgia's Proposed New Constitution

1945 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 459-463
Author(s):  
Albert B. Saye
Keyword(s):  
House Of Representatives ◽  
Attorney General ◽  
Public Affairs ◽  
The State ◽  
General Assembly ◽  
Court Of Appeals ◽  
University Of Georgia ◽  
The People ◽  
Speaker Of The House ◽  
The Government

Fully as interesting as the provisions of the proposed new constitution that will be submitted to the voters of Georgia at a special election on August 7, 1945, is the method by which the document was framed. The constitution of the state now in force, adopted in 1877 soon after the state was freed from carpet-bag rule, is a long and complicated document, filled with detailed limitations on the government, particularly in the field of finance. As a result of the inclusion of numerous provisions statutory in nature, the document has been amended three hundred and one times in a period of sixty-eight years. Recognizing the need for a new constitution, the Institute of Public Affairs of the University of Georgia drew up A Proposed Constitution for Georgia in 1931. This document proposed a thorough revision of the structure of the government, including such radical changes as the substitution of 30 districts for the existing 161 counties as the basis of representation in the General Assembly. The widespread publicity given the document served to stimulate interest in constitutional revision, and most of the press of the state, notably the Atlanta Journal, has in recent years actively supported the movement.In March, 1943, the General Assembly passed a resolution, sponsored by Governor Ellis Arnall, providing for a commission of twenty-three members to revise the constitution. The commission was to be composed of the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, three members of the senate appointed by the president, five members of the house appointed by the speaker, a justice of the supreme court designated by the court, a judge of the court of appeals designated by the court, the attorney general, the state auditor, two judges of the superior courts, three practicing attorneys-at-law, and three laymen to be appointed by the governor. The resolution provided that the report of this commission should be submitted to the General Assembly either in the form of proposed amendments to the constitution or as a proposed new constitution, to be acted upon by the General Assembly and submitted to the people for ratification or rejection.

scholarly journals Viral genomes reveal patterns of the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak in Washington State

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicola Felix Mueller ◽  
Cassia Wagner ◽  
Chris D. Frazar ◽  
Pavitra Roychoudhury ◽  
Jover Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Washington State ◽  
The State ◽  
Mitigation Strategies ◽  
Clinical Severity ◽  
Multiple Introductions ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Viral Genomes ◽  
Viral Loads ◽  
Rapid Spread ◽  
Clinical Records

The rapid spread of SARS-CoV-2 has gravely impacted societies around the world. Outbreaks in different parts of the globe are shaped by repeated introductions of new lineages and subsequent local transmission of those lineages. Here, we sequenced 3940 SARS-CoV-2 viral genomes from Washington State to characterize how the spread of SARS-CoV-2 in Washington State (USA) was shaped by differences in timing of mitigation strategies across counties, as well as by repeated introductions of viral lineages into the state. Additionally, we show that the increase in frequency of a potentially more transmissible viral variant (614G) over time can potentially be explained by regional mobility differences and multiple introductions of 614G, but not the other variant (614D) into the state. At an individual level, we see evidence of higher viral loads in patients infected with the 614G variant. However, using clinical records data, we do not find any evidence that the 614G variant impacts clinical severity or patient outcomes. Overall, this suggests that at least to date, the behavior of individuals has been more important in shaping the course of the pandemic than changes in the virus.

Talking with Peter Townsend

2018 ◽  
pp. 46-76
Author(s):  
Charlotte Greenhalgh
Keyword(s):  
Older People ◽  
Elderly People ◽  
Family Life ◽  
Life Stories ◽  
Aged Care ◽  
The State ◽  
Hard Work ◽  
Old People ◽  
The Family ◽  
Real Work

The family lives of elderly people attracted fresh concern in the postwar years when more old people lived alone and used welfare services. Sociologist Peter Townsend spent many hours speaking with each of 203 interviewees when he researched the topic in East London in 1954–1955. Townsend highlighted ignored contributions of older people to family life. He showed that families, not the state, did the real work of aged care. During interviews, older people told life stories that illustrated their hard work and stoicism, and that challenged sociological theories. Most did not fear death, but only the suffering of loved ones. While a few could not find the words, the majority were confident storytellers: this chapter explores their unpublished stories.

Michigan

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
David K. Jones
Keyword(s):  
Health Policy ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Interest Groups ◽  
The State ◽  
Tea Party ◽  
Think Tank ◽  
Federal Grants ◽  
Party Leaders ◽  
Speaker Of The House ◽  
Consumer Advocates

Michigan very nearly was the first Republican-led state to create its own health insurance exchange. By November 2012, legislation to create an exchange had passed the Michigan Senate and was supported by Governor Snyder and the Speaker of the House. A broad coalition of interest groups lobbied in favor of a state-based exchange, including insurers, businesses, providers, hospitals, and consumer advocates. They were opposed by passionate Tea Party leaders using “targeted activism” to make their presence felt. As in Mississippi, they were supported by national and state conservative think tank organizations. Opponents at the last minute attached an abortion amendment to the key bill and the House Health Policy Committee voted down authorizing legislation in November 2012, killing the possibility of a Michigan-run exchange. Governor Snyder tried to establish a partnership exchange but was blocked by the legislature refusing to appropriate money the state had been promised in federal grants.

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