Michigan Budget Director John Nixon, on the possibility of the state making up for federal budget shortages during the shutdown without a promise to be reimbursed.
Marcia Howard, executive director of Federal Funds Information for States. In general, programs with mandatory funding (like Medicaid) likely won't be affected, but programs with discretionary funding (like TIGER grants) may be.
Scott Feldt, the deputy treasurer of Wisconsin, who says he sees a “national trend” of attempts to move state treasurers’ duties into the hands of boards and executive agencies.
Source: Newark Star-Ledger | New Jersey |
September 30, 2013
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in a TV interview with CBS This Morning. Christie's brash governing style has led some to call him a bully, but he's still favored to win re-election this year.
Source: Washington Post | District of Columbia |
September 27, 2013
D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray, who called it “ridiculous” that the District “cannot spend its residents’ own local tax dollars to provide them the services they’ve paid for without Congressional approval.”
Suzanne Donovan, a spokeswoman for the nonprofit Step Up Savannah, which convinces local businesses to let them meet with their employees so they can connect those who are eligible with public assistance programs.
Source: Montgomery Advertiser | Alabama |
September 25, 2013
Dana Harley, an HIV-positive prisoner in Alabama who helped the ACLU end the state's policy of segregating HIV-positive inmates. She said testifying in court made her realize that she kept a lot of emotions bottled up since her diagnosis.
Source: Government Technology | California |
September 23, 2013
California Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, at a Center for Information Technology Research in the Interest of Society event called “Can Open Data Improve Democratic Governance?”
Source: Lansing State Journal | Michigan |
September 20, 2013
Shelli Weisberg, spokeswoman for the ACLU in Michigan, where lawmakers passed a bill to keep people who refused to take employee drug tests or tested positive from getting unemployment benefits.
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, who wants the U.S. Department of Justice to drop its lawsuit against the state's program that allows low-income students to transfer from poor-performing public schools to private schools. The feds are seeking to block the program in districts with desegregation orders.