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dylan-scott

Dylan Scott

Staff Writer

Dylan Scott -- Staff Writer. Dylan graduated from the E.W. Scripps School of Journalism at Ohio University in 2010. While there, he won an Associated Press award for Best Investigative Reporting for a series of stories on the university’s structural deficit. He then worked at the Las Vegas Sun and Center for Education Reform before joining GOVERNING. He has reported on the Supreme Court’s consideration of the Affordable Care Act and various education reform movements in state and local government. When out of the office, Dylan spends his time watching classic films and reading fantasy fiction. Email dscott@governing.com | Twitter @DylanLScott  

Mississippi voters rejected a constitutional amendment that would have declared life begins at fertilization.
President Obama announced a new initiative that will require more accountability for Head Start programs that receive federal funding.
A federal appeals court has upheld the health-care reform law's individual mandate.
Illinois lawmakers want to cap pay raises for public employees.
The Wisconsin Assembly is reevaluating its policy that prohibits signs and cameras in its chambers.
The debate over personhood and collective bargaining on the 2011 election ballots ring through the nation's newspaper opinion pages.
As lawmakers look for new avenues to provide jobs, some are turning toward high school vocational programs as a means of building a better workforce.
Lawmakers are split over whether the Wisconsin special legislative session on job creation was a success.
49 retired Michigan state employees earn pensions of more than $100,000.
Many states have decided that not following a federal law regarding sex offender registration -- and taking a financial hit -- would be cheaper than implementing it.