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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  

Editorial round-up takes a look at responses to a proposed change to Tennessee's open-meeting laws and the federal government's crackdown on medical marijuana dispensaries.
Wyoming lawmakers have proposed simplifying the tax code for coal mining operations.
Revenue has taken priority over the environment in cash-strapped states.
Two California ballot petitions would eliminate the death penalty and impose a tax on oil and gas extractions in the state.
A state audit has declared the New Mexico State Fair to be financially insolvent.
Poverty rates rose in every state but two from 2009 to 2010, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report.
President Obama and Senate Republicans are still at odds over a portion of his jobs plan that would give money to state and local governments to pay salaries for teacher, police officers and firefighters.
The NCLB reauthorization bill passed its Senate committee on Thursday, sending it to the full Senate for a vote.
The Humane Society of the United States provided Governing with a summary of the exotic animal laws in all 50 states after this week's events in Ohio.
New reports give recommendations for reforming teacher pension programs.