State-level autonomy in the era of accountability: A comparative analysis of Virginia and Nebraska education policy through No Child Left Behind by Ryan Richard Ruff

“…Using the Virginia Standards of Learning and the Nebraska School-based Teacher-led Assessment and Reporting System, it explores the role of the historical and political context in shaping assessment policy through the lenses of the processes, conditions, and consequences of the policy process. …”
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Strategic Coalitions and Agenda-Setting in Fragmented Congresses: How the PRI Sets the Legislative Agenda in Mexico by Robert D. Knight

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At the intersection of public and private morality by Anne Zimmerman

“…Tim Remington a pastor with a seat in the state legislature also claims the order violates constitutional rights. …”
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Reproductive Ethics and Family by Oskar Neyra

“…Baker and McConnell received a marriage license from an unsuspecting clerk from Blue Earth County, where they wed on September 3, 1971.[4] BACKGROUND The Supreme Court’s decision left individual state legislatures the option to accommodate same-sex couples’ rights constitutionally. …”
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