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Prioritizing mental health
We are devoting this week’s newsletter to one of Eileen’s priority bills for the 2014 session. House Bill 2725 will make it easier for individuals with severe mental illness to…
Paying it forward – a new way to fund higher education?
Most Americans see college education as the key to financial success, independence, and economic mobility. But, as the Great Recession deepened, legislatures around the country dipped into their higher education…
DREAM Act, early learning, and suction dredging
DREAM Act moves to the Governor’s office Last night, the House voted to send the DREAM Act to the Governor’s desk in a truly bipartisan fashion. The bill makes…
Freeman’s bill will help parents with disabilities keep their children
Public testimony at the hearing for HB 2616 was moving. Sarah, a parent with intellectual disabilities, talked of a son she had taken away from her 25 years ago. If…