LEXINGTON, Kentucky, Feb. 7 -- The Council of State Governments issued the following news: * * * Capital Closeup: A regionwide review of the requirements for a legislative quorum Sixty-seven members of the 134-seat House present. Sixty-six members not present. That was the head count during the scheduled start of the 2025 legislative session in Minnesota, and this unusual situation brought attention to a common, but often little-noticed, part of state constitutions: the requirement that a ce more PR

BOULDER, Colorado, Feb. 7 -- The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association issued the following news: * * * Seven states named to new higher education Basic Needs Academy The State Higher Education Executive Officers Association (SHEEO) kicked off a new Basic Needs Academy this week, focused on supporting states in expanding data capacity and developing policy infrastructure for integrating and using basic needs information in state postsecondary data systems. Seven states - Ariz more PR