Governors of California’s neighboring states worry legislation could raise gas prices

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After Hobbs and Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo sent a letter to California Gov. Gavin Newsom urging him to pump the brakes on legislation that they say could raise gas prices, the California Democrat pushed back in a letter of his own. According to the letter, sent on Friday and obtained by POLITICO, Newsom said the concerns from Hobbs and Lombardo “reflects the oil industry’s talking points rather than the facts” surrounding a proposal that would require oil refineries in the state to maintain stable inventories to prevent shortages. Hobbs and Lombardo – a Republican – expressed concerns that the requirements of the proposal would raise gas prices in Arizona and Nevada. The governors asked Newsom to delay action on the proposal, which is currently moving through a special session of the California legislature after dying during the regular session. Lawmakers there are set to debate the issue this week. In his letter, Newsom argued that the proposal will decrease gas prices by ensuring that there are less shortages at refineries that provide gas to California, Arizona and Nevada. “Governor Hobbs remains deeply concerned about Governor Newsom’s proposed legislation requiring minimum gasoline reserves in California. High gas prices could be devastating to Arizona families already burdened with high living costs,” Hobbs’ press secretary said in an emailed statement. “Our office is committed to working with anyone to help lower the cost of gas, and we look forward to continuing our constructive conversations with Governor Newsom’s and Governor Lombardo’s office as we work on our shared commitment to finding effective solutions to help all of our communities.”

Kansas foster care report sheds light on struggles, strides in reforming state’s child welfare system

Posted on by Matt Resnick

A newly released report spotlighted the quality of care received by minor children and youth in the custody of Kansas’ child welfare system, as the state seeks to meet compliance objectives stemming from a lawsuit settlement. 

The report published by the Center for the Study of Social Policy was the third study conducted on the heels of a class action lawsuit filed in 2018 against former Gov. Jeff Coyler and other state agencies, including the Department of Children and Families. The lawsuit was filed by Kansas Appleseed, Children’s Rights and the National Center for Youth Law against Coyler, who was later dismissed from it. 

The litigation was partly centered on the state’s practice of “extreme housing disruptions” that plaintiffs alleged were in violation of 14th Amendment rights. The suit also asserted that the state violated the federal Medicaid Act for its alleged inability to provide sufficient screenings and treatments related to behavioral and mental health for children in state custody. Performance areas outlined in the settlement include accountability, reporting and implementation, practice improvements and outcomes — which were designed to be achieved in a three to four-year period. 

The overall need for foster care has declined 24% over the past five years, due to a higher number of children residing with relatives and kin, according to Monday’s news release from the Department of Children and Families.

The Department of Children and Families’ report, covering the 2023 calendar year, noted strides made in the area of placement — showing that licensed capacity in 99% of family foster homes and around 100% of relative or kin placement, was only exceeded when a prior exception was approved. The report also concluded that the number of children and youth “experiencing temporary overnight placement or failure to place” was nearly sliced in half — to 68 in 2023 from 141 instances in 2022. 

The state, however, missed one of its target objectives: a goal that 85% of children in custody are subjected to one or fewer moves in a 12-month period. The actual percentage checked in at 83%. 

The report also highlighted other targeted objectives, including the ability of minors to access timely services. According to the report, 69% of individuals in the custody of the Department of Children and Families received timely mental health and trauma screenings — marking a 35% increase since 2021. The report also showed that 80% of children in need of mental or behavioral services received treatment in a timely fashion. 

Kelly on Monday reaffirmed her administration’s focus on revamping the state’s child welfare system “to ensure all Kansas children have the resources they need to live healthy lives.”

“The latest neutral report shows we have made great progress on our child welfare system, but there is more work to be done to improve access to mental health services,” Kelly said in a news release. “I am encouraged that we have reduced the need for traditional foster care as more children are living with relatives or kin. We will continue to find ways to address the needs of our most vulnerable children.”

The news release also noted that a small cohort of youth are “experiencing extreme instability” and “are often the ones who end up with overnight stays in offices.” Department of Children and Services Secretary Laura Howard said spotlighting that group will help to better identify wrap-around services that may be available to those individuals, while also paving the way to a smoother transition to adulthood.

“I’m proud of the steps we’ve taken and the changes made so far to improve our state’s child welfare system, but I recognize this is a process, and there is more work to be done,” Howard said in the news release. “We’re continuously assessing the barriers we face in certain areas and looking for creative solutions and community partnerships that will help us continue making meaningful change and ultimately improving the lives of the Kansas children and families we serve.”

The report, however, noted that the state’s “focused efforts” failed to yield significant gains in the area of placement and stability. 

“Fewer children were in stable placements, and the rate at which children moved between placements increased,” the report read. “There was progress in reducing the number of ‘Failure to Place’ incidents, in which children stay and sleep overnight in an office, but this number remained slightly higher than it was two years ago. The number of children experiencing placements that last only one night (‘night-to-night placements’) or two to fourteen days (‘short-term placements’) remained about the same, but the total number of these placements increased significantly, because some children experienced many of them.”

The report called access to mental health services “a mixed bag.” 

“The State made continued progress in expanding the availability of crisis mental health services, and demonstrated a substantial improvement in screening children/youth entering care for trauma and behavioral health needs, though it did not achieve the settlement agreement standard,” the report said. “Performance measured by case reads in actually meeting the mental health needs of children in care, however, declined substantially.”

Matt Resnick is a statehouse reporter at State Affairs Pro Kansas/Hawver’s Capitol Report. Reach him at [email protected]

AG: Candidates can expense babysitting costs on the trail

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Mayes issued an opinion Monday establishing childcare expenses as a permissible campaign expense. “Arizona’s campaign finance law permits the use of privately raised campaign funds for dependent care if, and only if, the expenses are for the purpose of enabling the candidate or other person to perform campaign activities,” Mayes wrote in her opinion. A news release from Vote Mama Foundation, a group that tracks the use of campaign funds for child care, noted Arizona is the 35th state in the nation to this practice. Mayes noted Arizona law doesn’t allow office holders to use public funds for child care. The request for the attorney general’s opinion came from four legislators all with young children, E. Diaz, Liguori, Crews and Travers. Travers, a mother of a 10-year-old and a six-year-old, said the Democrats who requested the opinion and some legislative Republicans who expressed support for campaign childcare expenses want to see political office be more accessible for parents in the state. “It’s not always appropriate to bring a child with you to an event,” Travers said. “Not everybody has the resources to pay for child care, and I don’t think it should be incumbent on us to rely on our family members.” In 2018, the Federal Election Commission ruled that federal candidates can use campaign funds to pay for childccare costs associated with time spent campaigning. According to Vote Mama, less than 7% of Arizona state legislators are mothers with minor children. “Political leaders should look like Arizona, and I’m pleased to see child care won’t be a reason a mom, dad or caregiver can’t share their gifts and passions fighting for a thriving Arizona,” Crews said in the Vote Mama news release.

ADOT wants funding to keep Amtrak project on track after Hoffman’s attempts to derail

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The Department of Transportation is requesting $200,000 in funding for fiscal year 2026 to continue operations on a proposed Amtrak expansion project between Phoenix and Tucson after Hoffman attempted in February to prohibit the agency from pursuing commuter rail projects. In its budget request sent to the governor’s office, ADOT says the $200,000 will go towards administrative costs related to a federal grant for the Corridor Identification and Development program. ADOT says it will continue asking for the one-time funding until the program is complete. If the funding is not provided, the project would likely end, and the state would lose out of the federal funding, according to ADOT. The Phoenix-Tucson Rail Corridor project is still in early planning stages, but Hoffman attempted to derail the process when ADOT came up for continuation during this year’s legislative session. He tacked on contingencies to the bill that extended the agency’s life, attempting to prevent ADOT from accepting any funding for a commuter rail project. The provisions were later removed and ADOT was continued without fanfare. Amtrak and Phoenix officials recently announced that the Phoenix-Tucson Rail Corridor project is moving along, and both Amtrak and ADOT are expected to move into the next phase of planning in the coming months.

Federal court sends former Trump chief of staff back to state court

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Former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ criminal prosecution for his alleged involvement in the alternate electors scheme is staying in Maricopa County Superior Court after a district judge denied his bid to see his case moved to federal court. Meadows argued for removal of his criminal case to federal court as he claimed the nine charges levied against him occurred during his time as chief of staff. Under Supreme Court case law, federal officials can see their cases removed to federal court and then establish an immunity defense under the Supremacy Clause. “The Maricopa County indictment squarely relates to Mr. Meadows’s conduct as Chief of Staff to the President. Nothing Mr. Meadows is alleged in the indictment to have done is criminal per se. Rather, it consists of allegations that he received (and occasionally responded to) messages from people who were trying to get ideas in front of President Trump or seeking to inform Mr. Meadows about the strategy and status of various legal efforts by the President’s campaign,” Meadows’ attorney, Anne Chapman, wrote in the notice of removal. “Serving as the filter for the President’s time and attention is well within the Chief of Staff’s role. Indeed, it would be unusual if people did not reach out to the Chief of Staff on these matters or that a Chief of Staff would not be aware of these significant matters demanding the attention of the President.” The state rebutted Meadows’ attempt to move the case and claimed he missed the 30-day deadline to move for removal and failed to show a true link between his federal duties and the criminal behavior alleged in the indictment. Judge John Tuchi, an Obama nominee, agreed with the state, and wrote, “Mr. Meadows frames the Chief of Staff’s role as essentially the gatekeeper who controls access to the President … Contrary to Mr. Meadows’s assertions, the State has not indicted Mr. Meadows for merely facilitating communication to and from the President or for simply staying abreast of campaign goings-on. Instead, the State has indicted Mr. Meadows for allegedly orchestrating and participating in an illegal electioneering scheme. Few, if any, of the State’s factual allegations even resemble the secretarial duties that Mr. Meadows maintains are the subject of the indictment.” Tuchi remanded Meadows’ case back to the superior court.

Phoenix City Council race feels tremors from endorsements

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The race for the Phoenix City Council District 7 seat, which features one current state senator and a former representative, was shaken up by recent endorsements. An Hernandez and former state representative Marcelino Quinonez​, both Democrats, are running against Martyn Bridgeman​ and Michael Nowakowski​ for the seat. Quinonez announced that his campaign had garnered the endorsement of U.S. Rep. Ruben Gallego on Monday afternoon, just a week after Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego had done the same. He also has the backing of Schwiebert, Alston, and a few local groups, like the Phoenix Association of Realtors, An Hernandez brushed off the endorsements, though, and told our reporter she is “too busy knocking on doors and talking directly to the voters to think too much about his endorsements.” “They (the endorsements) show that it confirms he was recruited to run against the most progressive candidate,” An Hernandez said. “My focus will remain on earning the most important endorsement, and this is of the community and voters of D7.” The race unfolded controversy between the two Legislative candidates after An Hernandez criticized Quinonez on social media amid rumors of him running for the same seat. “It be your own people SMH. Guess some men will do anything to help undermine the work of a progressive woman of color,” An Hernandez wrote in a post on X at the time. He eventually announced his candidacy on social media in May, months after An Hernandez had kick-started her campaign. An Hernandez and Quinonez have a clear advantage as former state lawmakers when it comes to campaign fundraising. An Hernandez finished slightly ahead of Quinonez in the second quarter with $69,034 on hand, while he had $53,124.

Braun calls for universal school vouchers in education platform

Posted on by Tom Davies

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Braun is backing the removal of all income limits for the state’s private school voucher program as part of his education platform.

Braun’s proposals released Tuesday call for targeting pay raises for teachers in “high-need content areas” without specifying any salary goals such as the $60,000 minimum pay level that Democratic candidate Jennifer McCormick wants implemented.

Braun also proposed creating a new Office of School Safety and reiterated support for laws adopted in recent years requiring schools to notify parents if their child wants to use a different name or pronouns and banning transgender students from competing in girls school sports.

Here are some key parts of Braun’s proposals:

Universal private school vouchers

The Braun plan would lift the income limits on the state’s school voucher program that have been greatly eased by Republican legislators in recent years.

Lawmakers in 2023 approved a voucher expansion that raised the income limit for a family of four from $154,000 to $220,000. That step and broader eligibility provisions led to a 32% jump to nearly 71,000 students receiving voucher money this past school year and the program’s cost growing to $439 million — up from $311 million a year earlier, according to a state Department of Education report.

“Reform the Choice Scholarship Program to allow every Hoosier family, regardless of income, race, ZIP code, or other factors, to choose the school that best fits their children’s educational needs,” said a policy paper from the Braun-aligned group Hoosiers for Opportunity, Prosperity and Enterprise that his campaign distributed.

Democrats have opposed the voucher expansions, arguing that the program drains money away from traditional public schools. Braun’s plan, however, embraces opening the program to any student regardless of family income as backed by Republican House Speaker Todd Huston.

Uncertainty about the future costs of the voucher program has drawn the attention of the national credit rating agencies that review the state government’s fiscal condition.

“The school choice program functions as an open-ended entitlement with the potential for higher costs if enrollment materially exceeds the state’s expectations,” a 2023 report from Fitch Ratings said.

McCormick’s campaign called Braun’s proposals “ill-informed.”

“After 20 years of one-party rule, I’m surprised Mike Braun has offered an education plan that is as bad as it is for Hoosier children,” McCormick campaign manager Kelly Wittman said in an email to State Affairs.

McCormick, a former Republican state school superintendent, has called for schools accepting vouchers to be held to the same academic and financial standards as traditional public schools. 

Boosting teacher pay, number of new teachers

Braun’s platform called for improving teacher pay without giving a salary target and expanding programs to transition professionals with college degrees into teaching jobs to help address educator shortages.

Braun’s plan indicated that not all teachers would see the same attention to their salaries.

“Increase Indiana’s public teacher base salary, ensure teachers in high-need content areas have higher pay, and institute statewide student outcomes-focused performance pay to reward high-performing teachers,” the policy paper released by his campaign said.

McCormick, meanwhile, wants the state to set a $60,000 minimum teacher salary. The statewide average during the 2022-23 school year was about $58,500, according to a state report.

“It’s time that we make sure that we’re treating teachers the way we need them to be treated — like the professionals they are,” McCormick said. 

The pro-Braun group’s policy paper said the state should “identify content areas and school districts with teacher shortages, and direct the State’s resources toward recruiting these high-need teachers.”

School safety and transgender issues

Braun said he wanted to establish an Indiana Office of School Safety and increase funding for security grants to school districts.

The new safety office would “streamline and enhance existing authorities at the Department of Education, Department of Homeland Security, and Indiana State Police,” the policy paper said.

“Indiana’s school safety authorities are fragmented across different agencies,” the paper said. “As modern threats continue to grow in complexity, the State must ensure that local communities and schools are supported so that no aspect of school safety falls through the cracks.”

Braun’s platform included support for Republican-backed laws adopted over the past two years requiring parental notifications about students wanting to use a different name or pronouns and banning transgender students from competing in girls school sports.

“The State should continue to ensure that biological males will not compete against our girls on the court, in the pool, or invade the privacy of their locker rooms,” the policy paper said.

What Braun and teachers union say about platform

Braun’s statement releasing his platform said “parents are the primary stakeholders in their kids’ education.”

“My future-focused education plan puts Hoosier kids and parents first, raises teacher pay and incentive, ensures that our kids are safe, and puts Indiana schools on the path to become the best in the nation,” Braun said.

The Indiana State Teachers Association, the state’s largest teachers union, has endorsed McCormick and said that under her plans “educators will have a voice in their working conditions and students’ learning conditions, adequate school funding, safe, inclusive learning environments, and strong student mental health support.”

“Hoosier educators deserve competitive compensation, respect and the ability to have a voice in their profession,” union President Keith Gambill said in a statement.

Tom Davies is a Statehouse reporter for State Affairs Pro Indiana. Reach him at [email protected] or on X at @TomDaviesIND.

Suspicious packages prompt Memorial Hall evacuation, FBI probe

Posted on by Matt Resnick

A government building near the Kansas Statehouse was evacuated Monday after suspicious packages exposed personnel to unknown substances. 

City of Topeka spokesperson Rosie Nichols said in a statement that a field test did not turn up any hazardous materials but that personnel exposed to the substances were medically evaluated. 

Election offices in at least six states on Monday also received powder-laced parcels. Those states, according to the AP, included Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Wyoming. And like Kansas, the other states also did not turn up any hazardous materials. 

Topeka Fire Department crews, including its hazardous materials team, were dispatched to Memorial Hall, 120 SW 10th St., around 2:15 p.m. in response to a package received by the Kansas Secretary of State’s Office. The building houses the Secretary of State’s and Attorney General’s offices. 

April McCollum, a spokesperson for the Kansas Highway Patrol, said in a statement that the evacuation was a precautionary measure that “allowed for a hazardous devices officer to enter and collect the package, which required a response from the Topeka Fire Department.” 

Capitol Police were notified around 2:40 p.m. about a second, larger package received by the Attorney General’s Office. Discovery of the second package, according to McCollum, prompted the State Fire Marshal to contact the FBI for assistance in “collecting” it. Nichols told State Affairs she was not able to confirm whether the packages were directly addressed to those specific offices.

“It is unknown at this time if the same person sent both packages,” McCollum said. 

Whitney Tempel, a spokesperson for the Secretary of State’s Office, confirmed the incident but referred the matter to the Kansas Highway Patrol for additional details. McCollum, meanwhile, called it an “active investigation” by the FBI. 

“Any further inquiries regarding the second package will need to be forwarded to the FBI,” McCollum said.

Monday’s incident marks the third time since June 2023 that Memorial Hall has been the target of similar incidents.

Matt Resnick is a statehouse reporter at State Affairs Pro Kansas/Hawver’s Capitol Report. Reach him at mresnick@stateaffairs.com.

Poll: Republicans lead statewide races but trail Trump

Posted on by Tom Davies

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike Braun and other statewide GOP candidates have solid leads among likely voters but are significantly trailing Donald Trump in support, according to an independent poll released Tuesday.

Democrats argued that their candidates have opportunities to gain support against statewide Republican candidates who are underperforming this election cycle.

Statewide race poll numbers

The Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey found Braun leading Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jennifer McCormick 45% to 34%, with 6% support for Libertarian Donald Rainwater and 13% undecided.

In the U.S. Senate race, Republican Jim Banks had 47% support over 33% for Democrat Valerie McCray, with 5% for Libertarian Andrew Horning and 14% undecided.

In the race for state attorney general, Republican incumbent Todd Rokita leads Democratic challenger Destiny Wells 49% to 35%, with 16% undecided. 

Trump, however, had a larger lead in the presidential race — the poll found him with 57% support among Indiana voters. Vice President Kamala Harris had 40% support and 2% were undecided. 

Trump’s margin is essentially the same as in the 2020 election, when he won Indiana 57% to 41% over President Joe Biden.

The poll of 1,000 likely voters was conducted Sept. 12 and 13 and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. Emerson College said the survey was funded by Nexstar Media, which owns seven Indiana television stations, including WXIN and WTTV of Indianapolis.

Democrats argue Republicans underperforming

McCormick’s campaign faulted the poll’s use of opt-in online surveys as often undercounting younger and Hispanic voters and said the results differ from the campaign’s internal polling.

“Mike Braun is running scared, and for good reason,” McCormick campaign manager Kelly Wittman said in a statement. “He is a sitting U.S. senator at 45% and running 12 points behind the top of the ticket. Braun’s ceiling appears to be very low for a statewide elected Republican in Indiana due to his unpopularity.”

The Braun campaign didn’t immediately reply to requests for comment Tuesday.

A spokeswoman for Wells, who is challenging Rokita, argued statewide Republicans should be over 50% among Indiana voters at this point in the election cycle.

“Democrats are over-performing, and independent voters have yet to decide,” Wells spokeswoman Hannah Smith said. “There is nothing but opportunity in these numbers, and our internal polling shows the real secret: the numbers break toward Destiny Wells, not toward career politician Todd Rokita.” 

Rokita campaign adviser Brent Littlefield said the campaign wasn’t taking Rokita’s reelection for granted.

“We know our campaign must continue communicating his strong record of accomplishments related to crime, the economy, illegal immigration and other issues,” Littlefield said.

Top issues and Biden, Holcomb ratings

The poll found the economy as the top issue for 44% of Indiana voters, followed by education (9%), housing affordability (8%), abortion access (8%), threats to democracy (8%), immigration (8%) and health care (6%). 

“Voters under 30 are most likely to rate the economy as the top issue facing their state, at 49%, while voters over 70 are least likely, at 35%. Instead, voters over 70 are most concerned about threats to democracy (12%) and immigration (10%),” said Spencer Kimball, executive director of Emerson College Polling.

The voters surveyed in the poll gave Biden a 28% approval rating as president, with a 64% disapproval mark. 

Republican Gov. Eric Holcomb had 35% job approval, while 31% disapproved of his performance in office.

Tom Davies is a Statehouse reporter for State Affairs Pro Indiana. Reach him at [email protected] or on X at @TomDaviesIND.

Opinion: Maybe the vitriol in Congress isn’t as bad as it seems

Posted on by Lee Hamilton

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — If you’ve followed media coverage of Congress over the past few years, it’s been hard to escape two impressions: Not much gets done there, and members spend a lot of their time tearing into one another. 

We can argue about the first — certainly, recent Congresses have been less productive than their predecessors — but now hard evidence shows the second impression is just plain wrong. The vast majority of members, it turns out, focus on substance and policy, not on personal attacks.
 


That conclusion comes from an interesting and useful new online tool created by a group of academics at Dartmouth College, the University of Pennsylvania and Stanford University. Their group, the Polarization Research Lab, recently launched America’s Political Pulse. Basically, the site tracks, analyzes and catalogs all public statements made by members of Congress, including Twitter/X posts, newsletters, news releases and floor speeches. It then uses AI models the group developed to classify those statements into five categories: personal attacks, policy discussion, constructive debate, accomplishments and bipartisanship/compromise.

With over 1.6 million statements since September 2022 in the database, the findings are intriguing. Most notably, during the current Congress, 66 members, or 12%, have not insulted anyone once — at least within the publicly available statements found by the Lab — while 350 of Congress’ 535 members, or 65%, have done so in less than 1% of their communications. 

That leaves 119 members who’ve engaged in personal attacks over 1% of the time.
 


That’s more than it should be, but it’s not the wholesale flamethrowing that much media coverage suggests. The director of the Polarization Research Lab, Dartmouth government Professor Sean Westwood, summed up the findings this way: “What we’ve identified is that there are a lot of members of Congress who are showing up and doing their jobs and engaging in meaningful debate and they’re not getting the attention they deserve. What is instead happening is that firebrands are absorbing all of the media attention. Our data show that Congress is not nearly as dysfunctional or polarized as people may think.”
 


What may be most useful about the online tool is that it names names, so you can see for yourself. It lists the top Senate and House members who engage in policy discussion, constructive debate and so on: Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin, for instance, leads both chambers on policy discussion; Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty of Tennessee leads similarly on constructive debate; and Democratic Sen. Jon Ossoff of Georgia is tops for bipartisanship.
 


The tool also lists the legislators within each party most prone to engaging in personal attacks, led by Republicans Lance Gooden of Texas and Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, and by Democrats Bill Pascrell of New Jersey, who died in August, and Eric Swalwell of California. You can search for any member and get a breakdown of what percentage of their communications fall into each category and where they stand compared to their peers. You can also dig into examples of comments parsed by the model and see if you agree with how they were characterized — and flag them for researchers if you disagree.
 


It’s reassuring to know that attack-dog rhetoric isn’t as widespread as it might seem, but it’s still problematic. Every moment taken up by conflict — especially on the congressional floor or in committee — is time not spent on the very real challenges our country faces or on advancing legislation aimed at addressing them. And every clickbait news story that focuses on attacks is a journalist bypassing an opportunity to improve Americans’ understanding of issues that affect their lives.
 


What the tool does is make it possible for you, as a voter, to exert some small measure of influence on this picture. 

“The current media landscape paired with a small number of firebrands in Congress creates a harmful cocktail of nonstop news of incivility and dysfunction,” University of Pennsylvania communications Professor Yphtach Lelkes said. “Holding the individuals engaging in conflict accountable and elevating effective lawmakers is critical to slowing the tide of toxic polarization in America.” 

Nobody is better equipped to do that than an informed voter.

Lee Hamilton is a senior adviser for the Indiana University Center on Representative Government, a distinguished scholar at the IU Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and a professor of practice at the IU O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives for 34 years.

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