Statehouse Reporters Review the Top 5 Public Policy Issues in Each State

Everyone knows public policy in the states is more active than in Congress. So far this year states have passed 19,313 bills to Capitol Hill’s 150.

That’s a lot of legislation.

But what issues are the statehouses so busy with?

We recruited more than 52 local reporters and policy observers and asked them one question: “What are the top 5 policy issues in each state?”
The Los Angeles Times’ John Myers analyzed the top five policy issues in the Golden State.
The reporters’ insights offer a comprehensive breakdown of national policy trends, and we’ve listed them all here. We call the collection the 50 State Project.