Welcome to our new Acting Executive Director

I’m very pleased to inform you all that longtime Capitolbeat advocate/advisor/ muse/whipcracker Tiffany Shackelford has agreed to become our new Acting Executive Director. I’d ask you to join me in welcoming her, but heck, she’s been around here longer than I have.
Those of you who know her can appreciate how lucky we are. [...]

Blog rolling

I’ve taken the information in the post below and put it over in the right-hand side column of the page, with some modifications to make them fit. If you have a blog on state government you’d like us to list, drop us a line via the comments link.

Capitol reporters’s blogs

Not to long ago, Rachel Stassen-Berger asked for links to capitol blogs around the country. And blog authors responded. We’re going to put these over in the right-hand sidebar (I think) but here’s the list we’ve gotten. Have additions? Let us know by way of the comments section of this post.
Blog Name: Ken Dixon’s ConnecticutBlog-o-rama
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Louis makes his picks

Louis Jacobson, Washington-based watcher of all things political, has made his picks for which state legislatures could switch hands this fall. From his story:
With the nation swept up in a riveting presidential election, state legislative races might rank far down the political totem pole this fall. But with almost two dozen chambers at risk [...]

Conference registration open

We have updated the information on our Conference Page (click here or at the tab at the top of this page). We have information on conference rates there as well as an early sketch of the panels we’re working on.
The biggest news is this: Conference registration is now open and you can save some dough [...]

New bylaws

VP Rachel Stassen-Berger reports that our bylaws revision is complete. There is one change from the version that was sent out a month ago. From Rachel:
During the comment period, three members expressed concern that we proposed deleting the requirement to post all meetings’ minutes to our Web site. The bylaws committee discussed that concern and [...]

New job posting

For those who might be looking: there is a new posting from the News Service of Florida (www.newsserviceflorida.com) on our jobs page. To see what’s up, click the jobs tab at the top of the page.