Capital Loop - Nov. 28, 2016

A Prescription for Action: Local Leadership in Ending the Opioid Crisis

Released Nov. 16, this joint report from NACo and National League of Cities explores how cities and counties can combat the opioid epidemic.

 

U.S. Surgeon General releases report on substance abuse

On Nov. 18, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek H. Murthy released Facing Addition in America: The Surgeon General’s Report on Alcohol, Drugs, and Health, a report that reviews the science of substance use, misuse and disorders.

Trump Administration pushes for a continuing resolution until March 2017

House Republicans will launch work on a continuing resolution to fund the government through March 2017, a strategy requested by President-elect Donald Trump. Pushing funding decisions into March gives the incoming Trump administration a say in the final FY17 spending decisions.

NACo releases analysis of 2016 election

NACo has released a detailed report, U.S. Election Insight 2016: What’s in Store for the Nation’s Counties to help members digest the results of the election and what it means for county governments.

Real family income increases if overtime regulation change canceled

Canceling changes to overtime regulations, due to go into effect Dec. 1, would increase real family income rather than lower it, according to a report released Nov. 14 from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO).

Cancellation would also lower employers’ payroll and compliance costs, and increase profits, CBO finds.

House committee releases critical report on WOTUS rule

The House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform released a report late last month critical of the Obama administration’s “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS)  rule making.

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