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Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
June 4, 2019

Mississippi could lose $9.2M next year in federal research funding under sequestration

The Science Coalition Unveils State-Level Analysis of Impact of Sequestration on Research Funding The Science Coalition (TSC) has released a new analysis of the impact to core federal research agencies’ state-level spending if Congress and the administration fail to reach an agreement to lift spending caps mandated by the Budget Control Act. “Funding cuts to federal research agencies have far-reaching consequences. Our analysis shows…
Culture  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
May 29, 2019

SALTER: New Washington state law really is thinking “outside the box” or perhaps even the urn

By: Sid Salter Our pop culture in this country has made mincemeat out of the phrase “thinking outside the box” and rendered the phrase trite and meaningless. That is, until lawmakers in the State of Washington recently enacted legislation that reflected thinking that is literally “outside the box” or at the very least the coffin…