June 13, 2019
Regional Roundup
ANNUAL MEETING REMINDER -  DISCOUNTED RATES EXPIRE TODAY!
Join us in Big Sky, Montana for the 72nd Annual Meeting! Expand your knowledge of regional policy topics with over 20 sessions hosting interactive conversations. Keynote speakers will provide insights from their personal and professional experiences during the daily general sessions. Throughout it all, opportunities abound for networking with regional colleagues while enjoying the Montana experience.
 
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT -  BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD MONTANA
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana (BCBSMT) is the largest and longest-standing, customer-owned health insurer and benefits administrator in Montana, providing high-quality and cost-effective health plans to nearly 300,000 Montanans. For nearly 80 years, BCBSMT has worked together with communities, providers, policymakers, and like-minded industry partners to help tackle issues that affect Montanans. Advocating for our groups, agents, members, employees and provider partners is our top legislative strategy. We work with our state Legislature to promote strategies that lower health care costs, improve health care quality, and enhance the member and patient experience.
Regional Programs
BORDER LEGISLATIVE ACADEMY - NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS!
The border region presents an array of governing complexities ranging from term limits to regional policy issues. To cultivate leadership in the border region, the Border Legislative Academy offers a program focused on professional development. By bringing together legislators from the U.S. and Mexico border states, the program facilitates cooperative learning and the exchange of ideas to strength leadership and legislative institutions. 

Member Resources
CSG WEST LEADERSHIP - APPLICATIONS DUE JULY 2nd!
Members of the CSG West Executive Committee interested in joining leadership as the incoming Vice Chair are encouraged to submit their application prior to the deadline on Tuesday, July 2nd. Additional information is available on the CSG West website.

SUPREME COURT UPDATES - WEBINARS AVAILABLE
The State and Local Legal Center is offering free webinars to anyone interested in learning more about what is happening at the U.S. Supreme Court. Read more below for details of each available webinar.

Supreme Court Police Cases
July 10th at 1pm eastern
The Supreme Court decided no shortage of police cases this term. Topics covered range from forfeitures to fabrication of evidence to First Amendment retaliatory arrest. Lauren Kuley and Squire Patton Boggs will share their experience writing the SLLC/IMLA amicus brief in a Fourth Amendment impaired driving case. Spencer Driscoll and Sidley Austin, who wrote the SLLC/IMLA amicus brief in a case involving the double jeopardy's "separate sovereigns" exception also join the conversation to discus the impact of all the police cases on states and local governments. 
 
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Supreme Court Review
July 23rd at 1pm eastern
The census citizenship question case and the Maryland and North Carolina partisan gerrymandering cases are expected to be the blockbusters of the current Supreme Court term for states and local governments. Join Judith Vale, Senior Assistant Solicitor General at the Office of the New York State Attorney General, who co-wrote the State of New York's brief in the census case along with Paul Hughes and Mayer Brown, who argued an agency deference case and co-wrote Maryland's brief in one of the partisan gerrymandering cases, in a discussion of these and other cases of interest to states and local governments. Topics include: religious displays on public property, takings, alcohol regulation, and employment.



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