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This article examines the state lawsuits against the tobacco industry as an example of policy diffusion across the American states. A review of the history of the lawsuits highlights the prominent role of state attorneys general. Multivariate analysis explores the influence of political factors, socioeconomic forces, region, & the problem environment on the timing of a state's lawsuit against the tobacco industry. The results reveal that Democratic attorneys general filed lawsuits sooner than did their Republican counterparts. Tobacco-producing states were least likely to file lawsuits against "big tobacco." Regional influences & the problem environment did not have a consistent & powerful impact on the timing of state lawsuits. The results suggest that diffusion theory can help to shed light on the policy innovations made by state attorney's general. 2 Tables, 29 References. Adapted from the source document.

Ranks states based on when major health care policy reforms were adopted and examines the conditions under which health care policy reform is adopted; US.

Examines state support for higher education by first ascertaining the amount supplied & demanded of this service. The approach assumes that supply & demand occur simultaneously, & that each is affected by higher education spending policies among the states. We argue that enrollment is the most satisfactory proxy for both supply & demand. State policy is measured as expenditure effort. We estimate three time-series equations using two-stage least squares regression with data for the years 1986-95. In the final equation, supply/demand (enrollment) emerges as the strongest predictor of state spending effort. Commitment to higher education (effort) is also especially sensitive to variations in the number of employees (per student). Employee costs clearly are a major factor in fueling increases in state higher education spending effort. State per capital income exerts a negative effect on the final dependent variable. Poor states exert greater financial effort in support of their colleges & universities than do more affluent states. 2 Tables, 37 References. Adapted from the source document.

As our nation struggles to make sense of the pathologies of conspiracy thinking and hyper-polarization in our body politics, this study investigates why some members of the House GOP caucus used Twitter to promote conspiracy theories surrounding the 2020 election. Our study first examines the predictors of conspiracy theory tweeting, and second, whether this messaging was related to voting for or against the certification of presidential election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania on January 6th. Our results suggest President Trump's election performance in 2020, conspiratorial tweeting, and freshman status of House members were the driving factors of voting behavior on January 6th.

AbstractObjectiveThis article reviews the extant literature on southern politics and gun/firearm ownership in the South as a precursor to three symposium papers.MethodsWe employ standard literature review techniques to synthesize two significant bodies of literature. The latter part of the article introduces the three papers in the symposium.ResultsWe find that the papers in this symposium share two common themes: continued southern distinctiveness, and the importance of the role of race in southern politics and policy‐making.ConclusionWe find support for a hypothesis that the South remains distinctive as a region in the policy arena of gun ownership/firearm policy.