States of Crisis with Dan Vock

By Daniel C. Vock

A pandemic. Recession. Civil unrest. State leaders are grappling with several enormous crises all at once. We explore how they're responding.

Previous issues

CDC’s About Face on Masks Gives Some Governors Whiplash

#40 May 14, 2021

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#39 May 10, 2021

Why Aren't Governors Listening to the CDC?

#38 Apr 9, 2021

#37

Apr 1, 2021

The Pandemic's Other Casualties – Unnatural deaths of Americans are surging, and not just because of COVID-19. Or at least not directly
#36

Mar 24, 2021

A Helping Hand or a 'Gun to the Head'? – The war of words between Republican state leaders and the Biden administration over state aid in the
#35

Mar 12, 2021

Why Biden’s Rescue Act is a BFD for States – It’s hard to overstate what a big deal the new American Rescue Plan is for states and local governmen
#34

Mar 4, 2021

Another Reason Republicans Are So Mad About Congress’ State Relief Plan – Since last summer, one of the major sticking points that prevented Congress from passing more coronav
#33

Feb 19, 2021

Have We Changed the Way We Treat 'Essential' Workers? – Nearly a year after Americans started praising “essential” workers as heroes, the workers who still h
#32

Feb 2, 2021

GOP Lawmakers Push Back Against Governors on COVID – The expansive powers governors have wielded to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak over the last year ha
#31

Jan 20, 2021

The Bitter Legacy of 'An Overwhelming Success' for Election Administrators – Inauguration Day is finally upon us and with it, it would seem, the indisputable end to the 2020 elec
#30

Jan 15, 2021

Why West Virginia Leads the Country in Vaccine Roll-Outs – The much-feared holiday surge of COVID-19 cases finally arrived this week. Deaths from the disease 25
#29

Jan 8, 2021

When the Threat Comes from Inside – Normally, I try to keep this newsletter focused on state issues. But I think it’s fair to draw some c
#28

Dec 29, 2020

Taking Stock of 2020 – The whole reason I started this newsletter is that our country faced an historic set of crises this y
#27

Dec 18, 2020

The Case for Vaccinating Prisoners – The distribution of the first COVID-19 vaccines around the country this week has brought long-needed
#26

Dec 7, 2020

Public Officials Find Their Hands Tied as They Confront Winter COVID Surge – Public health experts have long warned that the winter would be especially hard, if the country did n
#25

Nov 25, 2020

Why Aren’t We Using Cheaper, Faster and Less Painful COVID Tests? – There may be light at the end of this COVID tunnel. Three vaccine makers in recent weeks announced th
#24

Nov 10, 2020

Republican Officials Question Election’s Legitimacy – Originally my story this week was going to be about the behind-the-scenes work that election administ
#23

Nov 3, 2020

A New Kind of Shortage in COVID Responses: Health Workers – Today is Election Day, but it will likely also be a day when the United States sets yet another recor
#22

Oct 27, 2020

Steve Bullock’s Balancing Act – Two of the biggest issues of 2020 -- the coronavirus and the upcoming election -- collide in Montana,
#21

Oct 9, 2020

Trump Declares State and Local Aid Dead … Maybe – Praying for manna from Washington isn't exactly a sound budgetary practice, but many states could soo

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