AGENDA SETTING AT THE STATE LEVEL: THE NEUTRALIZATION OF ENTREPRENEURIAL POLITICS IN VIRGINIA'S LAND USE INITIATIVE

Drawing on interview data from reading policy actors in California, Michigan, and Texas, this study applied Kingdon's (1984, 1995) multiple streams model to explain how the issue of reading became prominent on the agenda of state governments during the latter half of the 1990s. A combination of factors influenced the status of a state's reading policy agenda, including feedback from parents, teachers, and business groups; student achievement data; political pressure from the state administration; regional and national interest; a pervasive belief that reading is a building block for student success; and a widespread perception that the decline in reading achievement was symbolic of the failure of public schools. In addition, governors promoted reading to high agenda prominence by influencing which issues were placed on the decision agenda (agenda setting) and which alternatives were given serious attention (alternative specification). Finally, the findings suggest that the applicability of Kingdon's national-level model to the state level may depend on both the issue being examined and the participation of the state executive branch.

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Northern Bobwhite Occupancy Patterns on Multiple Spatial Scales Across Arkansas

Journal of Fish and Wildlife Management ◽

10.3996/jfwm-21-002 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Ellery V. Lassiter ◽

Marcus Asher ◽

Grace Christie ◽

Connor Gale ◽

Andrhea Massey ◽

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Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Spatial Scales ◽

Bird Species ◽

State Level ◽

Northern Bobwhite ◽

Habitat Associations ◽

The State ◽

Ouachita Mountains ◽

Priority Areas ◽

Human Land Use

Northern bobwhite Colinus virginianus populations have been rapidly declining in the eastern, central, and southern United States for decades. Declines have been driven by land use change and an incompatibility between northern bobwhite resource needs and human land use practices. Here, we applied occupancy analyses on two spatial scales (state-level and ecoregion-level) to more than 5,000 northern bobwhite surveys conducted over six years across the entire state of Arkansas to explore patterns in occupancy and land use variables, and to identify priority areas for management and conservation. At the state level, northern bobwhite occupied 29% of sites and northern bobwhite were most likely to occur in areas with a high percentage of early successional habitat (grassland, pasture, and shrubland). The statewide model predicted that northern bobwhite were likely to occur (≥75% predicted occupancy) in <20% of the state. Arkansas is comprised of five distinct ecoregions, and analyses at the ecoregion spatial scale showed that habitat associations of northern bobwhite could vary between ecoregions. For example, northern bobwhite occupancy in both the Arkansas River Valley and Ozark Mountains ecoregions was best predicted by early successional habitat, but was further refined by other habitat associations such as the proportion of herbaceous habitat and hay-pasture habitat, respectively. Contrastingly, northern bobwhite occupancy in the Ouachita Mountains ecoregion was best predicted by richness of landcover classes alone. Ecoregion-level models were thus more discerning than the state level model and should be more helpful to managers in identifying priority conservation areas. However, in 2 of 5 ecoregions, northern bobwhite were too rarely encountered to accurately predict their occurrence. We found that likely occupied northern bobwhite habitat lay primarily on private properties (95%), but that numerous public entities own and manage land identified as suitable or likely occupied. We conclude that management of northern bobwhite in Arkansas could benefit from cooperation among state, federal, and military partners, as well as surrounding private landowners and that ecoregion-specific models may be more useful in identifying priority areas for management. Our approach incorporates multiple landscape scales when using remote sensing technology in conjunction with monitoring data and could have important application for the management of northern bobwhite and other grassland bird species.

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O Agendamento das notícias sobre Política: Uma análise dos sites PortalCT, Conexão Tocantins e Jornal do Tocantins na sua versão online

Revista Observatório ◽

10.20873/uft.2447-4266.2015v1n2p239 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 1 (2) ◽

pp. 239

Author(s):

Francisco Gilson Reboucas Porto Junior ◽

José Eduardo de Azevedo Gomes Rodrigues ◽

Daniela Soares Pereira

Keyword(s):

News Media ◽

Agenda Setting ◽

State Level ◽

Rio Grande ◽

Sao Paulo ◽

The State ◽

São Paulo ◽

Rio Grande Do Sul ◽

Porto Alegre ◽

Em 12

O presente estudo tem como objetivo mostrar que há elementos para um possível agendamento das notícias da editoria de política no Estado do Tocantins. Para chegar neste resultado foram analisados três veículos de comunicação de grande visibilidade no âmbito estadual, sendo eles o Jornal do Tocantins na sua versão online, e os sites de notícias Conexão Tocantins e PortalCT. Trata-se de uma pesquisa descritiva, exploratória e bibliográfica. Utilizou-se como procedimento metodológico a análise de conteúdo em um período de aproximadamente dois meses. Foram coletados 30 screenshots da página inicial de cada um dos jornais analisados. Através dos resultados encontrados, foi possível concluir que há um possível agendamento das notícias da editoria de política nos veículos de comunicação do Tocantins analisados, assim como afirmar que site Conexão Tocantins foi o que teve um maior agendamento das informações sobre política.PALAVRAS-CHAVE: Agenda-Setting, Hipóteses teóricas, Jornalismo. ABSTRACTThe present study aims to show that there is a schedule of news politcs in the State of Tocantins. To reach this result were analyzed three communication vehicles of high visibility at the State level, the Jornal do Tocantins in its online version, and the news sites and Conexão Tocantins and PortalCT. It is a descriptive, exploratory and bibliographical research. Used as methodological procedure content analysis over a period of approximately two months. Through the results, it was possible to conclude that there is a schedule of politcs in the news media do Tocantins surveyed, as well as stating that in the newspapers analyzed the Conexão Tocantins that had a greater scheduling policy information.KEYWORDS: Agenda Setting, theoretical Hypotheses, journalism RESUMENEl presente estudio pretende mostrar que hay un programa de noticias de política en el estado de Tocantins. Para llegar a este resultado fueron analizados comunicación tres vehículos de alta visibilidad a nivel estatal, el Jornal do Tocantins en su versión en línea, sitios de noticias Conexão Tocantins y PortalCT. Es una investigación descriptiva, exploratoria y bibliográfica. Utiliza como procedimiento metodológico contenido análisis durante un período de aproximadamente dos meses. Através de los resultados, fue posible concluir que existe un programa de política en los medios de comunicación Tocantins encuestados, así como al afirmar que en los periódicos analizados el Tocantins era la conexión que tenía una mayor información de política programación.PALABRAS CLAVE: Hipótesis de Agenda-Setting, teóricos, periodismo. Referências ARENDT, H. O que é Política?. 3ª ed. - Rio de Janeiro: Bertrand Brasil, 2002, 240p.BARDIN, L. Análise de Conteúdo. Lisboa, Portugal; Edições 70, LDA, 2009.BARRETO, E. Jornalismo e política: a construção do poder. Estudos em Jornalismo e Mídia Vol. III No 1 - 1o semestre de 2006.FERRI, T. Z. Os Blogs e a libertação editorial do jornalismo. Trabalho de Conclusão de Curso Pós-graduação, Universidade Gama Filho, Brasília, 2010. Disponível em: Acesso: em 06 de fev. 2014.GIL, A.C. Métodos e técnicas de pesquisa social. Sao Paulo: Atlas, 1999.HEINRICH, A. G. S.; A comunicação no Poder Judiciário: Um estudo do tribunal de Justiça do Rio Grande do Sul. Dissertação de Mestrado. Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, 2006. Disponível em: Acesso em 15 de janeiro de 2014.HOHLFELDT, A. Os estudos sobre a hipótese de agendamento. Revista FAMECOS. Porto Alegre, nº 7, novembro 1997.HOHLFELDT, A.; MARTINO, L. C.; FRANÇA, V. V. (organizadores). Teorias da comunicação: conceitos, escolas e tendências. Petrópolis, RJ: Vozes, 2001, p. 187.MARTINS, F. Jornalismo Político. SP: Editora Contexto, 2008. MIELNICZUK, L. Jornalismo na web: Um contribuição para o estudo do formato da notícia na escrita hipertextual. Tese de Doutorado em Comunicação. Universidade Federal da Bahia. 2003. Disponível em: Acesso em: 04 de fev. 2014.MIDÕES, M. Caso Esmeralda e a Espiral do Silêncio da Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann. 2008. Disponível em: Acesso em: 20 de jan. de 2014.SILVA, S. T.M. Teorias da comunicação nos estudos de relações públicas. Porto Alegre : EDIPUCRS, 2011. 102 p. ISBN 978-85-397-0148-3. Disponível em: Acesso em: 12 de fev./ de 2014.SILVEIRA, B. O.; PAVARINO, R. N. Agenda-Setting versus Espiral do Silêncio. Intercom - Sociedade Brasileira de Estudos Interdisciplinares da Comunicação XI Congresso de Ciências da Comunicação na Região Centro-Oeste - Brasília - 4 a 6 de junho de 2009. Disponível em: Acesso em: 12 de jan. de 2014.SOUSA, J.P. Elementos de Teoria e Pesquisa da Comunicação e dos Media. 2º Edição revista e ampliada. 2006. Disponível em: Acesso em: 12 de jan./2014.WOLF, M. Teorias das comunicações de massa. São Paulo: Martins Fontes, 2003. Coleção leitura e crítica. p. 182. Disponível em: Url: http://opendepot.org/2693/ Abrir em (para melhor visualização em dispositivos móveis - Formato Flipbooks):Issuu / Calameo

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Several Aspects of Digital Transformation in State Administration of Rational Agricultural Land Use

International Journal of Recent Technology and Engineering - 2 ◽

10.35940/ijrte.c1047.1183c19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 8 (3C) ◽

pp. 282-288 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Keyword(s):

Environmental Management ◽

Land Use ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

State Level ◽

The State ◽

Land Resources ◽

Agricultural Producers ◽

Rational Use ◽

Administrative Services ◽

State Administration

The concept of land management and rational land use is defined. The influence of digitization on the state administration of rational use of agricultural land is investigated. The analysis of the development of electronic administrative services in the field of land relations of Ukraine on the principle of its extraterritoriality is carried out. Modern ways of counteracting irrational conduct of agrarian activity on the state level have been revealed. Methods of stimulating responsible use of land resources by agricultural producers are investigated. The problems of environmental management at the level of economic entities are explored that mainly covers the principles, peculiarities of positioning and the importance of prudent use of agricultural land. The necessity of fixing the principles of stimulating the process of efficient and environmentally friendly land use in the agricultural sphere on the state level is substantiated. Keywords: digitalization, digital technologies, environmental management, state administration, rational use of land resources.

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Shrinking Net Sown Area: An Analysis of Changing Land Use Pattern in Bihar

Journal of AgriSearch ◽

10.21921/jas.v3i4.6709 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 3 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

K. M. SINGH ◽

D. K. SINHA ◽

NASIM AHMAD

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

State Level ◽

Climatic Conditions ◽

The State ◽

The Other ◽

Land Use Pattern ◽

Zone Ii ◽

Use Pattern ◽

Food And Nutritional Security ◽

Sown Area

Land is vital natural resource for any developmental activity. Bihar shares about 8.63% of the total population in the country while the share in total land area of India is only 2.86%. Bihar has been divided into three agro-climatic zones such as Zone-I, Zone-II and Zone-III.The study reveals that the net sown area has declined both on zonal level and also at state level. Decline in net sown area in agro-climatic zone-III of the state is more pronounced than that of zone-I and zone-II. Being centre of the state, urbanization has taken place in faster way in the zone-III. The other reasons for changes undergoing in land use pattern may be increasing population, fragmentation of land holdings and declining water table in this region. Zone-I and zone-II come under flood prone area, farmers put their land as current fallow due to devastating flood threat causing damage to their crops. Land under trees and groves have also witnessed positive percentage change over the decade and also in growth rate, this may be the other reason for decline in net sown area in the state. Shrinking of net sown area is of great concern to feed the up warding growth of population. Motivating farmers to increase productivity to protect growing population and serving their demand for food and nutritional security keeping in mind the fast changing climatic conditions all over the world and protecting wasteful and careless use of natural resources for betterment of coming generation.

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Medicaid 101: A Primer for Speech-Language Pathologists in Education Settings

Perspectives on School-Based Issues ◽

10.1044/sbi12.1.3 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 12 (1) ◽

pp. 3-11

Author(s):

Janet Deppe ◽

Marie Ireland

Keyword(s):

State Level ◽

The State ◽

Speech Language Pathologists ◽

Inspector General ◽

Medical Necessity ◽

School Settings ◽

Speech Language Pathologist ◽

School Based ◽

Emerging Trends

This paper will provide the school-based speech-language pathologist (SLP) with an overview of the federal requirements for Medicaid, including provider qualifications, “under the direction of” rule, medical necessity, and covered services. Billing, documentation, and reimbursement issues at the state level will be examined. A summary of the findings of the Office of Inspector General audits of state Medicaid plans is included as well as what SLPs need to do in order to ensure that services are delivered appropriately. Emerging trends and advocacy tools will complete the primer on Medicaid services in school settings.

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