Colorado Technical University
You are a professional staff member working in your state government. You will be making a policy recommendation to your governor on an emerging policy issue. Each week, you will be adding content to your recommendation. Complete the following for this week:
- Select a public policy issue where the federal government and state or local government are in conflict.
- Possible issues include the following:
- Recreational drug legalization or decriminalization
- K-12 education reforms
- Same-sex marriage
- Immigration reform
- Health care reform
- Choose an issue of policy importance. State why you consider it of importance to your state.
- Prepare an annotated bibliography of at least 7 scholarly sources that cover the spectrum of thought on your topic as a public policy issue.
- For each source, include full APA citation and a summary (200-300 words) of the key arguments.