Colorado Technical University PA 610-1602 B-01

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
  • K12 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 (200300 words) of the key arguments.