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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.

The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte's sweeping deregulation initiative, new moves toward licensing midwifery in Nevada, professional mobility efforts in Florida and Kansas, and much more.

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.

The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss regulation of psychedelics in Colorado, the fight against human trafficking in the massage industry, new pathways to teacher licensure in West Virginia, and much more.

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.

The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the opening of Utah's Policy Innovation Lab, new bills from the Washington legislature that may address nursing shortages in the state, and much more.

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On this episode of Ascend Radio, Rick Borges, Director of Strategy at the U.K.'s Financial Services Culture Boards (FSCB), joins Paul Leavoy to discuss whether regulation could have stopped the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, company culture in the financial sector, the three lines of defense against risk in banking, and much more.

The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government.

The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in professional licensing, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss Michigan joining the Psychology Interjurisdictional Compact (PSYPACT), the legislative reduction of a new occupational licensing overhaul in Montana, fears of construction scams in Alabama, and much more.

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss bipartisan opposition to a sweeping deregulation bill in New Hampshire, international calls for increased investigation into OpenAI's ChatGPT software, concerns over license application processing times in Pennsylvania, and much more.

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the Physician Assistant Licensure Compact and its adoption in Utah, new pathways for nurse licensure in Nova Scotia, the perhaps surprising prevalence of occupational licensing in Arkansas, and much more.

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss the push for standards to practice medicine in space, New Hampshire's sweeping deregulation bill, Iowa's new teacher licensure pathways, and much more.

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The Week in Brief Podcast is your weekly guide to the latest news, issues, and events in licensure, regulation, and digital government. This week, Sarah and Paul discuss how regulators are clamping down on fake nursing diplomas, Pennsylvania's moves to address teacher shortages, Nova Scotia's efforts to attract U.S. doctors, and more.

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On this episode of Ascend Radio, we chat with Ronne Hines, who recently wrapped up her longstanding role as director of Colorado's DPO. We discuss her work at DORA, regulatory collaboration, her experience serving as president of the Council on Licensure, Enforcement, and Regulation (CLEAR), and more.