07-31-10… Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder filed suit against federal health reform in his capacity as an individual and as lieutenant governor, and that state’s voters will be first to cast referendum on the law nyTimes   In the nation’s two all-female gubernatorial contests, three of the four major party candidates are current or former lieutenant governors, namely Oklahoma US Rep. Mary Fallin – a former NLGA Chair, Oklahoma Lt. Governor Jari Askins and New Mexico Lt. Governor Diane Denish sun

07-30-10… Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant, Alaska Lt. Governor Craig Campbell, and Minnesota Lt. Governor Carol Molnau listen as the Mississippi governor requests the AG not sue BP right now as a suit will necessarily close the claims payment process further damaging the most hurt individuals of the state appeal   Louisiana Lt. Governor Scott Angelle told NLGA Annual Meeting attendees the offshore oil drilling moratorium could cripple his state’s economy and the nation’s oil supply with 1/3 of the nation’s oil coming from the Gulf;  Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder rallies peers to oppose the moratorium gulfLive

Washington Lt. Governor Brad Owen engages with youth appointing 13 to the Legislative Youth Advisory Council, a hands-on governance opportunity for youth newsRelease   Oklahoma Lt. Governor Jari Askins, a former judge and current gubernatorial candidate, lauds drug court as an alternative to prison tulsaWorld

North Carolina Lt. Governor Walter Dalton is engaged in a statewide small business tour he initiated bizJournals   On unanimous, bi-partisan vote, Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown assumes Chairmanship of the National Lieutenant Governors Association as Virginia Lt. Governor Bill Bolling moves to NLGA Immediate Past Chair sun; sun; wjtv; wjz

Colorado Lt. Governor Barbara O’ Brien, by statute, chairs the Indian Affairs Commission today   Iowa Lt. Governor Patty Judge is award recognized at the NLGA Annual Meeting by the American College of Cardiology for her measurable success improving public health, in part through her leadership of the NLGA Your Heart is in Your Hands campaign politics

07-29-10… Lieutenant governors hear that state scars in Mississippi from the BP oil spill are mainly fiscal, not physical as governor addresses the NLGA Annual Meeting herald   At the NLGA Annual Meeting, Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant says the effects of the BP oil spill will need to be tracked for a decade, as Alaska Lt. Governor Craig Campbell notes his state is largely recovered environmentally from the Valdez spill but the people still support drilling gulf

Delaware Lt. Governor Matt Denn chairs the Criminal Justice Council sussexCountian   Twenty lieutenant governors attend the National Lieutenant Governors Association Annual Meeting in Biloxi wlox

07-28-10… The Mississippi governor urges lieutenant governors attending the NLGA Annual Meeting to oppose the deep-water oil drilling moratorium; Alaska Lt. Governor Craig Campbell says that state’s governor also opposes the moratorium, while Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell says foreign energy dependence is not wise and Rhode Island Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts urges a stronger look at renewable energy wlox   The governor briefs twenty lieutenant governors on mega-disaster planning based on Katrina and BP spill at the NLGA Annual Meeting hosted by Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant sunHerald

Idaho Lt. Governor Brad Little is a member of the governor’s task force examining ways to fund highway shortfall kidk   Vermont lieutenant governor presides over senate, casts tie breaking votes, sits on the committee which makes appointments, & acts as governor when the governor is out of state boston

Forty five states recognize the inherent value of the office of lieutenant governor washPost

Rhode Island Lt. Governor Elizabeth Roberts wins Public Leadership in the Arts award from Americans for the Arts & NLGA pbn   California Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado, a State Lands Commission member, visited Louisiana to inspect oil clean up fresnoBee

07-27-10… Colorado Lt. Governor Barbara O Brien, chair of the P to 20 commission, also leads state efforts for Race to the Top Funds kktv   Former and current Oklahoma lieutenant governor will face off for governor in November ensuring the state’s first female governor assocPress

07-26-10… The Smart Growth Office if renamed the Office of Planning Advocacy and is moved to the Offc. Of Sec. of State under the direction of New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno njSpotlight   North Dakota Lt. Governor Jack Dalrymple, education improvement commission chair & international trade commission chair, says the education panel has developed a longitudinal data method to track student progress from high school thru college to the workplace wDay

Hawaii Lt. Governor James “Duke” Aiona, a gubernatorial candidate, says he supports rail star   Virginia Lt. Governor Bill Bolling will lead the NLGA Annual Meeting in Biloxi as the oil spill is examined washPost

07-25-10… California Lt. Governor Abel Maldonado, who as lieutenant governor sits as a trustee over two state university systems, says the cost of college will be his priority sfGate   Press and scholars observe West Virginia gubernatorial succession law is written such that a Lt. Governor/Senate President who succeeds serves in both the executive and legislative capacities simultaneously and, depending on the date of succession, no statutory date for a special election to fill the office of governor is specified herald

07-23-10… Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, head of the state team to implement federal health reform, works with the governor to advance IT health records executiveGov   Louisiana Lt. Governor Scott Angelle, head of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism and chair of the Gulf Economy Survival Team (GEST), calls for an end to the federal moratorium on drilling leader

Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant, Senate President, as Acting Governor ordered the State of Emergency and activation of the Guard regarding a tropical storm kltv

07-22-10… Arkansas Lt. Governor Bill Halter is acknowledged as the founder of the state lottery which funded 28,000 scholarships from its inception to now with the Dept. of Education reporting ten times more college applications than average stateLine   Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, energy development office head, said the state is working on siting wind turbines in Lake Michigan to position the northern end of the state as a renewable energy leader tribune

North Dakota Lt. Governor Jack Dalrymple, international trade chair, tours to assess extensive crop flood damage dailyNews

07-21-10… Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim Murray testified to the state board of education in support of changing the state core curriculum standards to the national standards itemLive   Louisiana Lt. Governor Scott Angelle, head of the Division of Culture, Recreation, & Tourism, also Chairs the Gulf Economic Survival Team (GEST) working to resume oil drilling katc

Delaware Lt. Governor Matt Denn is co-author and advocate of a newly signed law to protect children from lead paint wmdt

07-20-10… Providence Journal Fact Check:  It’s True that lieutenant governors have taken on duties not prohibited by the Constitution politiFact

07-19-10… Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim Murray, Seaport Advisory Council Chairman, advocates a pier to foster ferry commuter service for residents and tourists boston   Nevada Lt. Governor Brian Krolicki, New Nevada economy diversification task force founder, suggests tapping the state Public Employee Retirement System assets to finance projects like transmission lines for connecting renewable energy projects to the main electrical grid businessPress

North Carolina Lt. Governor Walter Dalton, JOBS Commission Chair, works with lawmakers to help close the gap between STEM education and STEM jobs techWire

07-18-10… Per SCR 1013, November voters will decide if Sec. of State title will change to Arizona Lieutenant Governor, elected as a team with the Governor in the general election with the first seated in 2015 azRepublic   Mississippi Lt. Governor Phil Bryant, who presides over the Senate, will appoint a panel to study privately funded early childhood education programs appeal

07-17-10… Oregon Sec. of State, first in succession, oversees elections and qualified two petitions for the ballot register and is in charge of state audits journal

07-15-10… Massachusetts Lt. Governor Tim Murray, chair of the Governor’s Interagency Council on Substance Abuse and Prevention, releases the state’s new strategic plan on substance abuse prevention govMonitor   Virginia Lt. Governor Bill Bolling, the states’ first Chief Jobs Creation Officer per Executive Order, highlights the administration’s success in its first 6-months in job creation efforts govMonitor

Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, who has 42 statutory duties and who oversees several agencies of state government, cut spending under her oversight by 34% returning appropriated money to the general fund business   The newly elected South Carolina lieutenant governor will have a $100,000 transition budget, 10-times the 2006 amount wltx

The National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA) will meet in Biloxi in July to discuss policy issues including emergency preparedness and response, health care, public-private partnerships, and the BP oil response NewsMiner, BusinessWeek, Nola, wlox, wlox

New York Lt. Governor Richard Ravitch, tasked with strategic planning for long term state budget solutions, proposes an independent review board to report quarterly “adequate progress” of the state toward a permanent balanced budget which authorizes the governor to make across-the-board cuts is progress is not made bloomberg   West Virginia Lt. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, who is Senate President, supports special session to ‘fix’ US Senate special election law and says gubernatorial succession should be reviewed next year in regular session metroNews

07-14-10… Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell, who oversees elections, issues first-of-its kind rule in the nation on the gathering of e-signatures for ballot access tribune

07-12-10… New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, who serves dually as Sec of State via gubernatorial appointment, is also the appointed lead on business recruitment and retention centralJersey   Candidates for governor and Illinois lieutenant governor will run as a team starting January 1, 2011, with gubernatorial candidates picking lieutenant governor running mates and the pair moving through the primary together fox

07-11-10… Editorial:  Legislature should fix gubernatorial succession while in special session to avoid scenario of a Senate President serving dually as governor gazette   Mariana Lt. Governor Eloy Inos, as acting governor, called an emergency Cabinet meeting to announce the suspension of state paychecks pending legislative action islandsBusiness

07-10-10… Florida Lt. Governor Jeff Kottkamp oversees the Office of Drug Control, the board of directors of Space Florida and the Children's Cabinet, an advisory panel aiming to draw together disparate agencies for collective work on children’s priorities tampaBay

07-09-10… West Virginia Lt. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, who is senate president, says Legislature must meet and clarify special election law per opinions of the AG and Sec of State metroNews   New Jersey Lt. Governor Kim Guadagno, who’s also Sec of State per executive appointment, leads business retention and expansion efforts nj

Louisiana Lt. Governor Scott Angelle, head of state drilling resumption efforts and statutory head of Culture, Recreation & Tourism, said the state is critical to the nation’s energy infrastructure producing more than 30% of energy and 10% of the natural gas advertiser

07-08-10… Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell, who oversees elections, issued a interim rule allowing the collection of electronic signatures for statewide initiative or referendum for the ballot, per a recent court ruling deseretNews   Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, head of BRAC expansion planning, said some BRAC movers will be eligible for mortgage assistance relocation

Louisiana Lt. Governor Scott Angelle, statutory head of Culture, Recreation and Tourism and leader of the state efforts on deepwater drilling, is joined by the governor in federal court to hear ruling on drilling moratorium katc   Indiana Lt. Governor Becky Skillman, who holds more than 40 statutory duties, announced state grants for solar thermal wibc

07-07-10… Vermont Lt. Governor Brian Dubie, Healthy Aging Commission Chair, wraps up listening tour vtDigger   Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder filed suit as an individual and as lieutenant governor, with three others, against federal health care reform assocPress

07-06-10… Gubernatorial succession laws may be addressed in special session impacting West Virginia Lt. Governor Earl Ray Tomblin, who may currently be able to serve as both governor and senate president theHill   Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder files a lawsuit against federal health care reform stlToday

07-03-10… Utah Lt. Governor Greg Bell says use of e-signatures across a range of petitions is yet to be determined examiner

07-02-10… Oregon Sec. of State Kate Brown says six citizen initiatives may make the ballot oregonLive   Missouri Lt. Governor Peter Kinder, a Housing Commission member, demands governor call meeting of same stlToday

07-01-10… Hawaii Lt. Governor James ‘Duke’ Aiona as acting governor vetoed suspension of a technology tax credit and as a gubernatorial candidate unveiled plan one of his education plan news; star   Maryland Lt. Governor Anthony Brown, the state’s federal health care coordinating council chair, will present the blueprint for the state’s reform sun

Washington Lt. Governor Brad Owen, International Trade Joint Commission chair, will hold hearings to determine contributions of ports to the state pressCoverage   Iowa Lt. Governor Patty Judge thanks troops headed to Afghanistan tribune