State of the States for 8 September: Vermont's new marijuana panel, South Dakota purges voter rolls, and making sense of Montana's budget.

USAPP Managing Editor, Chris Gilson, looks at the week in US state blogging. Northeast This week in Maine, Pinetree Politics argues that the city of Portland is actively hostile to growth, with the city imposing large regulatory burdens on to its business community and looking to institute more in the form of policies such as mandatory paid sick leave and higher ...