Vol. 28 No. 5, May - May 2002
Index
- Education act sends after-school money to state education agencies.
- Poison Control Centers save lives and money.
- Florida seeks federal INS powers for local law enforcement.
- Nevada Senator still enjoys going back to school.
- Corrections.
- Legislators clean up warrant backlog in Massachusetts.
- States try to stymie child porn.
- Broccoli battle brewing.
- College or the military?
- Electronic embarrassment.
- Flying without fear.
- Toilet paper wipes away potholes.
- French fun for all.
- Insuring against terrorism.
- On-line winners.
- Soldier and Legislator.
- There's only one me.
- Wheels to get to work.
- The new competition for college: traditional academia's new competitors are for-profit, virtual and corporate universities. Can state schools keep up?
- Things we know: what works and what doesn't. A look at managing legislative staff.
- States continue quest for simple sales tax: watching millions in revenues slip away on Internet sales, states have to simplify and coordinate their various tax systems with an acceptable, universal way to collect sales taxes.
- The battle over term limits: concluding that term limits were bad for the state, Idaho lawmakers this session repealed a term limits law passed by voters in 1994. Now they face a political quagmire the likes of which they have never seen.
- Violent acts of sadness: The tragedy of youth suicide; youth violence is increasingly turning inward, and kids are killing themselves at an alarming rate. Can lawmakers do more to prevent youth suicide?