Vol. 29 No. 9, October 2003
Index
- Gambling hits the jackpot in a few states.
- Eating fish is good for you ... sort of ...
- Maine adopts low-cost health care plan.
- New life coming to a quarry near you.
- States seek ways to stop infant SIDS deaths.
- A national winner.
- Can you read this?
- Chatting with Utah government.
- Execution without doctors.
- Fury over foreign garbage.
- Homeland security testing site.
- Mentoring lawyers.
- Falling birth rate.
- Goose on the loose.
- Paying for the pleasure.
- Primary apathy.
- Tax cheaters beware.
- Teacher tracking.
- The influence of TV.
- Energy: vital, but vulnerable: the recent massive power outage caused people to stop, look and take stock of our critical energy infrastructure.
- 'Civic soldiers' honored at NCSL meeting.
- Connecting America 2003: National Conference of State Legislatures: the forum for America's ideas.
- Homeland security report outlines state efforts.
- Idaho speaker recognized for term limits efforts.
- Next stop: Salt Lake City.
- States end troubling fiscal year with balanced budgets.
- Utah House Speaker, Mississippi staff director receive top NCSL posts.
- Where does the buck stop when the bucks stop? It's tempting to seek a scapegoat for state budget woes, and critics have been quick to blame lawmakers. But a closer examination of the facts points to causes outside of policymakers' control.
- Budget woes push lawmakers into uncharted territory: relentless fiscal problems stood out as the biggest challenge facing lawmakers in 2003.
- Will our leaders pass the back-to-school? Elected officials have to provide the support to keep education reforms working.
- Keeping high quality teachers: it's difficult to argue against ensuring a "highly qualified" teacher in every classroom. But some legislators are worried that states won't be able to recruit and retain enough teachers to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.
- Gerrymandering goes to court: this fall the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a little known case that could change the way legislative and congressional districts are redrawn.
- Grassroots health care coverage: local communities are trying novel approaches to providing care for the indigent and working uninsured.