Vol. 30 No. 6, June 2004
Index
- Flow of red ink slows.
- States expecting year-end balances.
- Adopt-a-highway volunteers clean up.
- People & politics.
- Always a parking spot for moms- to- be.
- Finding refuge from abuse.
- Playing slots while the horses trot.
- Are we paying university presidents too much?
- Canadian drugs: panacea or problem?
- How states fund full-day kindergarten.
- Civics gets the squeeze.
- Get real.
- Is it too easy?
- No butts on beach.
- The fairest of them all.
- Window on government.
- A race for cures.
- Northern feud.
- One thrill at a time.
- The casino connection.
- The power of bulk.
- With or without ketchup?
- What's health got to do with it? As Americans grow in girth, policymakers are looking at community design to encourage physical activity and lower obesity rates.
- Water rights & water fights: States no longer take water for granted. Having laws in place helps when disputes over the precious commodity arise.
- Buried in e-waste: electronic waste--often dangerously toxic--is becoming a landfill nightmare.
- Conquering chronic diseases: disease management programs help patients with chronic illnesses while saving money.
- Varsity vouchers: Colorado has come up with a novel way to fund higher education. Send the money with the students.
- Electric choice works in Pennsylvania: 1996 act 138 Pennsylvania electricity generation customer choice and competition act title 66 as amended.
- Taxing behavior: personal vices have been around a long time. But the price for those habits and other controversial behaviors is about to go up.
- Perfecting connecting: reaching out to constituents is vital to bringing people into the political process and keeping them involved.
- As they see it.