Vol. 30 No. 9, October 2004
Index
- Helping the poor save.
- People & politics.
- Tax facts.
- The power of unity.
- Vaccines = autism? Scientists say no.
- Child porn laws cast a wide web.
- Mini motorcycles putt through regulation loopholes.
- Vermont fed up with feds over drug costs.
- Big family boon.
- Capturing history.
- Info for the masses.
- Jury duty delight.
- Organ match.
- Smiley wins.
- A cliff hanger.
- Charter school challenge.
- Daisy delivers.
- Iowa's clean.
- Michigan top digital state.
- Foiling I.D. thieves: identity theft is on the rise, and states are looking for ways to secure their citizens' vital records.
- No bank, no rank: people without a checking or savings account find it hard to get ahead in life. States and the federal government are stepping in to help.
- Delegates adopt national policy positions.
- Media offer perspective on NCSL's annual meeting.
- NCSL Annual Meeting 2004.
- Next stop: Seattle.
- Passing the gavel.
- The budget picture.
- Two share top leadership award.
- The roar over credit scores: insurance companies love credit scoring, but consumer groups question who benefits from them. Legislators are looking at restrictions.
- Debbe Leftwich: following in his footsteps: when her husband Keith died of cancer, Debbe Leftwich's family, friends and neighbors urged her to continue his legacy of public service.
- The perils of property tax: many legislatures cut or capped property taxes during the boom years of the 1990s, promising to make up local losses through sales and income taxes. But then the economy went bad, and they didn't do it.
- Life after foster care: when foster kids turn 18, they often face great difficulties finding housing, health coverage, transportation, higher education, jobs, opening bank accounts and establishing credit.
- Sunshine on a cloudy day ... a new federal standard to reduce smog is making states clear the air sooner rather than later.
- Preparing for the unthinkable: a crisis can hit at any moment. And every legislature needs a plan.
- As they see it.