Vol. 31 No. 10, December 2005
Index
- Streamlined sales tax agreement goes into effect.
- Bubber Snow, a 75-year-old former South Carolina legislator who lost his seat to Carl Anderson in 2005, put on his dancing shoes to retire a $5,000 campaign debt.
- David Burnell Smith.
- Kay Wolf.
- New Mexico House.
- Redistricting.
- Seven state legislators are among a group of 24 young elected officials to be selected by the Aspen Institute for a new fellowship program honoring men and women as "the true rising stars" of American politics.
- Wisconsin Senate.
- Drug-free schools.
- Historic preservation incentives.
- Rx for cold pills.
- Slow down, you move too fast.
- Tracking sex offenders.
- Carp crap.
- Obesity sticks.
- Oh no, no snow.
- Rubber roundup.
- School can wait.
- The sky is falling.
- New life for life sciences.
- Rethinking jury duty.
- Roasting corn.
- Stay at home, save gas.
- Wiretap with love.
- Hope after the hurricanes: after hurricanes hit the South, state lawmakers rolled up their sleeves.
- Communication lifeline in Louisiana: a newly formed clearinghouse helped legislators respond after the hurricanes--and is a model for the future.
- Way too drunk to drive: about 48 people a day are killed by drunk drivers. Some of those drivers are extremely drunk.
- RFID: promise or peril? It may be easier than ever to track information, but it is causing concerns over privacy and civil liberties.
- Spam slam: Virginia's anti-spam law 2003 H.B. 2290/S.B. 1139, chapter 987.
- Relief from the ID thief: lawmakers continue to battle the growing crime of identity theft.
- Tiny technology moves into the big time: no longer just a concept, nanoscience could drive the next industrial revolution.
- What's for lunch? When's recess? The fight against obesity makes its way into schools.
- Managing legislative time.
- As they see it.