Vol. 31 No. 2, February 2005
Index
- More help fpr the unorganized.
- A jumpstart for alternatives.
- A Kentucky county circuit judge ordered the local board of elections not to count the votes won by Republican Senate candidate Dana Seum Stephenson, ruling she had not lived in Kentucky long enough to meet the residency requirements.
- A Republican is speaker of the Oklahoma House for the first time since 1922.
- Bill Van Gerpen, elected to a fourth term in the South Dakota House in November, has resigned from the Legislature to remain on active duty with the National Guard.
- Fatal fifteen.
- It's all in the family in California.
- Massachusetts Senator Charles E. Shannon, recently diagnosed with leukemia has battled cancer before.
- Representative Rick Noriega is on active duty in Afghanistan during the Texas legislative session.
- Speaker redux.
- Vermont Democrats returned in triumph to the Statehouse following their sweep back to power in the House following the November election, which also strengthened their majority in the Senate.
- No answers to charter school questions.
- In-state or out-of-state?
- Three-strikes for doctors in Florida.
- A long way to go.
- Frog freedom.
- Nature's mart.
- Preventing puffing.
- Run wolf run.
- A tumult over taxes.
- No drips in the legislature.
- No sharing allowed.
- Preschool for some.
- Web recovery.
- Where's the money?
- Energy crisis deja vu: the U.S. energy needs--and the world's--are changing fast. Are we prepared?
- A president's perspective.
- Freedom from fossil fuels: a diversity of fuels--including hydrogen--is what is needed for U.S. energy independence says this Connecticut legislator.
- National Association of Legislative Offices.
- NCSL and you.
- Money matters top the list: fiscal prognosticators see budget concerns still dominating legislative discussions.
- West Virginia's Rx for drug costs: West Virginia's new prescription drug program is being called "the mouse that roared.".
- Counting on gambling: state lawmakers often look at gambling to increase revenues. But is it worth it?
- Online organizing: reducing the heaping piles of paper around your office requires an effective e-filing system on your computer.
- Debating gay marriage: legislators will continue to mirror the rest of the country as they grapple with this difficult issue.
- Dollars make a difference: when most states are mired in tight budgets and waiting for federal action, Arkansas has excess money to strengthen its welfare program. Other states may have to target more limited funds.
- As they see it.