Vol. 31 No. 4, April 2005
Index
- EITC: money for the working poor.
- A mere 16 votes put Texas's first Vietnamese lawmaker in the House of Representatives.
- In what has been described as a "major shake-up," new Massachusetts Speaker Salvatore DiMasi has appointed several minority members to key positions and given liberal dissidents banished by predecessor Thomas Finneran important committee chairmanships.
- Iowa Legislative Research Bureau.
- Missouri.
- On the Senate side, experience also counts.
- The George Washington University Homeland Security Policy Institute.
- Utah's newest state senator faced a challenge two days after being sworn in.
- Guess what are clogging HOV lanes? Popular hybrids.
- Pay your taxes, help a good cause.
- State capitols--the new "hot spots".
- The benefits of breastfeeding.
- Cut the losses and run.
- Get on with the show.
- Home sweet home.
- Precious taxes.
- What's good for kids ...
- Where the jackalopes roam.
- Dialing for danger.
- Expanding emergencies.
- Fair is fair.
- Something to crow about.
- Tax-free youth.
- Drinking too much, too young: trying to find an answer to the persistent habit of binge drinking among young people vexes the nation's policymakers.
- The allure of alternatives: legislatures are promoting renewable energy development through various incentives.
- Building green: states are getting involved in making new and old buildings energy efficient.
- The stem cell race: hoping for a piece of the stem-cell research pie, legislators and governors are hurrying to establish programs. But not all lawmakers are eager to embrace of finance them.
- Releases: impressing the press: here are seven steps to writing and distributing effective press releases.
- States and tribes: a healthy alliance: some of the health care models states and tribes are developing for Native Americans could be used for other residents.
- Indian country concerns: Native Americans want people to know that they have the same interests as everyone else--in improving health care, education and the environment.
- Securing homeland security funds: efforts are underway to make it easier for states and local governments to access homeland security funds.
- Overfed but undernourished: not will power, but purchasing power, may determine who eats healthy foods.
- As they see it.