Vol. 31 No. 6, June 2005
Index
- Michigan has youngest speaker.
- Ohio looks at breastfeeding, too.
- Thanks for Wunnicke tribute.
- Minimum wage wars.
- For only the third time in 30 years, the Florida Senate voted to discipline one of its members for violating the state's ethics laws.
- Former Georgia lawmaker Cathy Cox is trying for another first.
- Jon Wyss was sworn in as a Washington senator ... for three days.
- Legendary King of Blues B.B. King will have a monument in his honor in Twist, Ark., thanks to a $5,000 appropriation by the Legislature.
- Louisiana Senator John Hainkel, who served as both speaker of the House and Senate president and as a Democrat and a Republican, died in his sleep after cooking a steak dinner for some close Senate colleagues in April.
- President George Bush turned to the South Carolina Legislature to find a new ambassador to Canada.
- Ten-year South Carolina House veteran Walter P. Lloyd, 73, died in April after an extended illness.
- The Arkansas Senate broke with tradition in electing Democrat Jack Critcher leader for the 2007 session.
- Stem-cell ethics.
- Treating the severely mentally ill.
- What you don't know can hurt you.
- Dangerous country roads.
- Helping those helping us.
- A dangerous world.
- Cruise to nowhere.
- Got your goat.
- Hearing is believing.
- Pom pom problems.
- Put the cork in it.
- Get a life little doggy.
- Informed eating.
- Legislative podcasting.
- Midwest honesty.
- River training.
- Staying ahead of the feds: EPA proposes cap-and-trade to cut back on mercury emissions, but many states think they have a quicker. better solution.
- Where do all the old models go? State and federal governments, along with industry, are trying to manage the flood of electronic waste.
- NCLB: feds crack the door: the U.S. Department of Education has started to respond to state concerns over the No Child Left Behind law.
- The preschool promise: going to preschool benefits children their entire lives. Can states afford to provide it to all kids?
- Outsourcing saves money: sending jobs overseas can increase the productivity, profitability and competitiveness of U.S. companies.
- Outsourcing hurts American workers: the solution to losing U.S. jobs overseas is to change the trade rules.
- Managed care; in it for the long term: using managed care for Medicaid long-term care is once again getting states' attention.
- Smile, you're live! appearing as a guest on a television or radio show can be a breeze--if you prepare.
- As they see it.