Vol. 32 No. 9, October - October 2006
Index
- A look at term limits.
- A walk for wellness.
- Give them a hand.
- Strong states, strong nation 2006.
- Taking a stand.
- Welcome aboard.
- Article triggers staff togetherness.
- Diversity missing.
- Experience counts for partisan staffer.
- Motorcycle crashes escalate.
- .Common sense and the Constitution won in this case," said House Speaker Jim Weiers, in reaction to a decision by the Arizona Supreme Court that the governor exceeded her line item veto power when she vetoed a portion of a bill related to state employee compensation.
- Arizona Representative Jonathan Paton missed the primary election and he won't be around for the general either.
- Carol Petzold lost a three-way Democratic primary for a Maryland state Senate seat.
- In Arizona, Republican Senate incumbent Toni Hellon, chair of the K-12 Education Committee, lost her effort to return to Phoenix.
- In New Hampshire, Senator Robert Boyce who the Concord Monitor said had "the most conservative voting record in Concord" lost his bid for reelection to a former football coach.
- Maryland Senate President Pro Tem Ida Ruben, a 32-year veteran of the legislature, lost her primary race in August, as did Senator John Giannetti, a freshman Democrat who unseated a 37-year incumbent last election and then sided with the Republican governor on several controversial issues.
- New York Democratic Senator Ada Smith lost a close primary.
- One primary race that drew national attention was the battle in the Democratic primary for the 5th congressional district in Minnesota.
- Senator Steve Kelley, chair of the Minnesota Senate Education Committee, lost the Democratic primary for attorney general to Assistant Attorney General Lori Swanson.
- Energy efficiency pays.
- No work left behind.
- Where the children are.
- Grape expectations.
- Local governments wary of new eminent domain laws.
- A victory for violent videos.
- Bathroom buoys.
- Building up.
- Genetic test jeopardy.
- Preschool for military kids.
- The trouble with hot dogs.
- Aspen angst.
- Doggie duty.
- Gift cards untouchable.
- Homeless and hungry in Las Vegas.
- Innocence investigated.
- Plate problems.
- Immigration--left to the states: with so many states seeing increases in immigrants, the issue of how to deal with them has fallen at the feet of state lawmakers.
- Politics or policy? How to deal with the influx of illegal immigrants is a top campaign issue this year.
- SAVIN lives: notifying victims of their assailants' whereabouts can help prevent another crime.
- Growing a middle class: lawmakers are promoting financial stability and success for working families.
- Taking the initiative: land use measures steal the show in upcoming ballot measures.
- Contribution limit liability: the high court struck down Vermont's limits on campaign contributions. What might that mean for other states?
- A+ for Rigor: states are learning that students not only do better when they are challenged in school, but also stay to graduate.
- TANF at 10: as they reach their 10th anniversaries, state welfare programs have new challenges--keeping parents in jobs and meeting new federal rules.
- As they see it.