Vol. 33 No. 4, April 2007
Index
- Blue laws study questioned.
- Corrections.
- Headline not funny.
- New York turns to ignition interlocks.
- States join minimum wage list.
- Rural America: growing slowly but surely.
- Bob Peck.
- Charles Langford.
- Former Minnesota Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson wants to be a University of Minnesota regent--but it could be an uphill battle.
- It might not pay to get sick in Wisconsin if a bill moving through the Assembly becomes law.
- Jim Black, who served as North Carolina House speaker for eight years, pleaded guilty in February to accepting money from chiropractors in exchange for supporting legislation that benefited them and resigned his legislative seat.
- NASCAR star-power came to Washington in February to support a $368 million, 83,500 seat racetrack proposal.
- The Minnesota Senate, whose members have earned $31,000 year since 1999, has voted to increase members' per diem to $96 a day, an increase of $30.
- There is no aspect of human behavior that [lawmakers] don't have to make decisions about.
- In-state tuition for illegal immigrants.
- States taking a stand on Iraq war.
- Staying healthy in hospitals.
- African-American presiding officers.
- Ambiquity in electricity.
- Quick fix for SCHIP shortfall.
- Come to work, please.
- Driving while texting.
- Lottery for sale.
- O'really?
- Open and wild.
- Python problems.
- An unexcused absence.
- Cold river jackets.
- Don't call for votes.
- French fries for fido.
- Leave them alone.
- Murder by drunk driving.
- Helping mentally ill criminals: jailing offenders with mental illnesses serves no one, but new policies and funding are bringing about needed changes.
- Delinquency detour: treating mental illness in young people can keep them from a future of crime and delinquency.
- Avoiding jail pays off: diverting people with mental illnesses out of prison takes commitment from the community along with adequate funding.
- Texas-style tax cut: a commission, with business support, was able to do what the legislature couldn't--change the tax structure in Texas.
- Our fractured fiscal system: fiscal relations between the states and federal government may be at an all-time low.
- The color of care: legislators are seeking answers to difficult questions about race and child welfare.
- As they see it.