Vol. 34 No. 4, April - April 2008
Index
- Another reason to opt out of real ID.
- Predicting droughts.
- Publishers want their say.
- Closing the achievement gap?
- California voters defeated Proposition 93 which would have relaxed legislative term limits by allowing lawmakers to serve 12 years in the Assembly and 12 years in the Senate or some combination of 12 years in both chambers.
- Curtis Anderson.
- Georgia Speaker Glen Richardson proved that he rules with an iron hand.
- In North Carolina, Republicans are optimistic that they will increase their numbers--the Democrats control the House 68-52 and the Senate 31-19--because they have recruited more candidates than in the past two elections, making them more competitive in more seats.
- Juan LaFonta.
- Lisa Brown.
- The New York Senate Republicans suffered stunning defeat in a special election that puts Democrats within one seat of the majority--at least temporarily.
- Seat belt laws.
- Utah company wants Italian waste.
- Women in power.
- Immigration and the workplace.
- Rainy day fund facts.
- Split refunds help save.
- Beer and bombs.
- Dress discrimination.
- Heat ban melted.
- Home sweet home.
- Southern shutdowns.
- Vaccine void.
- Faux fur fears.
- Fish safety.
- Four too many.
- Hunting homework.
- No to newspapers.
- Owl wins.
- Cold shoulder for coal: concerns about the environment have stopped the building of new coal-tired power plants. But what will take their place?
- Just the beginning: newborn screening and tracking diagnosed children into adulthood varies among states.
- Closing the online tax loophole: the popularity of e-commerce has refocused the need to simplify sales taxes.
- License to serve: a model law could make it easier for medical volunteers to respond immediately during emergencies.
- Adults or kids? States debate what the best response is to teenagers who commit crimes.
- As they see it.