Vol. 35 No. 9, October 2009
Index
- Blog: the thicket.
- Fiscal woes.
- Foster care.
- Grasscatcher: daily news.
- Ready for the flu.
- Tracking the recovery.
- Recessions and tax collections: waiting for the other shoe to drop.
- Andrew Romanoff.
- Oklahoma Senators Harry Coates and Brian Bingham have announced they will ran for the chamber's top leadership spot when Senate President Pro Tem Glenn Coffee's term ends in 2010.
- Tommy Burnett, former Tennessee House majority leader, consummate deal-maker, and charming, flamboyant rascal who spent 20 years in the House--once even being reelected while in federal prison--died in September.
- Two Missouri legislators pleaded guilty to conspiracy to obstruct justice in a federal elections probe that cost them their jobs, while another one pleaded guilty to a federal bribery charge and also will resign his seat.
- Utah Senator Greg Bell was unanimously confirmed as Utah's new lieutenant governor in September.
- Val Hoyle, Oregon's newest House member, knows her way around the Capitol.
- When the federal government decided to base Medicaid payments under the stimulus program on employment figures for the wrong months, Nebraska fiscal analyst Liz Hruska did a little probing that resulted in a huge return--$6.3 million for the state's bottom line.
- Living without health insurance.
- The allure of gambling revenues.
- Fighting MS.
- Opinion of state government down.
- Water worries.
- Leak busters.
- Online and available.
- Plates of honor.
- Texting for help.
- Tobacco tanks.
- Under the stars.
- Going lower.
- In with the new.
- Pub crawl comes to a halt.
- River war.
- Where's the money?
- Breathing room: a panel of legislators and staff tells State Legislatures that the federal recovery money took some o the sting out of the recession. But there's more pain to come.
- Behind open doors: states are using stimulus websites and "czars" to let citizens know how their tax money is being spent.
- Too big to fail: despite California's massive fiscal problems, observers think the state's future is still golden.
- Kids and the flu.
- Campaigns, guns and jails: states have a lot at stake in the Supreme Court's new session, including a pivotal case on election spending.
- Unwanted guests: invasive species, ranging from mussels to weeds, are costing the country billions.
- Spirited debate: some lawmakers think flavored malt beverages need tighter regulation.
- Right to regulate: amid claims the federal government should oversee insurance companies, state lawmakers say consumers are better off with them in charge.
- The future of foster care: new state efforts aim to reduce the length of time children spend in care.
- As they see it.