Vol. 36 No. 7, July - July 2010
Index
- Blog: the thicket.
- Capitol renovations.
- Changing climate.
- Federalism.
- Grasscatcher daily news clippings.
- Leadership.
- Pension pressure.
- Spotlight.
- Women in legislatures.
- Challenges of representative democracy.
- Bipartisanship may be rare these days, but four California leaders who worked across party lines to negotiate a budget during one of the worst economic downturns in history were awarded the nation's most prestigious recognition for elected officials: the Profile in Courage Award.
- Connecticut Representative Joseph Mioli has his eye on an unusual prize--a seat in the Italian Parliament.
- Darrell Steinberg.
- Harry Cato.
- Joe Hackney.
- Paula Tackett, director of the New Mexico Legislative Council Service for 22 years and a long-time friend of NCSL, retired in June.
- And the winner is ...
- Legislators are educated.
- Voter turnout for registered citizens.
- A drop-out problem.
- Skiers' safety a concern.
- Rivers at risk.
- Where voters must show ID.
- Bag ban.
- Fit not fat.
- Get the job done.
- Help for the help.
- Scotch broom sweep.
- Speaking of work.
- Farewell furloughs.
- Fins win.
- Rain, rain go away.
- Test privacy.
- Yes, holds barred.
- True grit? Taking a stand can be seen as courageous by some and a cop-out by others. The reality is somewhere in between.
- Risky business: leadership today requires new skills to navigate a rapidly changing world.
- Excellent leader: Washington House Majority Leader Lynn Kessler is the recipient of this year's top legislative leadership award.
- Federalism in the age of Obama: is the president exploiting the states' fiscal woes to push his policies?
- An observation of the state-federal relationship.
- Not easy, but worth it: lawmakers spent the past five years shoring up public retirement plans.
- Tarnished image: capitols, a symbol of democracy, have lost some of their luster, but renovations started in better times are now often a budget burden.
- Warming up to climate change: lawmakers are looking at way to adapt to rising temperatures and other changes.
- What if a river runs through it?
- What legislatures need now: the prescription for change offered 40 years ago in "the sometime governments" has run its course, but legislatures still face plenty of institutional challenges.
- The female factor.
- As they see it.