Vol. 37 No. 10, December 2011
Index
- 25 years ago.
- Did you know ...
- Whose capitol is it?
- Inside the budget process.
- Who are the unemployed?
- Also in New Jersey, Senator Loretta Weinberg was chosen by the Democratic caucus to replace Senator Barbara Buono as majority leader.
- Arizona Republicans chose Steve Pierce to replace recalled Senator Russell Pearce as Senate president shortly following the election.
- Idaho representative Patrick Takasugi, a two-term lawmaker died in November after battling appendix cancer for three years.
- Paul Scott was young, Harvard-educated and the first Black Republican elected to the Michigan House in more than 100 years when he won a seat at age 26 in 2008.
- Russell Pearce, the architect of Arizona's Controversial Immigration Law and president of the Senate, was defeated in a recall election Nov. 8 by a fellow conservative Republican and charter school executive.
- The November election made history in the New Jersey Legislature.
- Three Massachusetts lawmakers have been deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq.
- Help wanted: the employed.
- Revenue from Riesling.
- Unusual economic indicators.
- A political patchwork.
- 1 Ban on bed tans.
- 2 One ballot, many languages.
- 3 Bell curve for civics.
- 4 Listeria-mania.
- 5 Capital lacks capital.
- 10 The battle of the bugs.
- 6 $4U.
- 7 Tenacious turtles.
- 8 Golden idea.
- 9 No triumph for teachers.
- Counting consequences: one of the nation's leading demographers points to population changes that will shape the next decade.
- Policy, politics and population: lawmakers can track trends and gain valuable insight from the census.
- 7 Things lawmakers need to consider when reforming corrections policy.
- The dope on drug sentencing: new approaches simplify sentencing, get more drug abusers treatment and save states money.
- Four leaders on distractions, downturns and tough decisions.
- Rise and shine: the clouds of high costs haven't darkened the solar promise.
- "Every generation of professionals has a different relationship with the politicians who have the power.".
- As they see it.