Vol. 37 No. 7, July 2011
Index
- 25 years ago.
- Did you know ...
- Whose dome is it?
- Correction.
- Letters.
- Population relocation.
- A 91-year-old New Hampshire freshman representative resigned after statements he made regarding funding for the mentally ill provoked public outrage and pressure to quit.
- Also in New Hampshire, former representative Jennifer Daler won an upset in a special election to replace Robert Mead who resigned to become chief of staff to House Speaker William O'Brien.
- Illinois Representative Mark Beaubien, 68, died unexpectedly in June while at a Republican fundraiser.
- In August 2008, Utah became the first state to go to a four-day work week.
- It allegedly came to fisticuffs on the floor of the Illinois House on the last day of the Legislature over a utility rate-hike bill.
- Kentucky Representative Dewayne Bunch has been moved to a rehabilitation center in Georgia after suffering a critical brain injury while trying to break up a fight between two students at the high school where he taught.
- New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez has appointed Jim Hall to replace Representative Jeannette Wallace, who died in April.
- The Virginia House of Delegates unanimously elected G. Paul Nardo clerk in June, succeeding succeeding Bruce Jamerson, the 20-year veteran clerk who died on Easter.
- Giving kids a boost.
- Digital democracy.
- School shots.
- Funeral protests: offensive but protected.
- Hurricane season blows in.
- Union membership, just the facts.
- Civics smarts.
- Focal point, USA.
- Guns in bars.
- Hookah hazard.
- Hot potato in Idaho.
- Moped mania.
- Four-day school weeks.
- Internet dangers.
- Passing the test.
- Purple people.
- Teens and work.
- Right turn: election success gave Republicans the momentum to push key conservative issues in many statehouses.
- Showdown in Madison: a chaotic month-long standoff over a collective bargaining bill may have changed Wisconsin politics for good.
- Wisconsin's recall free-for-all.
- Capitol workers: in their own words.
- Managing competing commitments gracefully.
- A different shift in Connecticut: on sick leave, immigration, marijuana and other issues, lawmakers in Connecticut end their most activist session in years.
- Budgets, crisis and the effect of federal spending.
- A family affair: a few folks, after a day at the capitol, go home together.
- Two for one: for the first time in Oregon's history, the House is led by co-speakers.
- Creating an ethical legislature: the culture of a legislature is affected by lawmakers, staff, lobbyists, ethics laws and even the role of social media.
- Do ethics laws work?
- Commissions restore trust.
- Staff: more than a supporting role.
- Ethical lobbying is not an oxymoron.
- Ethics commissions by the numbers.
- 'Student achievement is not a Democrat or Republican issue.'.
- The transparency effect: citizens can keep an eye on government with easy-to-use websites, but are there downsides to transparency?
- The cost of punishment: the expense of the death penalty has lawmakers reconsidering an old debate.
- Proof at the polls: the requirement to show photo identification before voting is gaining popularity.
- As they see it.