Vol. 37 No. 8, September 2011
Index
- 25 years ago.
- Blog: the thicket.
- Did you know ...
- Grasscatcher.
- Juvenile justice.
- NCSLU e-learning.
- Paying for early childhood care.
- Pension action.
- Spotlight.
- The charter option.
- Video: leaders speak out.
- Whose capitol is it?
- States provide the lion's share.
- Alabama Representative Owen Drake, 75, died in June following a long battle with cancer.
- In North Dakota, state and American flags flew at half staff from sunrise to sunset the day of Senate Majority Leader Bob Stenehjem's funeral.
- Jerry Costello II.
- Julie Fisher.
- Russell Pearce.
- There will be other clerks in the Senate, but no one with his exact style--no one with that Tom Sheridan voice," Connecticut Senate President Pro Tern Donald Williams said following the death of clerk of the Senate.
- Three Ohio House members have moved to the Senate, and House Republicans have selected two women and a man to replace them.
- Washington Senator Phil Rockefeller stepped down to accept an appointment to the Northwest Power and Conservation Council by Governor Christine Gregoire.
- State of pensions.
- Freedom trail.
- Investing in children early.
- A growing gap.
- Sharia law assailed.
- A boom in Caylee's laws.
- Gift card crunch.
- Helmets take a ride.
- Parent power.
- Suck it up.
- Welfare test.
- Critical for whom?
- Emergency room detour.
- Not your father's polygamist.
- Ohio serves up.
- Party on in Arizona.
- Welfare limits.
- Welcome to the tea party: gauging the effect of the movement on the 2011 legislative sessions is a little like reading tea leaves.
- Delayed at the gate: states have been waiting for comprehensive federal aviation legislation for four long years.
- Similar problems, different laws.
- Charter choice: lawmakers are taking steps to ensure charter schools can continue to grow at a robust pace.
- 'Short-term political gain is going to have long-term terrible consequences for women.'.
- Bang for the buck: knowing which policies provide the best financial return is a powerful tool for lawmakers.
- Four leaders on challenges, priorities and the other party.
- Shoring up an eroding coast.
- As they see it.