Vol. 39 No. 10, December - December 2013
Index
- 1988: an election without change.
- A painful prescription.
- Did you know ...
- Kids, families and politics.
- Average incomes no longer falling, but ...
- Democrats control the Vermont house by a wide margin, and now the majority caucus is majority female.
- In Alabama, a legislator can resign from one house to take a job lobbying the other house.
- It took two years--90 minutes of debate--but eventually the Alaska legislative council voted to allow lawmakers to update their Facebook pages.
- Missouri's Republican supermajority overrode a record 10 vetoes by Governor Jan Nixon (D)--the highest number in a single session in 180 years.
- New York Senate Republicans filed a motion to quash a subpoena issued by the State's New Anti-Corruption Commission.
- The longest-serving legislator in Indiana history died this fall at the age of 82.
- The Ohio Supreme Court has fast-tracked a suit contesting the expansion of Medicaid brought by six Republican lawmakers.
- Wisconsin Assemblyman Bill Kramer (R) was elected majority leader this fall after Representative Scott Suder (R) stepped down to take a job with the Public Service Commission.
- Big bets on internet gaming.
- Liquor laws distilled.
- Say what?
- The long lens of the law.
- Stephen Klein wins gold.
- 1 pretender to the flown?
- 2 18-the new 21?
- 3 no candy zone.
- 4 duck bill.
- 5 hazy on details.
- 10 brake on bikes.
- 6 disturbing cyber trend.
- 7 talkin' turkey.
- 8 'warning shot' law blasted.
- 9 together furever.
- The silver tsunami: states have a fairly long to-do list to get ready for the health care needs of an aging America.
- States hold steady: it was a quiet election for state legislative seats with no surprises and only a couple of ballot measures worth noting.
- Demographer James H. Johnson Jr.: "there are enormous opportunities in the aging of our population.".
- Do teachers make the grade? New ways of evaluating teachers recognize the complexity of their job, and may help ensure that only good teachers are teaching.
- A wealth of public health: there's renewed effort to integrate the many public health programs into the overall health system.
- Preventable deaths on the rise: growing numbers of overdoses, suicides and brain injuries have lawmakers searching for solutions.
- Shutdown showdowns: Congress isn't alone in failing to pass a budget; state legislatures have faced similar impasses.
- As they see it.