Vol. 29 No. 7, July 2003
Index
- A test of values: the choices governors, state legislators, and Congress make to close huge budget gaps tell you what their priorities are.
- States take action on the help America Vote Act.
- Colorado adopts statewide school vouchers.
- What happened to the "citizen" in the "citizen legislature?
- Mississippi, California take lead in battling meth epidemic.
- Sparks fly over indoor fireworks.
- States fare well in federal budget.
- Supreme Court upholds Maine Rx program.
- Budget balancing--the game.
- Goin' on a bear hunt.
- Gold mine glitch.
- Goodbye berry ban.
- Government online.
- How the money flows.
- Humanitarian lawmaker.
- Keeping new drivers focused.
- Less is more.
- Naming rights.
- Paying to be watched.
- Prove it, teacher.
- Unconstitutional constitution?
- Walking on the edge.
- It takes two in North Carolina: in the evenly split North Carolina House, it helps that the Republican and Democratic co-speakers have a lasting friendship.
- Power parity in Oregon: after the 2002 general election resulted in a 15-15 tie in the Senate, Oregon lawmakers forged a historic power-sharing agreement.
- Georgia's shifting alliances: moving from a one-party state to two parties isn't easy or pretty. Georgia knows.
- Power struggles in Alabama: with more Republicans getting elected and conservative Democrats joining them, politics in Alabama are changing.
- Missouri's GOP takes the reins: when Missouri Republicans took control of the legislature, the adjustment wasn't easy on the Democrats.
- Do ethics laws work? As legislatures continue to strengthen their ethics laws, policymakers and the public wonder about the results.
- Citizens in training: young people don't care much about government. But some groups are out to change that.
- Homeland democracy: speaking up for the legislature: at the center of representative democracy is the need for legislatures to define and communicate messages in today's language, using today's technology.