Vol. 34 No. 5, May 2008
Index
- Climate change requires action.
- Correction.
- The role of manufacturing.
- Delaware Republicans are having a tough time finding someone they like to run for governor.
- Don Perata.
- Former Florida Representative Frank Peterman, a pastor and Democratic lawmaker since 2000, has been named by Republican Governor Charlie Crist secretary of the Department of Juvenile Justice.
- Former Georgia Representative Ron Sailor, who resigned from the House in March after pleading guilty to federal money laundering charges, is now under investigation by the state Ethics Commission.
- Tennessee is losing a legend. Senator John Wilder, who has served 44 years in the Senate--36 of them as Senate speaker and lieutenant governor--announced he is retiring at the end of the year.
- The U.S. Supreme Court in March upheld Washington state's top-two primary system, which had been adopted by the Legislature in March 2004, vetoed by Governor Gary Locke in April 2004, approved overwhelmingly by the voters in November 2004 and struck down by the U.S. District Court in July 2005.
- This is simply not how democracy is supposed to work," says Wisconsin Senator Scott Fitzgerald of the extraordinary veto power exercised by the state's governors.
- Educating the homeless.
- Cockroach delight.
- Identify yourself.
- Lights on!
- Sick at work.
- Teenage trouble.
- Testy seniors.
- A fear of phosphates.
- Dollar senseless.
- Home for a book.
- No to drug testing.
- Salt overdose.
- Smelly offense.
- Pension tension: very few states hold all the assets they should for future retirement and health care benefits.
- A profusion of plastic: most everyone agrees that reducing the amount of plastic we throw away is a good idea.
- Driving while distracted: inexperienced teen drivers too often take fatal risks.
- Nutrition rules: making healthy food choices available to school kids is a priority for many lawmakers.
- Preschooler's progress: advancing preschool is high on many legislative agendas. How to measure success is next.
- Veteran's mysterious maladies: studies continue to examine the effects of depleted uranium on returning soldiers.
- State of blogging: lawmakers are creating blogs to get their constituents involved.
- As they see it.