Vol. 34 No. 7, July 2008
Index
- Driving article incomplete.
- Efficient coal plants are green.
- No slavery in West Virginia.
- Pension not guaranteed.
- Blog: the thicket.
- Fighting for the Wetlands.
- The reflecting pool.
- Leading lawmakers: this year's leadership award winners exemplify integrity and bipartisanship.
- SCHIP Reauthorization.
- E.B. MeClain.
- Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been feuding with Governor Rod Blagojevich for more than a year.
- In memoriam.
- Louisiana lawmakers, who have not seen a pay increase since 1980, voted to raise their salaries by July 1 from $16,800 to $50,700, only to see the measure vetoed by Governor Bobby Jindal.
- National Conference of State Legislatures.
- New Hampshire Republican Tom Eaton used to be the Legislature's Senate president.
- The Alaska Legislature is hitting the road.
- The Arkansas Senate in June voted 19-12 to allow Senator Jack Crumbly to keep his seat despite a panel's finding that "flagrant voter fraud and irregularities" existed in the 2006 runoff election between him and former Representative Arnell Willis.
- As nation grows, legislatures don't.
- Don't mess with Texas' website.
- Donating unused drugs.
- Latino voters.
- Newborn screening during an emergency.
- Hunting for kids.
- Same-sex marriage.
- Banning brutality.
- Charity profits up in smoke.
- Guns galore.
- Let there be light.
- Nursing home concerns.
- Taking the initiative.
- Hawaii's in with imports.
- Ice cream impersonators.
- New again in Nebraska.
- No to Italian waste.
- The right to secrecy.
- Vouchers ruling.
- Karen Bass: coalition builder: the first African-American female speaker in the nation has taken the reins in California.
- Somber tribute: life-size paintings of the fallen of Lima Company take center stage at the Ohio State House Rotunda.
- Test drive for annual sessions: Oregon lawmakers, who meet every other year, decided to see how a more frequent approach would work.
- Worry over wetlands: the environment and the economy face a crisis in Louisiana's wetlands.
- Adding it up: Bob Lang's nonpartisan number crunching helps Wisconsin legislators navigate tough financial times.
- A lesson in fiscal federalism: the father of sound money management reflects on how tax policies shifted the state-federal balance.
- He's 21. She's 92. New Hampshire's legislature boasts the oldest and youngest lawmakers in the country, but there's not generation gap in Concord.
- Walking the talk: a senator hit the road to write a book about what's on the minds of Pennsylvanians.
- Learning to legislate: new member orientation is critical in term-limited states like Louisiana.
- Freshman snapshots.
- Building the perfect perks: legislatures need to emphasize fair, competitive pay plans and strong benefits to attract and retain good employees.
- As they see it.