Vol. 35 No. 4, April 2009
Index
- Blog: the thicket.
- California's budget struggle.
- Economic recovery.
- GrassCatcher: daily news.
- Hospital infections.
- The reflecting pool.
- Reapportionment is right around the corner.
- Alabama Senator Rodger Smitherman was elected Senate president pro tem, the second African American in the state's history to hold the post.
- During a marathon, 46-hour session of the California Legislature to close a $42 billion budget gap, the Senate GOP caucus dumped its leader, Dave Cogdill, after he negotiated a bill with legislative leaders and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger that included tax increases.
- Florida Republicans, in an unprecedented move, stripped Representative Ray Sansom of his short-lived tenure as House speaker before he had presided over his first regular session of the House, and chose Larry Cretul as the new leader.
- Greg Ernst, a New Orleans maritime lawyer, has been appointed to fill the seat of Louisiana Representative Nicholas Lorusso while he is on active duty for one year.
- One day he was the first Republican speaker of the Tennessee House in 40 years, the next day he was, well, a speaker without a party.
- Social networking is the new communications buzz phrase, but in Maryland they didn't think much of it.
- Wisconsin Assembly leaders in February approved a rule banning fundraising by members while the state is debating the budget.
- Cigarette excise taxes.
- Preparing for an emergency.
- Engaging citizens online.
- Prescription drug costs slow.
- A river runs dirty.
- Brains over brawn.
- Canines at the Capitol.
- Guns in lots.
- Poker's met its limit.
- SWAT control.
- Be prepared.
- Giddy up and graduate.
- Highway privacy.
- Minor distinction.
- Tech interns.
- Medicaid: under the weather: states are facing growing numbers of people in need of medical care, and even billions from the economic recovery package will not solve all their problems.
- Infection correction: hospital-acquired infections can be reduced significantly or even eliminated with sound prevention procedures.
- Green 2.0: renewables can promote economic recovery, increase energy security and protect the environment.
- California compromise: the wrenching effort to forge a budget deal put a spotlight on the political impasse at the statehouse.
- Think recovery: the economic stimulus act is one of the most complex bills ever passed. Here are some tips on how to understand the legislation.
- As they see it.