Vol. 35 No. 6, June 2009
Index
- Clarification.
- Prisons are expensive.
- Art Palmer.
- Colorado Senate President Peter Groff left his post at the end of the session in May to join the U.S. Department of Education as director of its Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center.
- Jewell Williams.
- John Marchi, whose 50 years in the New York Legislature made him that state's longest serving lawmaker and one of the longest serving in the nation, died in April at age 87.
- Nancy Munoz, widow of New Jersey Assemblyman Eric Munoz, will serve out the rest of her husband's term after defeating two others in a special county Republican convention to fill his seat.
- The Colorado Senate paid tribute in April to a "Renaissance woman who has left her mark on our hearts and on this state.".
- Virgin Islands Senate President Adlah Donastorg was ousted by his colleagues in April when ruling party members were frustrated by the slow pace of work.
- Death penalty under examination.
- In-state tuition for immigrants.
- The happiness index.
- Getting Americans to buckle up.
- Keeping kids healthy.
- A license to read.
- A sinking feeling.
- Green clean.
- It's official.
- School's out.
- Silence survives.
- A pint no less.
- Ban on gas.
- Let's make money.
- Libel protection.
- Shipping emissions.
- Whose land is it?
- The great [begin strikethrough]depression[end strikethrough] recession: as bad as the economy is, it's not the 1930s. That era brought hard times and changed the role of government in American life.
- Ease the squeeze: hard times have legislators looking everywhere for ways to beat back the fiscal crisis.
- Over a cliff: a horrible state budget situation is just getting worse.
- Capping carbon: cap-and-trade and carbon tax policies are growing in appeal as states look to cut greenhouse gas emissions.
- Covering kids: states are working to provide public health insurance to the growing number of eligible children.
- Running out of gas: Alaska's oil riches are slowing down and forcing legislators to make tough choices.
- As they see it.