Vol. 37 No. 4, April 2011
Index
- 25 years ago.
- Blog: the thicket.
- Correction.
- Did you know ...
- Grasscatcher.
- Learning about leading.
- Ranking well-being.
- Secret statehouse.
- Spotlight.
- Taxes and recessions.
- The value of certification.
- Whose dome is it?
- Fake drugs pose real problems.
- Alaska Representative Sharon Cissna had to take the long way home after refusing to submit to a TSA pat-down following a full body scan at the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.
- Assistant Majority Leader Rickey Hendon surprised colleagues when he abruptly announced his resignation from the Illinois House in February.
- For the first time since Reconstruction, the Louisiana Senate is under Republican control, following a hard fought special election in which the victor, GOP Representative Jonathan Perry, won by 688 votes.
- It's all in a day's work.
- Judy Hall, secretary of the Oregon Senate who worked under eight Senate presidents, including John Kitzhaber, the current governor, has retired after 36 years of legislative service, 16 years as secretary.
- Millie McFarland, the respected clerk of the Maine House for 10 years and member of the Mason's Manual Commission, retired in February as a result of the Republican takeover of the chamber.
- The Louisiana House dining hall, where lawmakers, lobbyists, reporters and staff meet and eat, has been closed since December when its longtime operator died.
- Three Virginia Democrats have announced they will not seek re-election in November.
- These streets are made for walkin'.
- Safety's no accident.
- The well-being of nation/states.
- Can technology save money?
- Lights out in Colorado.
- Say what?
- Teachers are friends.
- War over whoopie pie.
- Website ads.
- Wounded justice.
- Brains matter.
- Crime and crashes.
- Divorce denied.
- Required to register.
- Think exercise.
- Speaking out: U.S. House Speaker John Boehner talks about what the new Republican majority means for states.
- Newly in charge: with dozens of leaders taking charge in legislative chambers around the country, changes are happening fast.
- New presiding officers.
- Putting a lock on it: many argue the only way to stop people from driving when they're drunk is with technology.
- 5 things lawmakers need to know.
- The president's budget.
- Taxes on the horizon? History suggests states often turn to tax increases in painful post-recession periods.
- Another tool for school reform.
- As they see it.