Vol. 37 No. 9, October 2011
Index
- 25 years ago.
- Did you know....
- Whose capitol is it?
- Letters.
- The cycle of recidivism.
- Carl Lewis won nine Olympic gold medals for his legendary running prowess.
- Illinois General Assembly.
- In the 1930s, Sally Gordon watched the state capitol in Lincoln being built.
- Nevada's veteran director of the legislative counsel bureau is leaving the agency in which he has served since 1981.
- New Mexico's long-time chief clerk, Margaret Larragoite, died at 84 following a public service career that spanned some 40 years.
- Two veteran North Carolina lawmakers are resigning their seats to become lobbyists.
- Deficit reduction: the states' priorities.
- More credit to them.
- Vote centers come of age.
- Commission tackles nuclear waste.
- Should I stay or should I roll?
- Wisconsin votes.
- 1 Sick and hired.
- 2 Bipartisan practical joke.
- 3 The un-state?
- 4 Quiet traffic.
- 5 Termed trouble.
- 10 All A-twitter over tweeting.
- 6 Four odd out.
- 7 How many what?
- 8 The price of nice.
- 9 Donations to dig.
- The 800-pounds Gorilla: state lawmakers are trying to cut costs so the program will survive, even when millions more are added to the rolls.
- The technology promise: widespread use of electronic medical records promises to transform health care. But can we afford it?
- Do the math: increasing Latinos' success in college not only benefits lives, but can also be an economic boon for the entire nation.
- Got milk?
- The reach of free speech: recent rulings make it tough to nail down the boundaries of protected speech and other thorny state-federal issues.
- Four leaders on Harleys, humor and hobbies.
- Proceed with caution: social media tools can pose ethical problems for lawmakers.
- Staff: ethics in the virtual world.
- Everything's on the table: selling buildings, turning to private business, cutting the size of the legislature and even taking away cellphones are all ideas for states desperate to cut costs.
- "The spending interests always want more money.".
- As they see it.