Vol. 39 No. 6, June 2013
Index
- California offers prenatal care to poor women.
- Did you know ...
- Opinion: rural America needs a true coalition.
- Six states celebrate a century of statehood.
- Whose capitol is it?
- A good report card for high schools.
- A group of slaves who petitioned the New Hampshire General Assembly for their freedom in 1779 were granted emancipation in April.
- All 55 of Connecticut's women legislators--from both sides of the aisle and both chambers--joined forces (along with three men) to co-sponsor legislation to stiffen penalties for crimes involving human and sex trafficking.
- Earnest Sumner has served the Florida House for 42 years--the last 15 as sergeant-at-arms.
- It may be one for the Guinness Book of World Records.
- Nevada assemblyman Steven Brooks (D) in March became the first lawmaker in the state's history to be expelled from the Legislature.
- Utah Senator Curtis Bramble has become the state's first-ever Senate president pro tem.
- It's a bird, it's a plane, it's superdrone.
- It beat 'jeopardy!' Can it beat cancer?
- Sequestration nation.
- 9-1-1: the next generation.
- Indoor tan bans.
- 1 Where there's smoke.
- 2 More school security.
- 3 How the cookie crumbles.
- 4 Six more states get real.
- 5 Pet the bears, don't feed them.
- 10 Caucus for canines.
- 6 The price of injustice.
- 7 App of Florida's eye.
- 8 Street food, priced right.
- 9 Pot of gold?
- Silver screen dreams: interstate competition for film and TV productions is intensifying.
- Christopher Dodd.
- A sprouting business: farmers' markets can help local producers while giving low-income communities more healthy food choices.
- Compounding interest: a tragedy caused by contaminated steroids turned the spotlight on compounding pharmacies.
- Bridging the health divide: community health workers are helping eliminate costly health inequalities.
- Pain at the pump: are gas taxes in the future of transportation funding?
- Social media rules! To take full advantage of the power of social media, here are some lessons learned from the successes and failures of others.
- Tax trends from the recession: the Great Recession and slow recovery forced states to adjust their tax policies to survive the budget shortfalls.
- As they see it.