Vol. 40 No. 9, October - October 2014
Index
- Expertise.
- Focused.
- Research.
- Corrections.
- Letters.
- Four decades strong: the voice of state legislatures.
- Glum electorate heads to polls.
- Embattled South Carolina Speaker Bobby Harrell (R) transferred his leadership duties and suspended himself.
- Indiana Senior Staff Attorney Peggy Piety is the new staff chair of NCSL.
- Iowa Senate majority leader Mike Gronstal (D) was selected NCSL vice president.
- Leadership is "the most complex process of economic growth.".
- Maryland Director of Legislative Services Karl Aro has been elected NCSL staff vice chair.
- NCSL's new president-elect is Utah Senator Curt Bramble (R).
- Nevada Senate Secretary David Byerman received NCSL's Kevin B. Harrington Award.
- Nevada Senator Debbie Smith (D) is the new president of NCSL.
- Turning up turnout.
- Economist: manufacturing is rockin'.
- What's in a name?
- By the numbers: a spirited month.
- Independent contractor--or tax scam?
- 1 Where the billionaires are.
- 2 Cop cams.
- 3 School funding under fire.
- 4 Voc-ed vacuum.
- 5 Squid-licious.
- 10 A leg up.
- 6 Snow White of elections.
- 7 Idaho workin' it.
- 8 Pregnant? Take a break.
- 9 County fairs struggle.
- Neil Newhouse and Geoffrey Garin.
- Minneapolis.
- All in! With a dysfunctional federal government, states are where the action is, making for high stakes in legislative races.
- Ballot fatigue? Voters have a slew of ballot questions to answer, but not as many as in previous years.
- The primary puzzle: in this era of ideological extremes and intense partisanship, what role do primaries play in shaping election results?
- Art smart: art classes often aren't schools' top priority, yet research suggests perhaps they should be.
- As they see it.