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Last Number: June 2023

National Conference of State Legislatures
ISSN 0147-6041


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October 01, 2003

  • Where does the buck stop when the bucks stop? It's tempting to seek a scapegoat for state budget woes, and critics have been quick to blame lawmakers. But a closer examination of the facts points to causes outside of policymakers' control.

  • Connecting America 2003: National Conference of State Legislatures: the forum for America's ideas.

  • 'Civic soldiers' honored at NCSL meeting.

  • Idaho speaker recognized for term limits efforts.

  • Utah House Speaker, Mississippi staff director receive top NCSL posts.

  • States end troubling fiscal year with balanced budgets.

  • Homeland security report outlines state efforts.

  • Next stop: Salt Lake City.

  • Budget woes push lawmakers into uncharted territory: relentless fiscal problems stood out as the biggest challenge facing lawmakers in 2003.

  • Will our leaders pass the back-to-school? Elected officials have to provide the support to keep education reforms working.

  • Keeping high quality teachers: it's difficult to argue against ensuring a "highly qualified" teacher in every classroom. But some legislators are worried that states won't be able to recruit and retain enough teachers to meet the requirements of the No Child Left Behind Act.

  • Gerrymandering goes to court: this fall the U.S. Supreme Court will consider a little known case that could change the way legislative and congressional districts are redrawn.

  • Grassroots health care coverage: local communities are trying novel approaches to providing care for the indigent and working uninsured.

    • June 01, 2004

  • Flow of red ink slows.

  • States expecting year-end balances.

  • People & politics.

  • Adopt-a-highway volunteers clean up.

  • Playing slots while the horses trot.

  • Always a parking spot for moms- to- be.

  • Finding refuge from abuse.

  • Canadian drugs: panacea or problem?

  • Are we paying university presidents too much?

  • How states fund full-day kindergarten.

  • No butts on beach.

  • Window on government.

  • The fairest of them all.

  • Is it too easy?

  • Civics gets the squeeze.

  • Get real.

  • Northern feud.

  • The casino connection.

  • The power of bulk.

  • One thrill at a time.

  • A race for cures.

  • With or without ketchup?

  • What's health got to do with it? As Americans grow in girth, policymakers are looking at community design to encourage physical activity and lower obesity rates.

  • Water rights & water fights: States no longer take water for granted. Having laws in place helps when disputes over the precious commodity arise.

  • Buried in e-waste: electronic waste--often dangerously toxic--is becoming a landfill nightmare.

  • Conquering chronic diseases: disease management programs help patients with chronic illnesses while saving money.

  • Varsity vouchers: Colorado has come up with a novel way to fund higher education. Send the money with the students.

  • Electric choice works in Pennsylvania: 1996 act 138 Pennsylvania electricity generation customer choice and competition act title 66 as amended.

  • Taxing behavior: personal vices have been around a long time. But the price for those habits and other controversial behaviors is about to go up.

  • Perfecting connecting: reaching out to constituents is vital to bringing people into the political process and keeping them involved.

  • As they see it.

    • July 01, 2004

  • Heavy Lifting: the Job of the American Legislature.

  • Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World.

  • Integrity: Do You Have It?

  • Heavy Lifting: the Job of the American Legislature.

  • Correction.

  • Our legislatures--a bargain at twice the price.