Elizabeth Daigneau

Recent Articles

• Stimulating Times
• Jan 4, 2009
• As the economy worsens, governors are finding they can't wait for President-elect Obama's stimulus package. Instead, two governors are taking matters into their own hands:...

• Terry McAuliffe: The $80 Million Man? (Updated)
• Jan 2, 2009
• Why didn't someone think of this before? If you run a professional fundraiser for office, he's sure to have plenty of money. That, ...
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• Big-Budget Movies
• Dec 31, 2008
• It would be easy to conclude that New Mexico's program of tax incentives for film and TV producers has been a big success. The ...
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• Making Clean Energy Pay
• Dec 28, 2008
• Renewable energy and energy efficiency industries have the potential to generate more than $4.5 trillion in revenues and create 40 million jobs in the United States by 2030....

• Insurance Wars
• Dec 26, 2008
• When the insurer AIG failed, at a cost to taxpayers thus far of $150 billion, a few federal lawmakers felt they knew just whom to blame: ...

• Sagebrush Bailout
• Dec 24, 2008
• When Congress finally passed the $700 billion Wall Street bailout in October, it was a triumph -- oddly enough -- for counties in the rural West. ...

• Empathetic Traffic Signs
• Dec 21, 2008
• If first you don't succeed, the saying goes, try, try again. That's what the town of Needham, Mass., did when traditional traffic signs near a...
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• Government's Second Life
• Dec 17, 2008
• More than ever, Web 2.0 technologies offer governments a way to improve citizen services and communication. The problem for government information-technology officials is deciding what tools...

• More Jindal Watch
• Dec 15, 2008
• Newsweek has published its Jindal-rising-star profile: "First of all, he's brilliant," antitax crusader Grover Norquist tells NEWSWEEK. "Two, he's from ...

• Honoring Those Who Gave Everything
• Dec 14, 2008
• Approximately 100 firefighters are killed in the line of duty each year, and, since documentation began in 1792, more than 19,000 law enforcement officers have been killed in...

• The Mayor of YouTube
• Dec 10, 2008
• San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, known as something of a policy wonk, did away with his hour-long State of the City address, typically delivered to...

• Healthier and Happier
• Dec 7, 2008
• While everyone else is paying more for their drug prescriptions and growing increasingly dissatisfied with their health coverage, Maricopa County, Ariz., employees are paying less...

• Mining Immigration Legislation
• Nov 30, 2008
• In 2007, just over 1,000 immigration-related bills and resolutions were introduced in state legislatures nationwide, of which only about 16 percent were enacted into law. A free, searchable...
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• Investigations Worth a Prize
• Nov 23, 2008
• Any outstanding investigative work done by state or federal government agencies that expose corruption and hold those in power accountable are eligible for recognition under...