Will Wilson

Recent Articles

• Representative Government: A Follow Up
• May 16, 2007
• Three weeks ago, Montana House Majority Leader Michael Lange got nasty on the chamber floor, replete with profanity and unpleasant anatomical imagery. As of yesterday, ...

• Pigskin Politics
• May 9, 2007
• The NFL has banned mayors and governors. Team owners have decided that the political pressure applied by elected officials "detracted" from Super Bowl ...

• Yuppies Want Camden Town
• May 3, 2007
• posted by Will Wilson On Tuesday night, I had the pleasure to participate in a focus group conducted by the team that will be designing ...
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• Highway Helper: States Add Leverage To P3 Deals
• May 1, 2007
• Chicago and Indiana were the pioneers: They tapped into public-private partnerships--known as P3s--to improve their highways and infuse their coffers with billions of dollars.

• Representative Government
• Apr 27, 2007
• In one of yesterday's "Heads Up" links, Montana House Republican Majority Leader Michael Lange lashes out at Governor Brian Schweitzer with ugly temper ...
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• Let's Make "Rovers" Official
• Apr 27, 2007
• The Ohio legislature is setting up a committee on how to handle "e-mails about government business sent through private e-mail accounts." "It ...

• The Tough Fifth-Grade Lobby
• Apr 23, 2007
• Auto emissions regulations are the rage in Vermont. The state recently adopted the "California standards," a policy stance that is now playing out ...

• Does ANYTHING Sound Tastier than Salmonberry Wine?
• Apr 18, 2007
• Alaskan salmonberry wine might be the tastiest stuff on earth, but the world would never know. Alaska's anti-Alaskan wine laws have kept the sweet sauce ...

• A New Twist on a Last Period Problem
• Apr 9, 2007
• Kansas legislators wonder if they cut a little too deep. Actually, only the state senators feel that way about the tax cuts the legislature passed ...

• Aerial Wolf-Killing
• Mar 30, 2007
• Today, Alaska Superior Court Judge Bill Morse will preside over an injunction hearing that should be an unintentional comedy goldmine -- if rather darkly-humored gold. ...
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• Super Drunk and Drive
• Mar 21, 2007
• Michigan could soon become the 36th state to enact "super drunk and drive" legislation.  Gov. Jennifer Granholm is working with the legislature ...
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• Constitutional Stability on the Rockies
• Mar 16, 2007
• In the legislative Man Bites Dog story of the day, Colorado state legislators are examining bills that would make it harder for voters to change ...
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• Hometown INS
• Mar 13, 2007
• The ACLU won't often get caught up defending the Bush administration's right to regulate, but that is the situation developing in the federal case regarding ...
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