• Heads Up: 2.14.07
  • "I Love New York" turns 30 and is up for grabs. Buffalo Business First Does AL love steel enough to change its constitution? Times-Picayune ...
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  • Going to the Dogs
  • Governing and its readers love 50-state rankings that enable us to make meaningful comparisons among governments. Bucking the tradition of providing useful information, I've assembled ...
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  • Heads Up: 2.13.07
  • Hybrid cars too quiet for blind pedestrians. WSJ (free link) To announce, Romney heads to his dad's political stomping ground. Globe Pricey jet fuel: Air ...
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  • iPodGoverning.com
  • Lately I've been acting the part of the cranky libertarian, writing pieces about government overreach. So allow me to complain about an example of corporate ...
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  • Unintended Consequences
  • As cause-and-effect scenarios go, this one should have been easy to predict: Pass a smoking ban, and more people will smoke outside. If more people ...
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  • Heads Up: 2.12.07
  • Wi-fi helps criminals hide. WaPo Can Cory Booker revive Newark? Economist VA's unique political method for choosing judges has pros and cons. Virginian-Pilot Cheer up, ...
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  • Paddy's Law
  •      Here's a interesting new law: In Illinois, from now on, if you change your name and then run for office within three ...
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  • Heads Up: 2.9.07
  • What kind of state legislator was Obama? WaPo Jesus, Crist! Superstar! Sun-Sentinel Do bigger government buildings = better government? NYT Sustainable Rocky: An interview with SLC's ...
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