• Root, Root, Root for the Environment
  • The Washington Nationals opened their season in their brand spankin' new stadium yesterday. (It's a new era in baseball! The greatest stadium for the bestest ...
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  • Heads Up: 3.31.08
  • Toddlers take Manhattan -- and other cities. WaPo Chicago cops told to cut the deep-dish and hot dogs. NYT L.A., in search of density. ...
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  • Orlando's "Nipplegate"
  • If it seems like there's something odd about this WrestleMania billboard in Orlando, that's because there is:  The guys don't have nipples. Yep, in ...
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  • The Cost of Blocking a Bill
  • Plenty of committee chairs have killed legislation that they didn't like, but few have done so as publicly and boldy as Kathy Stein. Despite enormous ...
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  • Heads Up: 3.28.08
  • How is Eliot Spitzer like Henry VIII? NY Magazine Foreclosed homeowners trash their homes on the way out. WSJ MA gov skipped casino debate to ...
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  • Taxing Gay Couples
  • Here's a wrinkle to the same-sex marriage debate I admit I hadn't thought of before reading about it in the Hartford Courant's Capitol Watch blog. ...
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  • Heated Sidewalks! Just in Time For Spring!
  • Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle has signed legislation allowing heated sidewalks, stairs, entryways and pedestrian walkways. Wisconsin had the nation's only prohibition against such devices, passed ...
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  • Heads Up: 3.27.08
  • Silk-pajamas-wearing agency official cleared of harrassment charges. Chicago Sun-Times TX officials want state pension funds to invest in new toll roads. San Antonio Express News ...
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