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I Knew Installing a Water Park Was a Mistake
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | February 26, 2009
I just read a story about a man charged $27,000 in Internet access fees for watching a football game on his laptop. That's nothing. Yesterday, ...
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Medicare Scare
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | February 26, 2009
For all their problems paying for Medicaid, state employee health benefits, SCHIP and retiree plans, the one source of soaring health costs states don't ...
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Can Congress Change Infrastructure Policy?
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | February 25, 2009
Much of the National Governors Association's winter meeting here in Washington this past weekend was devoted to discussions about infrastructure. The message out of ...
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Plastic Bag Bans: All Talk and No Action?
Posted By: Zach Patton | February 24, 2009
Several U.S. cities in recent years have been talking about banning the use of flimsy plastic shopping bags -- or imposing fees on them ...
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Bad Times -- and Weapons
Posted By: John Buntin | February 23, 2009
What is it about bad times and weapons? The Los Angeles Times is reporting that courthouse screeners in L.A. County seized banned weapons last ...
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Stimulating Technology: The Award For Best Special Effects Goes to... (updated)
Posted By: Mark Stencel | February 22, 2009
Forget the Hollywood red carpet at tonight's Oscars ceremony. The best spot for political star gazing today was the J.W. Marriott on Pennsylvania ...
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The Dirt on Soil
Posted By: Ellen Perlman | February 20, 2009
We here at Governing (I'm a little ashamed to admit now) sometimes have made fun of the fact that states choose an official state ...
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Indiana Rejects Local Government Consolidation
Posted By: Josh Goodman | February 19, 2009
I wrote a story last fall that centered on the question of whether state governments can force local governments to consolidate. We're starting to get the answer -- and it isn't surprising
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Not All Schools Are Created Equal
Posted By: Alan Greenblatt | February 18, 2009
The Washington Post ran a story the other day that was quite revealing about the politics of school closures. Everyone knows it's politically difficult ...
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Should Obama Apologize to Las Vegas?
Posted By: Zach Patton | February 11, 2009
Las Vegas Mayor Oscar Goodman is mad. Earlier this week, when President Obama was in Indiana drumming up support for the stimulus, he emphasized that ...
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