• Looking For a Real Crisis: Try Medicaid
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   April 2005
• Social Security may be running out of money, but at least it's a single coherent program. Medicaid is a monster with countless heads.

• Good Deed, Punished
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   March 2005
• A noble notion to limit state contractors from contributing to political campaigns put New Jersey crosswise with the feds.

• Special Dilemma
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2005
• The feds are promising to help with special education costs. They've been making that promise for the past 30 years.

• The Pain Principle
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   January 2005
• When state legislators move up to the U.S. Congress, they seem to forget their roots.

• More than the Flu
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   December 2004
• This fall's vaccine shortage was an early warning of more serious trouble in the nation's public health systems.

• House of Loopholes
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   November 2004
• The more tax cuts Congress passes, the more trouble states and localities will have making ends meet.

• Domestic Duel
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   October 2004
• If you look behind the headlines, the presidential campaign is very much a clash of domestic ideology.

• Preempting Washington
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   September 2004
• State regulators need to work together if they want to keep the feds from moving in on them.

• Radical Federalist
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   August 2004
• When it comes to relations between the states and Washington, the Reagan era is still going on.
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• Modest Mandate Relief
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   July 2004
• The federal anti-mandate law is almost 10 years old. It hasn't worked any miracles, but it hasn't been a total loss, either.

• Polar Campaigning
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   June 2004
• Centrism is smart presidential politics. But it's ideological zeal that dominates the state electoral scene these days.

• On the Brink of Brac
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   May 2004
• Cutting back on military bases makes economic sense--unless you happen to live near one.

• Unconnected Dots
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   April 2004
• State and local governments aren't being let in on the national homeland security strategy. That may be because there isn't one.

• Uncivil Disunion
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   March 2004
• States Won't Find It Easy To Resolve The Gay Marriage Issue. The Federal Government Could Make The Task Even Harder.

• Federalism, Anyone?
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2004
• No Child Left Behind represents a major change in state-federal relations. But it may not be a good campaign issue for the president.

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