Idea Center
- EPA Quiz Gives Answers for Financing Green Projects
- The “Financing Program Decision Tool” shows state and local governments their best options for paying for energy upgrades.
- One R.I. School Goes Paperless in 2013
- The state will supply an electronic device for every student in one school, cutting down on heavy and easily outdated textbooks.
- Woodbridge Housing Authority Is First to Turn to Wind Energy
- The agency in Woodbridge Township, N.J., is using wind energy to save more than $6 million and keep greenhouse gases out of the air.
- Making Airport Waste Profitable
- One of the nation's busiest airports is using sustainable practices and a lot of worms to start making money on all the waste it produces.
- Conn. Gives Private Medicaid Insurers the Boot
- The “insurance capital of the world” is only the second state to assume the health program’s financial responsibility in the last decade.
- Prisoners Fill in for Researchers During Tough Times
- Washington state trains prisoners to do scientific research.
- A Library for Helping Limited English Speakers
- This online Language Portal holds thousands of government documents designed to help people who speak limited to no English.
- Mich. Program Gets Prisoners Out of Costly Isolation Cells
- Some states are putting prisoners in isolation at increasing rates. A Mich. penitentiary program that has caught the attention of other states is looking to do the opposite.
- The Best Government Ideas of 2011
- Governing reviewed all its Idea Center entries throughout 2011 to share a select few for their unique approach to common problems.
- Wyo. Reality TV Show Aims to Get Kids Outside
- "Wyoming's Call of the Wild" aims to get more kids interested in hunting, fishing and other outdoor pursuits.
- New Colo. Education Website Gives Schools Letter Grades
- A new system backed by 18 community groups gives parents and educators an easy-to-understand system to compare schools.
- USDA Offers Insurance to Mont., N.D. Farmers to Grow Oilseed Crop for Biofuel
- The camelina crop can be converted into renewable energy, possibly bringing new jobs to rural America. But until now, farmers lacked the incentive and insurance to grow it.
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- Schools Can Finally Give Leftovers to Food Banks
- A recent change in federal law gives schools an alternative to throwing unused food in the trash.
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- Transferring 911 Mental-Health Calls Could Reduce Harm
- An Oregon county will begin transferring 911 calls from people having mental-health crises to qualified professionals who can keep callers out of jail and danger.
- Nashville Library Delivery Service Boosts Literacy
- Instead of waiting for students to go to the library, which can be difficult since most aren't of driving age, Nashville Public Library is bringing the books to them.
Columns
- Creating the Courts Americans Want
- The public is dissatisfied with our courts. What the judicial system needs is a culture of performance-based innovation.
- A Third Way for Public Pensions: Adjustable Pension Plans
- Defined-benefit plans put all the risk on states and localities; defined-contribution plans put it all on employees. Now there's a new approach to risk sharing.
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