Features

• Superfund Setbacks
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Damaged sites don't fade away. They just give local officials a planning headache.

• Plague of Errors
• By: John Buntin
• Hospital infection rates are rising and killing 90,000 patients a year. Can the states put a stop to it?

• Double Booking
• By: Anne Jordan
• A city and a university sharing a library? It's not easy, but San Jose is doing it.

• Stolen Identities
• By: Zach Patton
• States are leaping on the identity theft issue, hoping to reassure consumers. The data industry wants them to take it easy.

• How Dense Can You Get?
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Staten Island is the epicenter of the national debate over balancing the need for affordable housing with the desire to control development.

• Land Law
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• A Supreme Court win for a Connecticut city could end up curbing some uses of eminent domain.

Up Front

• Vintage Conservatism
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• The U.S. Supreme Court is about to turn right. Will that help states? Not necessarily.

• Motor Trouble
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Joel Silverman was asked to reform his state's vehicle license management. Not everyone wanted it reformed.

• Reward for Release
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• States are opening ballot boxes to ex-felons.

• Tarnished Coin
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Can all the ethical problems of the Ohio GOP be laid at the governor's feet? Some Republicans hope so.

• A Billion Bucks a Mile
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Why Seattle is rethinking mass transit

• Inner-Ring Recovery
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Some close-in suburbs have found renewal strategies that work.

• Getting Smarter
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• The smart-growth movement isn't making much noise these days, but it's learning how to win.

• Paying to Parade
• By: Otis White

• Last Call for Taverns
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• Chicago's mayor is encouraging citizens to exercise control over seedy bars in their neighborhoods.

The Business of Government

• The Mega-City Maker
• By: Alex Marshall
• Interstates created mega regions, and mega regions will change how we see this country and its transportation needs.

• Block that Broadband
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Any city that tries to build its own high-speed Internet connections can expect a whole lot of pushback.

• Grading the Graders: Delaware has a New Take on Rating Teachers
• By: Ben Delman

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• From the Top: Michael Leavitt Speaks Up and Out
• By: Penelope Lemov

• Phantom of the Neighborhood
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Population explosions usually mean lots of new residents. But that's not always the case.

• California's Etax Victory
• By: Ben Delman

• Ready for Prime Time: Internet Sales Taxes are a Giant Step Closer
• By: Christopher Swope

• Gone Fishing
• By: Tom Arrandale
• EPAs aren't keeping up with other agencies in using high-tech tools to detect dangers and deter misconduct.

• Blindsided & Bummed About It
• By: William Fulton
• Here's a simple definition of business-friendly: Tell me what the rules are up front and then apply them fairly.

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