Features

• Meltdown
• By: Ellen Perlman
• How a promising technology mega-project went awry.

• A Revenue Revives
• By: Christopher Swope
• Left for dead, corporate income taxes are making an unexpected contribution to state income.

• The Fine Art of Reporting Results
• By: Jonathan Walters
• A growing number of localities are experimenting with alternatives to annual financial reports to inform citizens about government performance.

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• By: Jonathan Walters

• Smuggler's Delight
• By: Josh Goodman
• The American marketplace is awash in illegal fake products. Governments are supposed to police them, but most don't.

• Can Dallas Govern Itself?
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Over the past decade, political chaos and bureaucratic mismanagement turned Big D into a Big Mess. It's struggling to recover.

• Work of Arts
• By: Zach Patton
• Paducah refines a way to restore a decaying community.

Up Front

• Race Revisited
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• The U.S. Supreme Court is going to rule on racial quotas in the schools. The decision may shape social policy for decades.

• Power Reclaimed
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• California's term-limit law was turning Assembly speakers into ciphers--until Fabian Nunez came along.

• Trenton's Folly
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• New Jersey's budget has been built on illusion for a long time. This year, reality intruded.

• Summer School
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• The old custom of starting class after Labor Day is gone in most of the country. Not everyone likes that.

• Spitzer's Gamble
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Who's got more clout in a state--the governor or the attorney general? In New York, that's not an easy question.

• Scalp Irritation
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Laws controlling ticket prices are usually an exercise in futility.

• Graduation Time
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• When the term-limit clock starts ticking for legislators, state jobs begin to look more attractive.

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

• The Veto Gambit
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• Anecdotal evidence seems to suggest that 2006 may be something more than a routine veto year.

The Business of Government

• Back Up On the Interstate
• By: Alex Marshall
• The national highway system is marking its Golden Anniversary, but that's not much cause for celebration.

• The Hit Record
• By: Ellen Perlman
• When it comes to using technology to streamline the health care system, the biggest buzz is about digitizing individuals' health records--putting them in a standardized format and connecting them via the Web.

• In Utah, It's Gracias but no Gracias
• By: Zach Patton
• State takes a hard line on English only.

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• By: Zach Patton

• Elder Insurance: Florida Puts a Lid On Rate Hikes
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• Web Custodians
• By: Christopher Swope
• Kentucky's decision to block political blogs has rankled many state employees.

• Revenue Retiree: A Michigan Tax Faces the Ax
• By: Josh Goodman

• The Reactor Factor
• By: Tom Arrandale
• The nation needs to invest in sources for electricity that won't emit greenhouse gases. Nuclear power could be the best, safest solution.

• Reversing the Brain Drain
• By: William Fulton
• Cities are starting to use scholarships to local colleges to keep promising young people from moving away.

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