Features

• Taking It To The Board Room
• By: Christopher Swope
• States are continuing to use the power of the investment purse to challenge the way corporations do business.

Up Front

• Bush and The 50 Beggars
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• States are beseeching the White House for some dollars to tide them over while they get back on their feet. The White House isn't going for it.

• Call of The Wild
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Alaska's Frank Murkowski left the U.S. Senate to take over a state that's going broke. Why would he do that?

• Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest
• By: Otis White

• Learning To Love Lifestyle Land
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt

The Business of Government

• Pushing Amtrak Off The Track
• By: Christopher Swope

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• Helping The Elderly Buy Pills For A Pittance
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Ready To Roll Out Care In An Emergency
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Horse Sensitivity
• By: Christopher Swope
• Animal-rights groups want stricter laws--or outright bans--on horses in urban areas.

• Staying Within The Lines...
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Pudding and A No. 2 Pencil
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Bait and Switch Off
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Down The Hatch
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Saving Billions On Computers
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Opening Pension Fund Books Even Wider
• By: Christopher Swope

• Triggering A Backlash
• By: Tom Arrandale
• State officials run political risks if they break 30-year-old promises to prevent severe ecological damage.

• Sizing Things Up
• By: William Fulton
• For years we've debated how big our local governments ought to be-- without factoring in economic development.

Training Opportunities

• Health Care Reform After the Decision
• In this Mercer Report, you’ll learn how different organizations plan to tackle the new requirements of ACA and discover where most employer concerns are focused, who expects to be hardest hit, and how different health plans and Medicaid may impact overall costs.
• Crime Prediction and Prevention


• Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality