Features

• Trade Offs
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• A growing number of states don't want to be part of free-trade pacts that block their purchasing preferences.

• Sidewalk Cachet
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau
• Cracked concrete and calls for walkability are pushing cities to focus on long-neglected pavement.

• The Washington Offensive
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Republicans may be suspicious of federal power, but they're imposing it on states and localities every chance they get.

• Burned By Success
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• An ingenious development director worked miracles in a small Georgia town. That didn't make the whole town happy.

• The Big Band Era
• By: Christopher Swope
• The quest for rapid and robust Internet access has cities grappling with how to bring the best of broadband to their businesses and residents.

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• By: Christopher Swope

Up Front

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

• Sudden Summons
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Dave Heineman has done all sorts of jobs in Nebraska government. With his boss leaving for Washington, he's about to get the big one.

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

The Business of Government

• Banner Results
• By: Christopher Swope

• Ready Money
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Big Blues Merger
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Ferries Lose Their Sparkle
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau

• Extreme Makeover: Clean Energy Peps Up its Image
• By: Christopher Swope

• Toll Free: Bridging A Revenue Gap in Chicago
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• Laptop Lessons
• By: Ellen Perlman
• As school districts try to stretch their tech dollars, they are testing ways to bring the Internet and mobile computing to the classroom.

• Grid Lock: West Virginia Powers Up Its Computing Capacity
• By: Ellen Perlman

• A Little Less Input, Please
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• Gathering all the public input you can may sound like a good idea, but it's often more of a pain than a panacea.

• California Dreamin'
• By: Penelope Lemov
• Piecemeal reforms show the unwillingness of policy makers to take bold steps to deal with the nation's health care crisis.

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• By: Penelope Lemov

• No Help From Higher-Ups
• By: John E. Petersen
• The states can expect to bear the fiscal burden of major changes in federal taxes and domestic spending.

• Going for the Flow
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• For folks who don't live in Indiana--and even for many who do--it's tough to stay on top of what time it is there. The majority of the state doesn't observe daylight-savings time, but the intra-state divisions--15 counties make the dayl

• It's About Time
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• Indiana may--finally--buy into daylight savings.

Training Opportunities

• Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality
• This white paper describes how developing competencies in five key area can help public safety agencies more effectively do their jobs in the face of extremely important and difficult sets of issues.
• Crime Prediction and Prevention


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