Features

• Blue Challenge
• By: Josh Goodman

• Democrats hold power now in places where they have been on the outside a long time. The question is what they will do with it.

• Issues to Watch 2007
• By: Zach Patton

• State lawmakers' frustration with federal inaction will fuel much of the action in state capitols this year.

• Unloading Assets
• By: Christopher Swope

• Cities and states are selling off bits and pieces of infrastructure. Is it a sweet deal or a mistake?

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• By: Christopher Swope

• "Stat" Fever
• By: Ellen Perlman
• The practice of collecting data to monitor and improve government performance continues to gain momentum and evolve.

• Value-Added Taxi
• By: Zach Patton
• Sometimes transit operators' and cab drivers' personal beliefs conflict with their jobs and passengers.

Up Front

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• By: Zach Patton

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• By: Zach Patton

• Tabling Tabor
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• The drive for tax and spending limits is running out of steam.

• San Diego's Tough Choices
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• One of the city's nightmares is over; others continue.

• What's a Lobbyist?
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Colorado's new "cooling-off" law is making legislators nervous.

• Crossing the Delaware
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Two states that share a river can't agree on what to do with it.

• Lonesome Leader
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Nobody likes John Leopold but the voters. They've put him in charge of one of Maryland's biggest jurisdictions.

• Minimum Impact
• By: Jonathan Walters
• A $7.25 minimum wage means a lot politically. It just doesn't mean much economically.

The Business of Government

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• By: Jonathan Walters

• Merit Pay Moves Forward
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• A number of states and cities are piloting a much-debated management tool to pay teachers.

• The Open-Minded Desktop
• By: Mark Stencel

• A Maryland library system shows that it's not just techies and geeks who can learn to love Linux.

• Rx Side Effects
• By: Penelope Lemov

• Despite consumers' excitement over Wal-Mart's $4 generic drug sales, state Medicaid officials are wary.

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• By: Penelope Lemov

• Chipping in for Silicon Valley
• By: Christopher Swope
• San Jose capitalizes its own venture fund

• Do You Know What You Own?
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• A surprising number of states and localities don't have the kind of inventory of their assets that a decent shoe store has.

• The Guts of a New Machine: Investing in Biodigesting
• By: Ellen Perlman

• The Check is in the Mail
• By: John E. Petersen
• If the economy turns down this year, will the feds rescue the states the way they did in 2003?

• Getting Rid of Gridlock
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau
• Voters ante up to address traffic and transit concerns.

• Subway Story: A Fix for Escalator Woes
• By: Josh Goodman
• Washington, D.C.'s subway system hopes to have its elevators and escalators on the up and up thanks to a new training facility for the mechanics that keep them working.

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