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.

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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