Features

• Little Mergers on The Prairie
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Although Iowa failed in its efforts to make municipalities consolidate, collaboration is happening at the grassroots level.

• Warning: Evoting Ahead
• By: Ellen Perlman
• From local election officials to ordinary citizens, there's angst in the air over the security of electronic ballots.

• Purchasing For Power
• By: Zach Patton
• Some states and localities keep a lid on energy costs by using old- fashioned leverage and new-tech auctions.

• Extreme Makeover
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• After transforming its downtown into a residential mecca, Vancouver is trying to find the right balance between condos and commerce.

• Domain Poisoning
• By: Christopher Swope
• How states and localities lost ground after their Supreme Court win on eminent domain--a tool they can use to turn around dying or dangerous neighborhoods.

Up Front

• Bordering on Disaster
• By: Jonathan Walters
• A national immigration policy requires a level of collaboration that none of the major players is willing to risk.

• Too Big for The Road
• By: Zach Patton
• Massive trucks are tearing up fragile state highways. And more of them are out there every year.

• A Need for Magic
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Cory Booker's gifts are such that his political future seems limitless. But to move on, he has to make a record in Newark.

• Down on The Gown
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• The demand for fiscal accountability is graduating to the college level.

• Perks That Kill
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• When voters think legislators are living too well at public expense, they pounce.

• Decent Neighbor
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• In an era of federal indifference to cities, the General Services Administration is an innovative exception.

• Deal in Denver
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• An 11th-hour compromise shores up an overburdened state retirement system.

• Why Cities Want the Olympics
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• RIvals on The Right
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• What we're seeing is moderate Republicans being picked off by organized conservative opposition.

The Business of Government

• Tanking Up on E-85
• By: Josh Goodman
• Biofuel "gas" stations to dot Tennessee highways.

• Gimme Shelter: Boosting Florida's Turnpike Power
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Wimaxing the Digital Divide
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau
• Milwaukee's school district will send the Internet to students' homes.

• Online Design: The Virtual Reality of Park Planning
• By: Josh Goodman

• Telecommuting Hits The Road
• By: Mark Stencel
• Internet access on buses and subways can turn car-centric commuters into mass transit riders--if the technology works.

• Don't Ask
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• The more thoroughly you measure the depths of any problem, the bigger that problem will appear to be.

• Lean but Mean Medicaid
• By: Penelope Lemov
• It's one thing to use the carrot to encourage healthy behavior. It's another to use the stick--especially on children.

• Hackneyed Gab
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Politicians and the media "do democracy a disservice" by resorting to cliches.

• Property Tax Favorism
• By: John E. Petersen

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• By: John E. Petersen

• Clean-Air Pressure on Developers
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• A California community asks builders to help stop smog.

• Rewarding The Right Location
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Illinois offers incentives for linking workplace with workforce.

• Officer Eco-Friendly: Wisconsin Will Certify Green Tourist Sites
• By: Heather Kerrigan

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