Features

• A Little Sunshine
• By: Melissa Maynard
• After a period of eclipse, anti-secrecy and open-government laws are making a comeback.

• A Counselor's Calling
• By: Will Wilson
• If there's a way to tame long-term-care costs, a program that puts patients in control may be it.

• Biofuel Boom
• By: Josh Goodman
• Move over corn. States are plowing millions into switchgrass and other sources for alternative fuels.

• Crackdown
• By: Josh Goodman

• Immigration pressures are rearranging politics in more than one state capitol.

• The Valley of Surveillance
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Phoenix is on the cutting edge when it comes to using wireless cameras to catch criminals.

• The Long and Taxing Road
• By: Kathleen Hunter

• The gas tax is dying. Will drivers pay for highways by the mile?

Up Front

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• By: Kathleen Hunter

• Water Diplomat
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• William Ruckelshaus has had lots of tough assignments. He's got another one now.

• Shareholder Heaven
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• If you own stock in a company, you might want it to move to North Dakota.

• Rancor In Little Rock
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• The city famous for civil rights turmoil is arguing over race in schools again.

• Northern Exposure
• By: Anne Jordan

• Auditor In Charge
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Mark Funkhouser has to make the switch from pointing out problems to solving them.

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Press 1 to Self-Destruct
• By: Mark Stencel

• Pills of Protest
• By: Jonathan Walters
• High drug prices are pushing some states to take radical action.

The Business of Government

• Staying Afloat: Kansas Learns a Lesson About Motor Pools
• By: Zach Patton

• How Green Is My Blacktop
• By: Will Wilson
• Illinois is Moving Ahead With a New Formula for Rubber-Tire Roadways.

• An Ounce of Encouragement
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• Some states and localities are taking steps to get constituents to do what they ought to do anyway.

• A System in Collapse
• By: Penelope Lemov

• Instead of tinkering with insurance, we should be overhauling the parts of the system that drive up costs.

• Auditors Anonymous
• By: Zach Patton
• Cities are turning to "mystery shoppers" to evaluate how well they deliver services.

• Kentucky Fried Bonds
• By: John E. Petersen
• A Supreme Court case on state exemptions of interest income from muni bonds could fire up big changes in the bond market.

• Ebb and Flow: Counties With Big Win On Trash
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• In Orbit: A Spaceport Takes Off
• By: Melissa Maynard

• Clearing a Vision For Los Angeles
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau
• A planning commission challenges city leaders on visual blight.

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• By: Elizabeth Daigneau

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