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• Where Will Sex Offenders Live?
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Creating buffer zones around schools and other public places can make entire cities off-limits.

• Real Power
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• The real estate lobby is under serious competitive challenge, but no pressure group is better at bending legislatures to its will.

• Rivals with a Cause
• By: Jonathan Walters
• Comparing local government practices and performance among neighboring communities is rare but rewarding.

• Fat City
• By: Christopher Conte
• Is there a way for a government to fight obesity? Chicago's new health commissioner is trying to figure that out.

• The High-Wire Act
• By: John E. Petersen
• Public fund investors now work in a world where risk means safety.

• Solidarity Forgotten
• By: Jonathan Walters
• What started as a rift in the AFL-CIO has intensified into a fervent contest between the public employee unions over new recruits.

• Chasing the Shadow
• By: Zach Patton
• "527" groups are a mysterious but increasingly powerful force in American elections. One state has cracked down on them; others are trying.

Up Front

• Unwanted Weapons
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• Gun violence is a problem that governments at every level wish somebody else would solve.

• Restless in Des Moines
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Sensing trouble in the fall, Iowa's Senate Republicans have turned to Mary Lundby to bail them out.

• Health Care Deja Vu
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• Massachusetts tried universal health coverage once before.

• Wait 'Til Next Year
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Utah was all set for tax reform in 2006. Then it got nervous.

• The Mother of All User Fees
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Would you be happier paying taxes if you knew just what you were getting?

• Slow March to the Polls
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• If more Hispanics voted, they could change American politics. But there are reasons why they don't.

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• The Bungalow Bind
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• Middle-aged suburbs with a disproportionate number of houses from the 1950s and '60s are in trouble.

The Business of Government

• A Bridge Too Far
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Born Digital
• By: Ellen Perlman

• In the Zone
• By: Christopher Swope
• The pictorial approach to building codes

• Domain Doctor: Utah Puts a Mediator in Charge
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Stub Snub: Setting New Limits on Tobacco
• By: Josh Goodman

• Is There a Druggist in the House?
• By: Christopher Swope
• A Florida county brings the pharmacy to its workplace

• Allergic Tree Action
• By: Zach Patton
• Cities' preference for planting male trees has led to the proliferation of pollen.Cities' preference for planting male trees has led to the proliferation of pollen.

• Getting Back Taxes
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Big cities go to court over online hotel-rate deals

• Bond Bits: Ill Winds and Water
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• Capping a Hot Spot
• By: Tom Arrandale
• Mercury released by coal-fired power plants is toxic, and some state lawmakers don't see emissions trading as the way to deal with it.

• The China Connection
• By: William Fulton
• The Asian giant isn't stealing our manufacturing jobs. The jobs, themselves, are evaporating.

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