June 2006 | Table of Contents
Features
- Where Will Sex Offenders Live?
- Creating buffer zones around schools and other public places can make entire cities off-limits.
- Real Power
- 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
- Comparing local government practices and performance among neighboring communities is rare but rewarding.
- Fat City
- 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
- Public fund investors now work in a world where risk means safety.
- Solidarity Forgotten
- 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
- "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
- Gun violence is a problem that governments at every level wish somebody else would solve.
- Restless in Des Moines
- Sensing trouble in the fall, Iowa's Senate Republicans have turned to Mary Lundby to bail them out.
- Health Care Deja Vu
- Massachusetts tried universal health coverage once before.
- Wait 'Til Next Year
- Utah was all set for tax reform in 2006. Then it got nervous.
- The Mother of All User Fees
- Would you be happier paying taxes if you knew just what you were getting?
- Slow March to the Polls
- If more Hispanics voted, they could change American politics. But there are reasons why they don't.
- The Bungalow Bind
- Middle-aged suburbs with a disproportionate number of houses from the 1950s and '60s are in trouble.
The Business of Government
- In the Zone
- The pictorial approach to building codes
- Is There a Druggist in the House?
- A Florida county brings the pharmacy to its workplace
- Allergic Tree Action
- 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
- Big cities go to court over online hotel-rate deals
- Capping a Hot Spot
- 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
- The Asian giant isn't stealing our manufacturing jobs. The jobs, themselves, are evaporating.
Events & Webinars
- It’s A Paperless, Paperless World..... Thinking Outside the Box to Gain Efficiencies through Prepaid Cards
- April 23, 2013
- Public sector organizations are under intense scrutiny to operate as efficiently and effectively as possible and with maximum transparency. An important consideration is the way in which payments are made and managed. Prepaid cards can offer flexibility, security and accountability to governments as a method of dispersing benefits, healthcare and social care payments, child benefits and housing benefits to their constituents.
- GOVERNING - Michigan Leadership Forum 2013
- May 1, 2013
Training Opportunities
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- A Safer Public Through Advanced Analytics
- Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality
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