• Skybox Skeptics
• By: Josh Goodman

• It's getting harder and harder for baseball teams to wangle public money for new stadiums.

• Coming Up for Air
• By: Christopher Swope
• Strong revenues spell less stress for states and localities, but budget relief may be short lived.

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• By: Christopher Swope

• The Missing Link
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Wikis, blogs and other interactive tools are making it easier to find out what people really think of their government and its services.

• The Job of Patients
• By: Penelope Lemov
• Health savings accounts can spur consumers to shop for the best care at the lowest price. But these insurance plans also carry a lot of risk.

• The Job of Patients
• By: Penelope Lemov
• Health savings accounts can spur consumers to shop for the best care at the lowest price. But these insurance plans also carry a lot of risk.

• Land Rush
• By: John Buntin
• Inner cities are becoming hot places to live. Does government have any business telling developers to keep out?

• Underdog
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• An accidental governor takes on the Big Guy.

• Politics in Bulk
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Joint-purchasing deals are a win-win proposition--except for those who lose.

• The Mod Squad
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Two California legislators pursue long-shot reform

• Lobby Decoration
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• There are some tough-sounding new lobby laws. It remains to be seen how much they amount to.

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Rational Readiness
• By: Jonathan Walters
• An effective anti-terrorism program demands tough decisions about where to spend the money.

• No Time to Rest
• By: Zach Patton
• Whenever Doug Brown tries to retire, New Mexico comes up with another job for him to do.

• Theory of Partisan Reality
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• The past decade has brought a marked increase in partisan unpleasantness in legislative bodies almost everywhere in the country.

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• By: Alan Ehrenhalt

• Reversal Fortune: Indiana Hits a Tollway Jackpot
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau

• Tag Lines: RFID Track Katrina's Body Count
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau

• The Customer Rules
• By: Mark Stencel

• Plugging In
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• Performance measures are finally being taken out of the box and applied to agency plans and budgets.

• Plugging In
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• Performance measures are finally being taken out of the box and applied to agency plans and budgets.

• Capping Medicaid Costs
• By: Penelope Lemov
• Florida and Kentucky are custom-tailoring the benefits package in an effort to make fiscal sense of the program.

• Post Script
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Schools still teach cursive writing. But hardly anyone uses it anymore.

• Pumping Up
• By: Gary Enos
• Here's a brief look at the benefits and downsides to alternative-fuel options state and local fleets use.

• Not Your Father's Mechanic
• By: Gary Enos

• The Gas Bill
• By: Gary Enos
• Facing a future of rising fuel costs, fleet managers are looking to an array of options.

• Voters may be coming around to the idea that government needs their money to keep public works up to speed.
• By: John E. Petersen
• The Big Thaw

• Let the Sunshine In: Oregon Learns Lessons In Green Construction
• By: Zach Patton

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• By: Zach Patton

• Space Cadets: New Mexico has its Eyes on the Skies
• By: Zach Patton

• A Merger's Ripple Effect
• By: Christopher Swope
• Department store buyout will be a job close-out

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