Features

• Static on the Grid
• By: Christopher Swope
• States that deregulated are trying to make competition work better for consumers and the state's power supply.

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• By: Christopher Swope

• Courting Talent
• By: Jonathan Walters

• High-level public jobs are getting harder to fill -- and recruiters are venturing into some unlikely places to fill them.

• Felon Fallout
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Overcrowding and soaring corrections costs are pushing prison reform to the top of states' policy agendas.

• Betting the Farm
• By: Zach Patton

• Data storage is the backbone of today's Internet economy. But are power-hungry server farms worth wooing for economic development?

• Revving Up the Rails
• By: Josh Goodman
• States are ready to put up big bucks to speed up passenger rail service--if someone would just push freight trains out of the way.

Up Front

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• By: Josh Goodman

• Central Figure
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Dennis O'Brien has made a career in the middle of the political spectrum. Can he lead from there?

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Broadband's Buzzwords
• By: Mark Stencel

• To understand the debates over telecom policy taking place at the state and federal levels, it helps to know the video franchising lingo.

• Fueling a Tax
• By: John E. Petersen
• A drive toward increased efficiency in energy and reduced oil consumption means state revenue systems will undergo wrenching changes.

• SCHIP and Beyond
• By: Jonathan Walters
• The children's health program is a model for what broader health care initiatives ought to look like.

Business for Government

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• By: Jonathan Walters

• Dialogue in the Delta
• By: Penelope Lemov

• Viewing diabetes as an economic issue has led to a unique regional coalition of stakeholders.

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• By: Penelope Lemov

• Rough Landing: Miami Airport Deals With a $1 Billion Debt
• By: Josh Goodman
• Real-life sinkholes are a problem in South Florida, but the one giving Miami-Dade County officials headaches these days is figurative: Miami International Airport's finances.

• Numbers, Crunched
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• If budgets are financial plans, then CAFRs tell you what happened to the plan. So why don't more people pay attention to them?

• Great Forensic Expectations
• By: Zach Patton
• Do TV shows about crime investigation influence real-life jurors?

• Eco-Friendship: Cities Move Toward Green Building Codes
• By: Zach Patton

• Park With a View: Seattle's Sculpture Garden Opens the City
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau

Training Opportunities

• Health Care Reform After the Decision
• In this Mercer Report, you’ll learn how different organizations plan to tackle the new requirements of ACA and discover where most employer concerns are focused, who expects to be hardest hit, and how different health plans and Medicaid may impact overall costs.
• Crime Prediction and Prevention


• Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality