Features

• Minneapolis Speedway
• By: Josh Goodman

• A bridge collapsed. Minnesota's DOT replaced it in just 13 months. Here's how they did it.

• Crossroad
• By: Colby Itkowitz

• The Ordeal of David Paterson
• By: Rob Gurwitt

• New York's governor thinks his state needs drastic change. The political establishment will be hard to convince.

• Health Care Comes Home
• By: John Buntin

• North Carolina has built a coordinated medical system for the poor that includes old-style house calls. And it's making a big difference.

• Goodnight Computer
• By: Zach Patton

• How to save money by logging off.

Departments

• Our New Look
• By: Beth Bronder

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• By: Beth Bronder

Politics + Policy

• Austin's Surprise Speaker
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Joe Straus won power very quickly by not asking for it.

• Intense Rheeaction
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Predators' Reprieve
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Controlling sex offenders takes money states don't have.

• Creative Disruption
• By: Penelope Lemov

• Will innovation bring efficiencies to health care -- or blow it up?

• Tackling Taxophobia
• By: Peter Harkness
• We can't keep pretending tax increases are a fatal disease.

• Lofty Goals
• By: Christopher Swope

• What exactly is a green job?

• The Dying Auto Mall
• By: William Fulton
• The sale of cars isn't a public cash cow anymore.

• Philly Aglow
• By: Christopher Swope

Problem Solver

• Run for Your Lives, Please
• By: Amanda Ripley

• What does it take to make people heed a disaster warning?

• Spend Now, Save Later
• By: John E. Petersen
• After the fun and games of a stimulus bump, stringency lies ahead.

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