Features

• Lone Star Contract Less
• By: Will Wilson
• A privatization program unravels in its first year and raises questions about how it could go so far south so fast.

• Death From Washington
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Federal prosecutors are increasingly eager to invoke capital punishment--even in states that don't like it.

• Working Without Wires
• By: Christopher Swope

• Municipal WiFi is coming. Government employees, not citizens, may be the biggest users.

• Bad Bugs
• By: Zach Patton

• Drug-resistant microbes are evolving into a public health problem too widespread to ignore.

• The Disability Dilemma
• By: Jonathan Walters

• Police officers and firefighters injured in the line of duty receive generous benefits. Can localities afford to keep paying for them?

• Fleet Dreams
• By: Josh Goodman
• If tomorrow's cars won't be fueled by gas, what will run them and who'll pick the winner?

• Catching Up With Speed
• By: Melissa Maynard
• Two states are adjusting the way they deal with lead-footed drivers.

Up Front

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• By: Melissa Maynard

• Property Dilemma
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Florida property taxes badly need reform. But it has to be sensible reform.

• New Clout In a Big County
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• L.A. County supervisors have done something unusual--given up power voluntarily.

• Horrendous Honeymoon
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• It's hard to imagine a worse start than the one Nevada's governor is off to.

• Greenhouse Shift
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• By one vote, the U.S. Supreme Court has altered the politics of air pollution.

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• Making a Splash
• By: Mark Stencel

• When IT is outsourced, a CIO will do almost anything to meld public and private workforces.

• Watered-Down TEA
• By: Jonathan Walters
• This is supposed to be the era of enlightened federal transportation policy. Sometimes you have to wonder.

• King of Swing
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• In an all-but-deadlocked Montana House, iconoclast Rick Jore holds the balance of power.

The Business of Government

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• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Hot Stuff: States Look to Natural Energy
• By: Melissa Maynard

• Doubling Trouble: Minnesota's Gigantic Mall Has Growing Pains
• By: Josh Goodman

• Highway Helper: States Add Leverage To P3 Deals
• By: Will Wilson

• The Listening Post
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• One of the toughest things for states or localities to do is get bona fide input from citizens on how they're doing.

• Medicaid's Breaking Point
• By: Penelope Lemov

• Fears that Medicaid could be the Pac Man that eats up state budgets may be more rhetoric than reality.

• Narrow-Minded
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Allowing skinny houses to be built on small lots can increase both density and affordability.

• Lassoing GASB 45
• By: John E. Petersen
• Texas is leading a charge to get rid of the accounting rule that forces states and localities to tally the future costs of health benefits for retirees.

• A New Measure for Local Aid
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau
• States may tie strings to their helping hand.

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