Features

• Say Hello to Kyoto
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Global warming is being addressed by the states.

• The Impatience of Paul Vallas
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Philadelphia's school superintendent is brimming with ideas about how to improve things, and he's trying all of them at once.

• Chip on Your Shoulder
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Radio frequency technology offers government some breakthrough possibilities. It also scares people.

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• By: Ellen Perlman

• Battle of the Badges
• By: John Buntin
• Tense relations between police and fire departments, long a fact of life in many cities, are now emerging as a serious domestic- preparedness problem.

• Agribigness
• By: Ben Delman
• Midwestern states are experiencing a round of legal challenges to longstanding laws that ban corporate ownership of farms.

Up Front

• Whose Guard Is It, Anyway?
• By: Jonathan Walters
• The part-time soldiers fighting for the Pentagon overseas have work to do at home.

• Blunt Instrument
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Lillian Koller likes to cut through red tape--even if that means bending a few rules of courtesy.

• The Immigration Challenge
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Some bureaucracies know how to solve human problems. Some don't.

• School Finance Forever
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• When it comes to education funding, only one word seems to count: more.

• Stuck on Contracts
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Everybody agrees John Rowland made a mess managing Connecticut. What they don't agree on is how to fix it.

• Security by the Barrel
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• The politics of staying safe is still politics, whatever you choose to call it.

• Not Getting Married
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Short of reaching the altar, the gay-rights campaign is making gains.

• Do Cameras Prevent Crime?
• By: Otis White

• Big Bucks to Buckle Up
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• Seat-Belt mandates are no panacea, no matter how much money is thrown at them.

The Business of Government

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• By: Alan Ehrenhalt

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• By: Alan Ehrenhalt

• A Tenncare Tune-Up
• By: Zach Patton
• Putting medical records online

• Data Delivery: Rap Sheets in Real Time
• By: Christopher Swope

• Apples to Umbrellas
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• Criteria and formulas for basic performance measures are so varied, comparing data from one state to another is often a fruitless exercise.

• Wellness: Carrots and Sticks
• By: Penelope Lemov
• There's danger in expecting wellness programs to work miracles and abandoning them when they don't.

• Civilizing the Alley
• By: Christopher Swope
• New Urbanists promote back streets to bring neighbors together.

• Costing Out Security
• By: John E. Petersen
• The economic burdens of "hardening" transit systems are huge--and raise politically divisive questions.

• Repaving Those Parking Lots
• By: Josh Goodman
• Austin targets coal-tar sealants as polluters

• Trailblazers: Regulators Put a Lid On Burn Offs
• By: Josh Goodman
• Two California air quality management districts have taken the lead in regulating flaring at oil refineries.

• A Beef Plant Goes Bust
• By: Ben Delman
• Mississippi's failed plan is costly

• Trading Up: Show-Me-State Shows Business New Bait
• By: Ben Delman

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