Features

• Carbon Goes to Market
• By: Tom Arrandale

• The feds have been talking about cap-and-trade. The states are doing it.

• Locked Up
• By: Christopher Swope

• Can we solve global warming by storing CO2 underground?

• A Union 'Yes'
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• For a decade, unions have resisted nearly every big idea in education. Can Randi Weingarten call teachers back from the barricades?

• Turning the Lottery Loose
• By: Jonathan Walters

• There are plenty of ways for states to pull more revenue out of their games. All of them face substantial political hurdles.

• The Plugged-In Patient
• By: Ellen Perlman

• Health records may finally go electronic -- with the help of two high-profile companies.

• Dues Blues
• By: Brendan Schlauch
• The housing slump is taking a toll on homeowner associations.

Up Front

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• By: Brendan Schlauch

• Water Wars and Peace
• By: Jonathan Walters
• The Great Lakes states and provinces sign on to protect their greatest resource -- and need only a rubber stamp from the feds.

The Business of Government

• The Big Bill
• By: John E. Petersen
• In Massachusetts, there is an ongoing disconnect between enjoying the good things in life and paying for them.

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• By: John E. Petersen

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• By: John E. Petersen

• Executioner's Song
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• There is a lot of fanfare when a new program is signed into law. But then, it disappears from sight. Why is that?

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