June 2002
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Three states take steps to curb localities' charges for laying
broadband lines beneath city streets.
In the 1990s, New York and Boston achieved dramatic decreases in
homicide. One of them is still improving. The other is getting worse
again. Why?
Earnings are down, benefits are up. For state and local retirement
systems, it's been a year of living very dangerously.
State-versus-local tension is getting worse. Locals fear state budgets
will be balanced at their expense. They may be right.
