2004 State Legislatures Magazine Index

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Automotive
Always a Parking Spot for Moms-to-Be (Trends) June, Page 8

Black Box Unlocks Car Crash Mysteries (Trends) February, Page 7

Enough's Enough (Trends) December, Page 9

Putting the Brakes on Older Drivers (Trends) September, Page 8

Surviving Driving (Savage) February, pp. 16-17

Sidebars:
The Facts, Page 16
Core Elements of Graduated Driver's Licenses, Page 17

The Great Hydrogen Hope (Boulard) February, pp. 12-15

B
Budgets
See You in Court (Jones and Erickson) July/August, pp. 49-52

Sidebars:
Budget Battles, Page 51
Working with the Governor, Page 52

Taxing Behavior (Waisanen) June, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
7 Taxes for 7 Sins, Page 31
State Tobacco Tax Actions, Page 31

Taxing Online Sales (Trends) May, Page 7

C
Children, Youth and Families
Always a Parking Spot for Moms-to-Be (Trends) June, Page 8

Child Porn Laws Cast a Wide Web (Trends) October/November, Page 8

Deaf Children: The Right To Be Heard (Trends) May, Page 9

Sidebar:
States with a Bill of Rights for Deaf Children, Page 9

Downsizing Helps Delinquents (Hammond) December, Page 23

Fewer Kids Graduating Than 30 Years Ago (Trends) April, Page 9

Finding Refuge From Abuse (Trends) June, Page 8

Getting to School Safely (Trends) July/August, Page 9

How to Talk to Kids (Goehring and Fischer) September, pp. 30-31

Sidebar:
Connect with Kids, Page 30

Influenza Vaccinations (Trends) February, Page 7

Is SCHIP Shipshape? (Park and Oliver) May, pp. 16-19

Sidebars:
Splitting the Costs: SCHIP Funding From the Feds, Page 17
SCHIP Income Eligibility Levels, Page 18
The Number of Children Enrolled in SCHIP, Page 18
SCHIP: Enrollment Declines and Enrollment Freezes, Page 18

Kid Safety in Cars (Trends) May, Page 7

Life After Foster Care (Ferrell) October/November, pp. 28-30

Sidebars:
Helping Kids Live on Their Own, Page 28
The Face of Foster Care: Jessica Lindsey, Page 29
The Face of Foster Care: Sidney Bynum, Page 30

More States Fund Marriage Activities (Trends) April, Page 9

Surviving Driving (Savage) February, pp. 16-17

Sidebars:
The Facts, Page 16
Core Elements of Graduated Driver's Licenses, Page 17

Teen Trouble: Drinking and Smoking (Goehring and Gordon) March, pp. 20-23

Sidebars:
Underage Drinking Statistics, Page 22
Fast Facts on Teen Smoking, Page 23

The Early Years of Life (StateStats) May, Page 5

Sidebars:
Working Mothers: A Fact of Life, Page 5
Who's Taking Care of Baby?, Page 5
Lots of Little People, Page 5

Vaccines = Autism? Scientists Say No (Trends) October/November, Page 7

Civics, Citizenship
How to Talk to Kids (Goehring and Fischer) September, pp. 30-31

Sidebar:
Connect with Kids, Page 30

Legislators Teach and Learn (Goehring) January, Page 23

Sidebar:
Top Ten States for Legislators Back to School Week, Page 23

Computers, High Tech
Buried in E-Waste (Hosansky) June, pp. 20-23

Sidebars:
Rhode Island Collects 600,000 Pounds of Waste, Page 21
There's Help on the Web, Page 21

Foiling ID Thieves (Boulard) October/November, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
The 10 Worst States with Identity Theft, Page 13
Using Technology to Thwart ID Piracy, Page 13
How They Work, Page 14
Facts and Figures of ID Theft, Page 15

Hello, Bombay? Can I Renew My License? (Trends) January, Page 9

Identity Thieves: Let's Catch Them If We Can (Morton) January, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
Six Things Legislators Can Do, Page 30
Five Things Consumers Can Do, Page 30
Advice for Constituents, Page 31
Don't Believe It? Check These Out, Page 31

I.T. -- Big Investment, Bigger Returns (Bourguard) April, pp. 18-21

Sidebars:
High Tech/High Savings, Page 20
Creative Ways to Fund Technology, Page 21

Matrix Revolution (Harrison) May, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
FBI's VICAP Helps Solve Crimes, Page 13
Database Debase, Page 14
DNA Information Gives Leads, Page 15

Spyware Beware in Utah (Trends) July/August, Page 11

The Outcry Over Outsourcing (Marks) May, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
States Considering Bans on Agencies Using Offshore Outsourcing, Page 30
Congress Has Its Say on Sending Jobs Offshore, Page 31

Crime
California Voters to Get a Swing at "Three Strikes" (Lyons) September, pp. 20-21

Sidebar:
24 States Go After Repeat Offenders, Page 20

Child Porn Laws Cast a Wide Web (Trends) October/November, Page 8

DNA: Crime Solvers' Magic Bullet (Trends) March, Page 11

Downsizing Helps Delinquents (Hammond) December, Page 23

Enough's Enough (Trends) December, Page 9

Finding Refuge From Abuse (Trends) June, Page 8

Foiling ID Thieves (Boulard) October/November, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
The 10 Worst States with Identity Theft, Page 13
Using Technology to Thwart ID Piracy, Page 13
How They Work, Page 14
Facts and Figures of ID Theft, Page 15

Identity Thieves: Let's Catch Them If We Can (Morton) January, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
Six Things Legislators Can Do, Page 30
Five Things Consumers Can Do, Page 30
Advice for Constituents, Page 31
Don't Believe It? Check These Out, Page 31

Matrix Revolution (Harrison) May, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
FBI's VICAP Helps Solve Crimes, Page 13
Database Debase, Page 14
DNA Information Gives Leads, Page 15

Oklahoma: Death to Meth (Trends) September, Page 7

Power in the Wrong Hands (Sundeen) September, Page 29

Sidebar:
15 States Don't Allow It, Page 29

D
Disabilities
One Stop to Independence (Trends) January, Page 9

E
Economic Development
Down Home Tourism (Trends) July/August, Page 10

From Poverty to Business Owner (StateStats) March, Page 7

Sidebars:
Helping Low-Income Entrepreneurs, Page 7
Owning a Business is a Lift Up, Page 7
Maximum Loan Size, Page 7

Tennessee Buys American (Trends) July/August, Page 11

The Outcry Over Outsourcing (Marks) May, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
States Considering Bans on Agencies Using Offshore Outsourcing, Page 30
Congress Has Its Say on Sending Jobs Offshore, Page 31

Trade Agreement Trade-Offs (Waren) July/August, pp. 20-23

Sidebars:
Trade Talk, Page 20
Unintended Consequences: Expropriating State Sovereignty, Page 21
Consulting with States on Trade, Page 22
Committee is Legislatures' Voice on Trade, Page 22
Trade is Vital to Agriculture, Page 23
States Study Trade Policy, Page 23

What's Health Got To Do With It? (Robbins, Andersen, Morandi) June, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
Mixed-Use Development: What Does It Look Like?, Page 13
Mixed-Use Development Ordinances, Page 14
Transportation Policies, Page 14

Education
A Public Kind of Private School (Russo) May, pp. 24-27

Sidebar:
A Model to Build On, Page 26

A Tex-Mex Exchange (Boulard) December, Page 30

Sidebar:
Foreign Students in the United States, Page 30

Are We Paying University Presidents Too Much? (Trends) June, Page 9

Arkansas Law Puts Teeth in New Oral Health Standards in Schools (Trends) September, Page 7

Sidebar:
U.S. Children Ages 5-17 Years Who Have Had Cavities, Page 7

Average Class Size in Public Elementary Schools (Trends) December, Page 7

Class Size Squeeze (Kelderman) May, pp. 28-29

Colorado Shuts Down Its Prepaid Tuition Plan (Walton) May, pp. 20-21

Sidebar:
Colorado Prepared Tuition Fund, Page 21

Credit Goes to Wrong Representative in Florida (Letters) December, Page 4

Deaf Children: The Right To Be Heard (Trends) May, Page 9

Sidebar:
States with a Bill of Rights for Deaf Children, Page 9

Education Survives in Michigan -- For Now (Cain and Hornbeck) January, pp. 24-28

Sidebars:
Is Education on the Chopping Block This Round?, Page 25
Putting Computers in Students' Laps, Page 26
A Laptop for Every Sixth Grader, Every Year, Page 27

Fewer Kids Graduating Than 30 Years Ago (Trends) April, Page 9

Getting to School Safely (Trends) July/August, Page 9

How to Talk to Kids (Goehring and Fischer) September, pp. 30-31

Sidebar:
Connect with Kids, Page 30

How States Fund Full-Day Kindergarten (Trends) June, Page 9

Legislators Teach and Learn (Goehring) January, Page 23

Sidebar:
Top Ten States for Legislators Back to School Week, Page 23

Litigation in Education (Smith and Durr) September, pp. 12-15

Sidebar:
50 Years of Litigation, Page 13

Out of Classroom Experiences (Goehring) September, pp. 16-17

Sidebar:
America's Legislators Back to School Sept. 20 to 24, Page 16

Statewide Student Tests (Andrade) February, pp. 32-35

Sidebar:
Where's the Money?, Page 34

Take Your Pick Education (Boulard) March, pp. 30-32

Sidebars:
What Makes Good School Choice Policy, Page 30
Students at Private and Religious Schools Have Higher SAT Scores, Page 31

Varsity Vouchers (Russo) June, Page 27

Sidebar:
State Appropriation, Page 27

Elections
2004 Ballot Measures: Everything But the Kitchen Sink (Bowser) September, pp. 26-27

Sidebars:
Citizen Initiated Measures on the Ballot, Page 26
2004 Ballot Measures, Page 27

Corrections (Letters) December, Page 4

Perpetual Parity (Storey and Moore) December, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
Legislative Control, Page 13
States Where One Party Controls Legislative and Governorship, Page 13
On the Way to Congress, Page 14
Is Parity Here to Stay?, Page 15

The People's Choice (Bowser) December, pp. 16-17

Energy
Electric Choice Works in Pennsylvania (Rewey) June, pp. 28-29

Sidebars:
What Sets Pennsylvania Apart?, Page 29
Pennsylvania Customers Switching Utility Companies, Page 29

Energy Hot Spots (Brown, Rewey, Gagliano) April, pp. 12-13

Pungent Power (Gagliano) March, Page 25

Sidebar:
Biomass Facts, Page 25

The Great Hydrogen Hope (Boulard) February, pp. 12-15

Environment, Conservation
Adopt-A-Highway Volunteers Clean Up (Trends) June, Page 7

Buried in E-Waste (Hosansky) June, pp. 20-23

Sidebars:
Rhode Island Collects 600,000 Pounds of Waste, Page 21
There's Help on the Web, Page 21

Clearing the Air (Morandi) February, pp. 30-31

Energy Hot Spots (Brown, Rewey, Gagliano) April, pp. 12-13

Forests: Better Green than Black (Smith) September, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
2003 Wildland Fires, Page 33

Give Us Those Wide Open Spaces (Trends) April, Page 9

Sunshine on a Cloudy Day... (Morandi and Smith) October/November, Page 31

Sidebars:
What Governments Can Do, Page 31
Attainment and Nonattainment Areas Eight-Hour Ozone Standard, Page 31

Turning Brown Green in New York (Trends) January, Page 7

Sidebar:
What the Act Does, Page 7

Water Rights & Water Fights (Morandi) June, Page 17

Sidebar:
Water Allocation Systems in Eastern States, Page 17

What's Health Got To Do With It? (Robbins, Andersen, Morandi) June, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
Mixed-Use Development: What Does It Look Like?, Page 13
Mixed-Use Development Ordinances, Page 14
Transportation Policies, Page 14

F
Fiscal
Flow of Red Ink Slows (StateStats) June, Page 5

Sidebars:
States Have Closed Big Budget Gaps, Page 5
States Expecting Year-End Balances, Page 5
Conditions are Improving, Page 5
Budget Gaps Shrink, Page 5

Homeland Security: Who Gets What and How (StateStats) December, Page 5

Sidebars:
Homeland Security Grants, Page 5
FY2004 State Allocations, Page 5

How States Fund Full-Day Kindergarten (Trends) June, Page 9

Income Inches Up (Trends) July/August, Page 10

I.T. -- Big Investment, Bigger Returns (Bourguard) April, pp. 18-21

Sidebars:
High Tech/High Savings, Page 20
Creative Ways to Fund Technology, Page 21

Medicaid -- 10 Fixes That Work (King and Gordon) March, pp. 14-18

Sidebar:
Percent of Medicaid Long-Term Care Spending Used for Community-Based Services, Page 15
Preferred Drug Lists Aim at Medicaid Savings, Page 16
Stop-Gap Solutions 2002-2003, Page 17

State Taxes -- A Glance (Trends) December, Page 6

States Tackle Deep Discount Cigarettes (Gordon) January, pp. 32-33

Sidebars:
States List Cigarettes Approved For Sale, Page 32
Lost Revenue, Page 33

Taxing Behavior (Waisanen) June, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
7 Taxes for 7 Sins, Page 31
State Tobacco Tax Actions, Page 31

Taxing Online Sales (Trends) May, Page 7

The Perils of Property Tax Cuts (Kelly) October/November, pp. 24-26

Sidebars:
Local Property Taxes as a Percent of Local Taxes, Page 25
No Money in Colorado, Page 26
Property Tax is Leading Source of Local Revenues, Page 26

Tobacco Money Well Used, Not Abused (Gordon) February, pp. 36-37

Sidebar:
State Cigarette Tax Increases, Page 37

G
Gambling
Playing Slots While the Horses Trot (Trends) June, Page 8

Government
California to Control County Court Buildings (Trends) May, Page 7

Court Report (Savage) September, pp. 18-19

Sidebar:
What's Ahead, Page 19

Coverage Conundrum "State Employee Health Insurance" (Boulard) July/August, pp. 24-27

Sidebar:
A Look at the Facts, Page 25

ORCA -- Not a Killer, But a Whale of a Texas Agency (Cook) July/August, pp. 46-47

Sidebar:
State Level Agencies for Rural Concerns, Page 47

Schwarzenegger Blinked (Weintraub) December, pp. 20-22

Taxing Behavior (Waisanen) June, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
7 Taxes for 7 Sins, Page 31
State Tobacco Tax Actions, Page 31

The Mandate Monster (Stauffer and Tubbesing) May, pp. 22-23

Sidebars:
The 8 Worst Offenders, Page 22
The Cost to States of Selected Unfunded Federal Mandates, Page 23

The Road to Ratification (Trends) May, Page 9

Trade Agreement Trade-Offs (Waren) July/August, pp. 20-23

Sidebars:
Trade Talk, Page 20
Unintended Consequences: Expropriating State Sovereignty, Page 21
Consulting with States on Trade, Page 22
Committee is Legislatures' Voice on Trade, Page 22
Trade is Vital to Agriculture, Page 23
States Study Trade Policy, Page 23

H
Health
Always a Parking Spot for Moms-to-Be (Trends) June, Page 8

Arkansas Law Puts Teeth in New Oral Health Standards in Schools (Trends) September, Page 7

Sidebar:
U.S. Children Ages 5-17 Years Who Have Had Cavities, Page 7

Canadian Drugs: Panacea or Problem? (Trends) June, Page 9

Conquering Chronic Diseases (Goodwin) June, pp. 24-26

Sidebars:
Disease Management Defined, Page 25
Characteristics of State Programs, Page 26

Coverage Conundrum "State Employee Health Insurance" (Boulard) July/August, pp. 24-27

Sidebar:
A Look at the Facts, Page 25

Exercising Choices (Andrade) July/August, pp. 38-41

Sidebars:
Walking for Votes, Page 39
What's Your Child's Body Mass Index?, Page 40
There Oughta Be a Law, Page 41

Fighting Obesity in Texas (Letters) September, Page 4

Hawaii Says No to Pain (Trends) December, Page 7

Healthy Mandates? (Wasserman) January, pp. 19-21

Sidebars:
State Mandates Increased More Than 40-Fold in 30 Years, Page 20
How Much More Does it Cost?, Page 21

HIV and AIDS on the Rise in Rural America (Trends) April, Page 8

Influenza Vaccinations (Trends) February, Page 7

Is SCHIP Shipshape? (Park and Oliver) May, pp. 16-19

Sidebars:
Splitting the Costs: SCHIP Funding From the Feds, Page 17
SCHIP Income Eligibility Levels, Page 18
The Number of Children Enrolled in SCHIP, Page 18
SCHIP: Enrollment Declines and Enrollment Freezes, Page 18

Medicaid -- 10 Fixes That Work (King and Gordon) March, pp. 14-18

Sidebars:
Percent of Medicaid Long-Term Care Spending Used for Community-Based Services, Page 15
Preferred Drug Lists Aim at Medicaid Savings, Page 16
Stop-Gap Solutions 2002-2003, Page 17

Nothing to Smile About (Gordon) April, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
State Actions to Improve Dental Health, Page 33

Ohio Targets RX Help for Poor, Elderly (Trends) March, Page 9

Reducing Disparities in Health Care One Community at a Time (StateStats) September, Page 5

Sidebars:
Mammography Screening, Page 5
Health Center Patients By Race/Ethnicity, 2004, Page 5
Decreasing the Rate of Low Birth Weight Babies, Page 5
Total Death Rates, Page 5

Rising Drug Costs (Trends) January, Page 9

Surfing For Drugs (Gordon) April, pp. 28-29

Sidebars:
States with Internet Pharmacy Laws, Page 28
Certified Online Pharmacies, Page 29

The High Costs of Obesity (StateStats) April, Page 6

Sidebars:
Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults, Page 6
Obesity Trends Among U.S. Adults, Page 6
Estimated Medical Costs Attributable to Obesity, Page 6
Body Mass Index, Page 6

Tobacco Money Well Used, Not Abused (Gordon) February, pp. 36-37

Sidebar:
State Cigarette Tax Increases, Page 37

Top 10 Health Care Issues (Trends) March, Page 9

Vaccines = Autism? Scientists Say No (Trends) October/November, Page 7

Vermont Fed Up with Feds Over Drug Costs (Trends) October/November, Page 8

What's Health Got To Do With It? (Robbins, Andersen, Morandi) June, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
Mixed-Use Development: What Does It Look Like?, Page 13
Mixed-Use Development Ordinances, Page 14
Transportation Policies, Page 14

What's the Benefit? (Cauchi) July/August, pp. 28-33

Sidebars:
Federal Medicare RX Law: How it Works, Page 29
State Programs Respond, Page 31
How States Help with Pharmaceutical Costs, Page 31
So What About the Medicaid "Fiscal Relief?", Page 33

I
ID Theft/Privacy
Foiling ID Thieves (Boulard) October/November, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
The 10 Worst States with Identity Theft, Page 13
Using Technology to Thwart ID Piracy, Page 13
How They Work, Page 14
Facts and Figures of ID Theft, Page 15

Identity Thieves: Let's Catch Them If We Can (Morton) January, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
Six Things Legislators Can Do, Page 30
Five Things Consumers Can Do, Page 30
Advice for Constituents, Page 31
Don't Believe It? Check These Out, Page 31

Insurance
Coverage Conundrum "State Employee Health Insurance" (Boulard) July/August, pp. 24-27

Sidebar:
A Look at the Facts, Page 25

Healthy Mandates? (Wasserman) January, pp. 19-21

Sidebars:
State Mandates Increased More Than 40-Fold in 30 Years, Page 20
How Much More Does it Cost?, Page 21

South Carolina Reforms Auto Insurance (Gordon) March, pp. 28-29

Sidebar:
South Carolina Law Changes Statistics, Page 29

The Roar Over Credit Scores (Boulard) October/November, pp. 19-21

Internet

Get Your Constituents Clicking on You (Rose) April, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
Tell Your Side of the Story, Page 30
10 Tips for a Good Web Site, Page 31

Hello, Bombay? Can I Renew My License? (Trends) January, Page 9

Spyware Beware in Utah (Trends) July/August, Page 11

Surfing For Drugs (Gordon) April, pp. 28-29

Sidebars:
States with Internet Pharmacy Laws, Page 28
Certified Online Pharmacies, Page 29

The Power of Unity (Trends) October/November, Page 7

J
Judicial
California Voters to Get a Swing at "Three Strikes" (Lyons) September, pp. 20-21

Sidebar:
24 States Go After Repeat Offenders, Page 20

Court Report (Savage) September, pp. 18-19

Sidebar:
What's Ahead, Page 19

Enough's Enough (Trends) December, Page 9

Litigation in Education (Smith and Durr) September, pp. 12-15

Sidebar:
50 Years of Litigation, Page 13

See You in Court (Jones and Erickson) July/August, pp. 49-52

Sidebars:
Budget Battles, Page 51
Working with the Governor, Page 52

L
Legislative Leadership
2004 Political Landscape (StateStats) January, Page 4

A Leading Perspective (Rhyme) January, pp. 12-15

A Turnaround for Term Limits (Peterson) April, pp. 15-16

Sidebar:
Changes Under Term Limits, Page 16

Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World (Books) July/August, Page 4

Schwarzenegger Blinked (Weintraub) December, pp. 20-22

The New Legislative Reality: How Leaders See It, July/August, pp. 14-19

Sidebar:
What is the New Legislative Reality?, Page 17

Legislative Staff
All Star PR (Moore) February, pp. 26-29

Sidebars:
Stuff You Need to Succeed, Page 27
News About Government Declines, Page 29

Coverage Conundrum "State Employee Health Insurance" (Boulard) July/August, pp. 24-27

Sidebar:
A Look at the Facts, Page 25

Help for Press Secretaries (Books) December, Page 4

Legislative Staff Flourish Over 30 Years (StateStats) February, Page 5

Sidebars:
Staff Trends, Page 5
10 Legislatures with Most Staff, Page 5
10 Legislatures with Fewest Staff, Page 5

Making Newsletters Work for You (Rose) May, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
How to Produce Top-Notch Newsletters, Page 33

Preparing for the Unthinkable (McCartney) October/November, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
Make a Plan, Page 33

Legislatures
2004 Ballot Measures: Everything But the Kitchen Sink (Bowser) September, pp. 26-27

Sidebars:
Citizen Initiated Measures on the Ballot, Page 26
2004 Ballot Measures, Page 27

A Tex-Mex Exchange (Boulard) December, Page 30

Sidebar:
Foreign Students in the United States, Page 30

A Turnaround for Term Limits (Peterson) April, pp. 15-16

Sidebar:
Changes Under Term Limits, Page 16

Another Redistricting Case to Watch (Trends) April, Page 8

Communicate an Effective Message (Rose) December, pp. 32-33

Sidebars:
Learn from the Experts, Page 33
Getting the Words Right, Page 33

Corrections New Jersey Senate (Letters) December, Page 4

Credit Goes to Wrong Representative in Florida (Letters) December, Page 4

Debbe Leftwich: Following in His Footsteps (Bennett) October/November, pp. 22-23

Sidebar:
A Quick Glance At.....Oklahoma, Page 23

Dennis Damon: As Good as It Gets (Myers) July/August, pp. 34-35

Sidebar:
A Quick Glance at Maine, Page 35

Experience Counts (Kyle and Lindstrom) February, pp. 22-25

Sidebar:
Politics Brought Them Together, Page 24

Gene's Top Ten Picks (Rose) January, pp. 16-17

Heavy Lifting: The Job of the American Legislature (Books) July/August, Page 4

How to Deal With Conflicts of Interest (Kerns) July/August, pp. 36-37

Sidebar:
What to Consider, Page 37

How to Talk to Kids (Goehring and Fischer) September, pp. 30-31

Sidebar:
Connect with Kids, Page 30

Iowa Legislature KO's Governor in Court (Trends) September, Page 8

Law Schools for Legislators in One Day or Less (Trends) March, Page 11

Lawmakers Plan Counterattack Against Base Closings (Trends) March, Page 9

Legislators Teach and Learn (Goehring) January, Page 23

Sidebar:
Top Ten States for Legislators Back to School Week, Page 23

Making Newsletters Work for You (Rose) May, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
How to Produce Top-Notch Newsletters, Page 33

Our Legislatures -- A Bargain at Twice the Price (StateStats) July/August, Page 7

Out of Classroom Experiences (Goehring) September, pp. 16-17

Sidebar:
America's Legislators Back to School Sept. 20 to 24, Page 16

People & Politics (Trends) January, Page 6

People & Politics (Trends) February, Page 6

People & Politics (Trends) March, Page 8

People & Politics (Trends) April, Page 7

People & Politics (Trends) May, Page 6

People & Politics (Trends) June, Page 7

People & Politics (Trends) July/August, Page 9

People & Politics (Trends) September, Page 6

People & Politics (Trends) October/November, Page 6

People & Politics (Trends) December, Page 6

Perfecting Connecting "Reaching Out to Constituents" (Rose) June, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
Five Ways to Stay Connected, Page 33

Perpetual Parity (Storey and Moore) December, pp. 12-15

Sidebars:
Legislative Control, Page 13
States Where One Party Controls Legislative and Governorship, Page 13
On the Way to Congress, Page 14
Is Parity Here to Stay?, Page 15

Preparing for the Unthinkable (McCartney) October/November, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
Make a Plan, Page 33

Schwarzenegger Blinked (Weintraub) December, pp. 20-22

Telephone 101: Personal Contact with Your Constituents (Rose) March, pp. 26-27

Sidebar:
How to Make It Work, Page 27

The Real Race Is In The States (Storey) September, pp. 22-24

Sidebars:
Partisan Control of State Legislatures 2004, Page 22
Governor's Races 2004, Page 23
Party Control of States 1938-2002, Page 23

Theme for a Day (Gordon) January, Page 29

When the Media Comes Knocking (Rose) February, pp. 18-19

Wyoming Terminates Term Limits (Trends) July/August, Page 11

M
Miscellaneous
Faxes Get the Ax (Trends) September, Page 8

Gays and Marriage (Trends) January, Page 6

Help for Press Secretaries (Books) December, Page 4

Integrity: Do You Have It? (Books) July/August, Page 5

It's Rutgers', Not Rutger's (Letters) December, Page 4

More Hispanics Call Rural America Home (Trends) December, Page 7

North Carolina's Predatory Mortgage Lending Law (Morton) December, pp. 24-25

ORCA -- Not a Killer, But a Whale of a Texas Agency (Cook) July/August, pp. 46-47

Sidebar:
State Level Agencies for Rural Concerns, Page 47

State of the Unions (Goodman) April, pp. 26-27

Sidebars:
Proposed Laws and Amendments, Page 27
State Defense of Marriage Acts (DOMAs), Page 27

Terminating Toughman Competitions (Goodwin) December, Page 18

The Outcry Over Outsourcing (Marks) May, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
States Considering Bans on Agencies Using Offshore Outsourcing, Page 30
Congress Has Its Say on Sending Jobs Offshore, Page 31

Where Do We Come From? (Trends) September, Page 6

P
Poverty
From Poverty to Business Owner (StateStats) March, Page 7

Sidebars:
Helping Low-Income Entrepreneurs, Page 7
Owning a Business is a Lift Up, Page 7
Maximum Loan Size, Page 7

Helping the Poor Save (StateStats) October/November, Page 5

Sidebars:
Gaps in Incomes and Assets, Page 5
Tax Credits for the Working Poor, Page 5
Matching Contributions Encourage Savings, Page 5

Is SCHIP Shipshape? (Park and Oliver) May, pp. 16-19

Sidebars:
Splitting the Costs: SCHIP Funding From the Feds, Page 17
SCHIP Income Eligibility Levels, Page 18
The Number of Children Enrolled in SCHIP, Page 18
SCHIP: Enrollment Declines and Enrollment Freezes, Page 18

Medicaid -- 10 Fixes That Work (King and Gordon) March, pp. 14-18

Sidebars:
Percent of Medicaid Long-Term Care Spending Used for Community-Based Services, Page 15
Preferred Drug Lists Aim at Medicaid Savings, Page 16
Stop-Gap Solutions 2002-2003, Page 17

No Bank, No Rank (Morton) October/November, pp. 16-18

Sidebars:
Survey of Consumer Finances, Page 17
Reasons for Not Owning Checking Accounts, Page 18

Nothing to Smile About (Gordon) April, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
State Actions to Improve Dental Health, Page 33

Ohio Targets RX Help for Poor, Elderly (Trends) March, Page 9

T
Taxes
Helping the Poor Save (StateStats) October/November, Page 5

Sidebars:
Gaps in Incomes and Assets, Page 5
Tax Credits for the Working Poor, Page 5
Matching Contributions Encourage Savings, Page 5

Is Taxpayer Protection Pledge a Gimmick? (Letters) September, Page 4

State Taxes -- A Glance (Trends) December, Page 6

Tax Facts (Trends) October/November, Page 6

Taxing Beer (Letters) September, Page 4

Taxing Behavior (Waisanen) June, pp. 30-31

Sidebars:
7 Taxes for 7 Sins, Page 31
State Tobacco Tax Actions, Page 31

Taxing Online Sales (Trends) May, Page 7

The Perils of Property Tax Cuts (Kelly) October/November, pp. 24-26

Sidebars:
Local Property Taxes as a Percent of Local Taxes, Page 25
No Money in Colorado, Page 26
Property Tax is Leading Source of Local Revenues, Page 26

Tobacco Money Well Used, Not Abused (Gordon) February, pp. 36-37

Sidebar:
State Cigarette Tax Increases, Page 37

Telecommunications
9-1-1 Can You Find Me Now? (Trends) February, Page 7

All Star PR (Moore) February, pp. 26-29

Sidebars:
Stuff You Need to Succeed, Page 27
News About Government Declines, Page 29

Telephone 101: Personal Contact with Your Constituents (Rose) March, pp. 26-27

Sidebar:
How to Make It Work, Page 27

Terrorism
All for One One for All (Trends) December, Page 9

Eco-Terrorists Take Toll (Trends) February, Page 9

Sidebar:
Radical Environmentalists Hit Suburbs, Page 9

Homeland Security: Who Gets What and How (StateStats) December, Page 5

Sidebars:
Homeland Security Grants, Page 5
FY2004 State Allocations, Page 5

Preparing for the Unthinkable (McCartney) October/November, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
Make a Plan, Page 33

Transportation
Adopt-A-Highway Volunteers Clean Up (Trends) June, Page 7

Black Box Unlocks Car Crash Mysteries (Trends) February, Page 7

Kid Safety in Cars (Trends) May, Page 7

Mini Motorcycles Putt Through Regulation Loopholes (Trends) October/November, Page 8

Power in the Wrong Hands (Sundeen) September, Page 29

Sidebar:
15 States Don't Allow It, Page 29

Putting the Brakes on Older Drivers (Trends) September, Page 8

Slower Traffic Keep Right (Trends) March, Page 11

Surviving Driving (Savage) February, pp. 16-17

Sidebars:
The Facts, Page 16
Core Elements of Graduated Driver's Licenses, Page 17

The Great Hydrogen Hope (Boulard) February, pp. 12-15W

Welfare
Helping the Poor Save (StateStats) October/November, Page 5

Sidebars:
Gaps in Incomes and Assets, Page 5
Tax Credits for the Working Poor, Page 5
Matching Contributions Encourage Savings, Page 5

More States Fund Marriage Activities (Trends) April, Page 9

Welfare Reform: Minnesota Style (Hage) July/August, pp. 42-44

Sidebars:
Welfare Reform in Minnesota, Page 43
States Move Ahead, Page 44

Wildlife
California Vineyard Crowns Frog Prince (Trends) January, Page 7

Forests: Better Green than Black (Smith) September, pp. 32-33

Sidebar:
2003 Wildland Fires, Page 33

Updated December, 2004

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