Michigan Legislature
Volume 23 Number 15 September 9, 2002
California's land conservation efforts: the role of state conservancies.
Sacramento, CA, Legislative Analyst's Office, 2001, 20 p.
S 916 .C2 C35 2001
Contradictions and control in systemic reform: the ascendancy of the central office in Philadelphia schools.
Philadelphia, PA Consortium for Policy Research in Education, 2001, 47 p.
LA 217.2 .F6 2001
ECS statenotes: selected state policies.
Denver, CO, Education Commission of the States, 2002, 1 v.
KF 4109 .A2
General Assembly action, regular session 2002: a staff summary of legislative enactments.
Frankfort, Kentucky. General Assembly. Legislative Research Commission, 2002, 147 p.
KFK 1230 .A4 G4 2002
Insuring the uninsurable: an overview of state high-risk health insurance pools.
New York, NY, Commonwealth Fund, 2001, 39 p.
HG 9396 .A24 2001
International trade and agriculture.
Atlanta, GA, Council of State Governments, Southern Legislative Conference, 2000, 19 p.
HF 1461 .H8 2000
The "Little Davis-Bacon" Acts and state prevailing wage standards.
Washington, DC, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2001, 6 p.
KF 3505 .C65 W45 2001
Managing Medicaid costs: a legislator's tool kit.
Washington, DC, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2001, 2 v.
RA 412.4 .M3 2001
The National Performance Review and other government reform initiatives: an overview, 1993-2001.
Washington, DC, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2001, 35 p.
JK 2445 .P76 R4 2001
Native American heritage: selected references.
Washington, DC, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2000, 10 p.
E 76.7 .N3 2000
No state left behind: the challenges and opportunities of ESEA 2001.
Denver, CO, Education Commission of the States, 2002, 65 p.
LC 89 .N6 2002
Older workers: trends in employment and retirement.
Washington, DC, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2000, 26 leaves.
HD 6280 .P8 2000
On the level?: policy, law and the charter school movement.
Honolulu, Hawaii. Legislative Reference Bureau, 2002, 90 p.
KH 421.5 .L35 F8 2002
Rankings & estimates: rankings of the states 2001 and estimates of school statistics 2002.
Washington, DC, National Education Association, 2002, 101 p.
LC 130 .R3 2002
Red ink rising?: fiscal trends in the Southern Legislative Conference states.
Atlanta, GA, Southern Office, The Council of State Governments, 2001, 75 p.
HC 107 .A13 C3 2001
Residential construction in southeast Michigan, 2001.
Detroit, Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, 2002, 18 p.
TH 4811 .R47 2001
School bus safety: crashworthiness research.
Washington, DC, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, 2002, 54 p.
LB 2864 .S3 2002
State child welfare legislation, 2001.
Denver, CO, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2002, 8 p.
KF 85 .S745 v.27 no.5
State sales taxation of Internet transactions.
Washington, DC, Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress, 2001, 4 p.
HJ 5709 .L83 2001
Staying on course in education reform.
Princeton, Policy Information Center, Educational Testing Service, 2002, 22 p.
LA 217.2 .B37 2002
Tips and strategies for becoming an effective health lawmaker [videorecording].
Washington, DC, National Conference of State Legislatures, 2001, 1 videocassette.
RA 395 .A3 T57 2001 V. Tape
Trends in state parole, 1990-2000.
Washington, DC, United States. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, 2001, 15 p.
HV 9278 .H8 2001
Women in management: analysis of selected data from the current population survey.
Washington, DC, United States. General Accounting Office, 2001, 23 leaves.
HD 6054.2 .U6 U5 2001
Insurance regulation in the 21st century.
The authority of states to regulate the business of insurance has never been more under threat of federal preemption. Some in Congress and some insurers are calling for a federal insurance charter. They reason that financial services modernization, electronic commerce and global markets are making state regulation an impediment to competition. This tape reviews the work of NCSL's task force on insurance regulation and its recommendations for regulatory reform.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C3
To try a terrorist.
New state laws in 2002 define and create new crimes related to terrorism, while federal courts begin the task of trying alleged terrorists or those who aid or support them. This tape reviews post-September 11 anti-terrorism actions affecting criminal codes and the types of cases that may come before state courts.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C4
Securities oversight in the new economy.
The Investment Company Act Amendments of 1996 limited state supervision of securities. However, state securities regulators still constitute the first lines of defense against fraud and abuse in the security industry. In this program, officers of the North American Securities Administrators Association will brief the committee on the status of state regulation of securities.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C9
Visions for America's children.
The Bush administration's agenda on children includes initiatives on child welfare, early childhood, youth development, marriage promotion and welfare reform. Child advocacy groups play an important role in federal policy discussions on these programs. What issues are they bringing to Capitol Hill? What is the administration's perspective on policies to improve the lives of children? What is the effect of these proposals on the states?
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C11
Staff roles in organizing a major legislative event.
Legislative staff occasionally are called upon to organize major events for their legislature-such as a seminar, an extensive series of public hearings or a legislative conference-even hosting foreign delegations This can require skills in new areas such as publicity, organizing other staff as volunteers, developing contact lists, fundraising planning social events and working with supporting organizations. These tapes discuss the efforts of several states that have been called upon to organize major events.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C20 (2 tapes)
Roundtable and discussion of rainy day fund use.
This tape include a roundtable discussion on the budget sessions of 2002, followed by a discussion on states' use of rainy day fund reserves to balance budgets.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C21 (2 tapes)
The states and social security.
During the next three decades, the number of people in the United States over age 65 will rise more than six times as quickly as the population of adults under age 65. This demographic shift will poise challenges for states and the federal government especially the Social Security program. Learn about current federal proposals to reform the program and how they would affect the states' obligation to provide for the welfare of the elderly and disabled.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C27
Taking stock of the 2000 redistricting cycle.
This was only the fourth round of redistricting since the landmark 1960s Supreme Court decisions. How did this cycle differ? What worked? Is the process becoming routine now that states have experienced it several times?
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C31
Insuring America when terrorism strikes.
After the terrorists strikes on September 11, America's insurance industry was able to pay claims to all affected policyholders. In the future, however, many insurers may lack sufficient reinsurance to provide coverage for such attacks. This tape contains a discussion on the effects of terrorism on the U.S. insurance industry and the role of the states to ensure coverage in the absence of a federal backstop.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C40
Legislating for results.
How can state legislatures increase the odds that citizens get value for the tax dollars they spend? The concept of results based by government may provide the answer. Familiarity with the design and use of outcome and performance information is crucial. These tapes review the effective use of performance information in legislating for results.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C41 (2 tapes)
Sales tax simplification: now or never.
Representatives from the executive and legislative branches of more than 20 states have been meeting to finalize an interstate agreement to simplify the collection of sales and use taxes that states will be voting on in 2003. Congress plans to decide if states should have the authority to require all remote sellers to collect sales taxes based upon the implementation of these simplifications.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C43 (2 tapes)
Term limits: the good, the bad and the ugly.
Term limit provisions enacted in the 1990s are taking effect in most of the states that adopted them. In the past year, Oregon's term limit law was thrown out in court and the Idaho Legislature passed a bill to overturn its term limits. This session will review the status of term limits in state legislatures, assess some of their apparent consequences, and report on the efforts of a multi-state study of term limited legislatures.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C58 (2 tapes)
DNA: crime-fighting revolution.
DNA technology is solving "cold cases," convicting serious offenders and prompting post-conviction review of some crimes. This session will examine the reach of the genetic technology revolution in crime and justice and discuss how state laws are keeping up with its potential while drawing boundaries around its uses.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C64
Inventory of election reforms: taking stock of state progress.
As voters head to the polls in November for the first major election since the Florida debacle, what changes will they see when they cast their ballots? States have passed numerous election reforms to correct systemic problems identified after the 2000 presidential election. Do the reforms go far enough? Could Florida be repeated?
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C68
Pharmaceutical workshop: an assortment of approaches for increasing access and controlling costs.
Strategies for managing state prescription drug costs and programs are getting attention in states. Drug manufacturers are launching discount cards or promoting free drug programs. Pharmacy benefits managers are creating preferred drug lists or supplemental rebate programs for state Medicaid programs. States are seeking greater access to discount prices available to federally qualified purchasers.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C69 (3 tapes)
Developing a tactical plan for legislative staff services-the Oregon experience.
Too often, committee services and research offices think, "We'll do whatever legislators want us to do," and passively wait for assignment. Imagine their surprise when legislators don't know about their office, its people or its services. Last fall, Oregon's committee services office implemented a new tactical plan based on customer service that has put the agency well on its way to becoming a proactive staff agency. Learn about the planning process Oregon staff used and the challenges they encountered in getting members and staff to think about legislative services in a new way.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C78
Biotechnology and global agriculture markets.
Panelists summarize the issues regarding biotechnology in modern agriculture and their implications for U.S. agriculture's competitiveness in the global marketplace.
JK 2443 .N386 2002 Tape C80 (2 tapes)
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