Featured Articles

• Election 2006--No Party for the GOP?
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  Clinton's 1994 mid-term election was bad news for Democrats who lost 500 legislative seats. Some prognosticators think Republicans could suffer that fate this year.

• Top Pay for Top Teachers
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  Getting and keeping top teachers may depend on how we pay them.

• Electric Shock
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  Energy costs have spiked since electric restructuring, and price controls set then are expiring. Customers and legislators now face the pain of market prices.

• Part D Decisions
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  Like other employers, many states are collecting a new federal subsidy for maintaining retiree drug coverage--but for most, that's not their "final answer."

• Dispensing with the Indispensable
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  Getting rid of our electronic gadgets is an environmental challenge.

• Hug-A-Thug Pays Off
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  Drug courts aren't a panacea for drug addiction but they have won hearts and opened pocketbooks in state legislatures.

• New Supreme Court Speaks
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  A pair of election law cases this year will have long-range effects.