Featured Articles

• States' Top 10 Challenges in 2006
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  States legislators will face a host of hot policy issues this session.

• Washington Watch -- Keeping An Eye on Congress
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  State lawmakers will be defending against unfunded mandates and preemption.

• Leaders: What Matters Now
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  State Legislatures magazine gathered a group of legislative leaders to talk about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

• Coloradans Reach Their Limit with TABOR
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  In one of the fiercest issue campaigns watched nationwide, Colorado voters chose to give money back to the financially strapped state.

• Schwarzenegger Rebuffed
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  Voters soundly defeated the California governor's ballot measurers, and the Legislature may be stronger as a result.

• Eminent Domain -- For the Greater Good?
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  The U.S. Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London has prompted states to look at their own eminent domain practices.

• Prime Time Democracy
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  A growing number of public affairs networks demystify democracy.