Featured Articles

• Where On Earth Are Sex Offenders?
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  States are using satellites to track dangerous sex offenders, many of whom become lost to registration systems.

• Capturing DNA's Crime Fighting Potential
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  DNA databases are expanding and solving many cold cases; but crime labs often lack the cold cash to fulfill their potential.

• Identifying the Missing and the Dead
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  As forensic DNA technology improves, new opportunities emerge to solve cases of missing persons and unidentified remains.

• Lose Some, Win Some
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  The new federal spending plan contains bad news for states.  But there's good news, too, especially in the Medicaid law.

• TANF Rules Tough on States
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  New federal changes in welfare rules put restrictions on state flexibility, but states have options to keep programs focused on their goals.

• A New Role for Coal
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  Clean coal technology just may be the wave of the future.

• States' Rx for Medicare Gaps
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  Some states have made long-term commitments to help low-income citizens pay for their out-of-pocket costs for Medicare Part D.