States Tighten Dogfighting Laws
Public attention to NFL star Michael Vick's case is prompting several states to toughen their dogfighting laws - and how they are enforced.
View ArticleStates Help Seniors Age at Home
As hordes of baby boomers approach old age, states are setting up one-stop counseling centers to help people of all income levels find and pay for long-term care at home.
View ArticleCongress Tackles States' Agenda
As the domestic agenda takes center stage in Congress, states are sending lawmakers a simple message: more money and less federal interference.
View ArticleSchools, Colleges Underreport Crime
Schools and colleges across the country do not report crime and violent incidents on campus consistently or accurately - in many cases because they are not required to, according to safety experts and...
View ArticleCongress Revisits Medicaid ID Law
Congress is working to soften the impact of a year-old law that is designed to keep illegal immigrants from getting Medicaid benefits but is inadvertently disqualifying many U.S. citizens from the...
View ArticleWalking to a 'green' school: Impossible new-century dream?
Little Johnny and Jane are back in school - but are we doing our best for him or her? Put aside, for a moment, "No Child Left Behind" teaching issues. Ask instead: How are the kids getting to school?...
View ArticleCommentary: The Constitution Had it Right
Leadership of U.S. domestic policy is shifting back to state capitols, notes Raymond C. Scheppach, executive director of the National Governors Associations, in a new commentary for Stateline.org.
View ArticleNational Report Card Shows Big Gains in Math
(Updated 2:20 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Sept. 25)American parents can breathe a sigh of relief: their children are making substantial strides in math, and slower but still significant gains in reading,...
View ArticleLethal Injection Goes on Trial, But Goes On
The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Tuesday (Sept. 25) to hear a case that challenges lethal injection - which 37 states use to put inmates to death - but refused to halt the execution of a Texas prisoner...
View ArticleStates Watch New U.S. Supreme Court Term
(Updated 10:39 a.m. EDT, Friday, Sept. 28)The U.S. Supreme Court will tackle a wide array of state issues when its new term begins Monday (Oct. 1), from taxation and education questions to high-profile...
View ArticleGraphic anti-meth ads catching on
Arizona, Illinois and Idaho are replicating a highly touted advertising campaign that began in Montana and centers on a series of shocking TV commercials intended to warn young viewers about the...
View ArticleStates turn to seniors for help in classrooms
As baby boomers reach retirement age and begin to leave the ranks of public school teachers in droves, states are recruiting retirees from other professions to volunteer or start second careers as...
View ArticleStates venture into teacher performance pay
Performance pay, or compensating teachers based on how much their students learn, has been proposed for the next version of the federal No Child Left Behind law. But the experience in the states shows...
View ArticleState budgets tenuous heading into '08
States awash in surpluses for the past two years are now treading water, with several desperately looking for lifelines to help them get out of budget trouble.
View ArticleNew license rules slam some legal residents
In a push to keep driver's licenses out of the hands of illegal immigrants, states are starting to demand more identification -- with some unexpected consequences for legal residents ranging from...
View ArticleRepublican candidates stress immigration
Many Republicans, and some Democrats, running for state offices this November are trying to appeal to voters with get-tough stances on illegal immigration. The trend is hottest in Virginia, but...
View ArticleReport ranks campaign disclosure laws
A new report finds that states are improving their campaign finance disclosure laws, requiring candidates to post more information electronically and allowing the public to search that information online.
View ArticleLethal injection moratorium inches closer
Georgia last night (Oct. 18) became the latest in a growing number of states where executions by lethal injection effectively are on hold while the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether that method...
View Article2007 election: Lessons learned
The 2007 elections prove once again that all politics is local as voters in three states soundly rejected governors' pet projects and others put big-ticket spending items such as roads and cancer...
View ArticleList of popular govs is full of surprises
They may be fish out of water, but most Democratic governors in red states - and Republican governors in blue states - boast off-the-charts popularity.
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