Articles from State Legislatures (September 1, 2002)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A flood of new faces: Election 2002 will bring peak turnover in legislatures, what with redistricting and term limits kicking in.	Storey, Tim	Statistical Data Included	2544
A gift or a bribe? (Stateline).		Brief Article	111
A levy on latte? (Stateline).		Brief Article	94
Addicted to taxes: The only tax it might be popular to raise is the one on cigarettes.	Cox, James	Statistical Data Included	1117
Alcoholic look-alikes. (Stateline).		Brief Article	94
Ewe won't believe what New Hampshire is doing. (On First Reading).		Brief Article	331
Focusing on results for kids: when it comes to children's issues, some Maryland legislators are trying to shift the focus of the legislative process from operations to results. It isn't easy.	Robison, Susan		3145
Free "Custom" bill tracking. (Letters/Books).		Brief Article	215
Going to school at home. (Stateline).		Brief Article	135
Got your goat? (Stateline).		Brief Article	110
Letting the voters decide: initiatives and referendums around the country will give voters plenty to think about this November.	Bowser, Jennifer Drage		1145
New Book on Privacy Laws. (Letters/Books).	Thaemert, Rita	Book Review	202
Report rates women's health: improvements needed. (On First Reading).		Brief Article	347
Runoff worse than spills. (Stateline).		Brief Article	97
School funding--what's enough? determining exactly what is needed to do a good job teaching our children continues to be elusive. But there are some ideas that may help.	Pettersen, Josiah		2594
State house beautiful. (Stateline).		Brief Article	90
Supreme Court sides with states--again: once more states won more than they lost in cases before the country's highest court.	Savage, David G.		2763
Tax Freedom Days. (Statestats).		Brief Article	667
Telemarketing regulations: A solution or a violation? (On First Reading).		Brief Article	200
The legislature is like...: in response to last September's article looking at that old metaphor about the similaritities of making laws and making sausage, readers come up with metaphors of their own.		Brief Article	464
The nose knows. (Stateline).		Brief Article	104
The public life of e-mail: states need to decide if lawmakers' e-mails constitute a public record. Court cases are forcing the issue.	Greenberg, Pam	Brief Article	655
Unfinished business. (Stateline).		Brief Article	147
Unprepared teachers. (Stateline).		Brief Article	124
Up in smoke (or maybe not): states eye crematoriums. (On First Reading).		Brief Article	297
When foster care ends: for teens who grew up in foster care, starting life on their own is a jarring, sometimes frightening change. What are states doing to support their transition to adulthood?	Eilertson, Christine		2539