Articles from State Legislatures (February 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
9-1-1 can you find me now?		Brief Article	286
A safe secret.		Brief Article	132
A sunken treasure.		Brief Article	108
All star PR: today's savvy legislative public information officers are taking advantage of new technology to get their messages out to the media and the public.	Moore, Nicole Casal		2180
As they see it.		Brief Article	309
Assistant Majority Leader Tony Kielkucki resigned his Minnesota House seat to become deputy secretary of state.		Brief Article	55
Bambi burgers.		Brief Article	77
Billy, where are you, kid?		Brief Article	98
Black box unlocks car crash mysteries.		Brief Article	286
Breaking the textbook monopoly.		Brief Article	117
Change is afoot in North Dakota. Since September, four legislators have been appointed to fill seats vacated by death or resignation.		Brief Article	101
Clearing the air: North Carolina's Clean Smokestacks Act 2002 N.C. Sess. Laws Chap. 4.	Morandi, Larry		886
Democrat Fred Madden won a bitterly contested Senate race after a recount put him some 63 votes ahead of New Jersey Senator George Geist.		Brief Article	83
Eat their own.		Brief Article	105
Eco-terrorists take toll.			447
Experience counts: when term limits made experience unconstitutional in Michigan, two smart women staffers moved into important positions of power.	Lindstrom, John		3046
Frank O'Bannon, the revered and respected Democratic governor of Indiana who served 18 years in the state Senate, died in September at the age of 73 following a stroke.		Brief Article	113
Go fish, GloFish.		Brief Article	106
Goodbye senior year.		Brief Article	139
Influenza vaccinations.		Brief Article	220
Legislative staff flourish over 30 years.			402
Maryland Delegate Pete Rawlings, a "giant in Annapolis and the state," died of complications from cancer in November.		Brief Article	136
Massachusetts Senator Cheryl Jacques resigned effective in January, allowing the Democratic leadership to set the special election to fill her seat on the same day as the state's presidential primary--when Democrats are expected to go to the polls in far larger numbers than Republicans.		Brief Article	113
Most qualified teachers.		Brief Article	105
Now that was fast.		Brief Article	130
Operation Hairspray.		Brief Article	146
Please come back.		Brief Article	73
Republican Representative Sarah Agee, serving her third term in the Arkansas House, announced she will run for the seat currently held by first term Democratic Senator Sue Madison.		Brief Article	87
Statewide student tests.	Andrade, Jane Carroll		2822
Stuff you need to succeed: all you need is a little equipment--it can be cheap or top-of-the-line--and you'll have radio stations and newspapers picking up your stuff like never before.		Brief Article	30
Surviving driving: immaturity and inexperience add up to disaster for many teen drivers. Some 6,000 are killed each year and 300,000 injured. But state laws can reduce the risks.	Savage, Melissa		1349
The great hydrogen hope: clean burning hydrogen has a great deal of potential to help reduce U.S. reliance on fossil fuels. But there are significant barriers to surmount--cost, technology and safety.	Boulard, Garry		1630
Tobacco money well used, not abused: states have spent billions of dollars on health-related services. Even so, they are being criticized for using some of the tobacco money to fill budget gaps.	Gordon, Dianna		905
Violence at home.		Brief Article	96
When the media comes knocking: like it or not, the media is part of the legislative process. Here are six ideas to help lawmakers cultivate relationships with reporters and editors.	Rose, Gene		874
Where the guards are gone.		Brief Article	99