Articles from State Legislatures (July 1, 2004)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A plea of no contest to charges of theft for listing his wife on health insurance forms before they were married led to the resignation of the Oregon Representative John Mabrey.		Brief Article	112
As they see it.			416
Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can and Must Help Run the World.	Oliver, Leah	Brief Article	391
Correction.		Correction Notice	71
Coverage conundrum: the challenge of rising state employee health insurance costs is hitting states hard.	Boulard, Garry		2360
Dennis Damon: as good as it gets: devoted to bettering the wider community, this Maine Senator lives up to the state motto "Drigo"--I lead.	Myers, Teresa		1670
Down home tourism.			319
Exercising choices: living a healthy lifestyle can be a family affair--even in busy political families.	Andrade, Jane Carroll		2444
Free the bees.		Brief Article	137
Gasless grass.		Brief Article	120
Getting to school safely.		Brief Article	157
Heavy Lifting: the Job of the American Legislature.	Straayer, John A.	Book Review	416
Heavy Lifting: the Job of the American Legislature.	Russell, William P.	Brief Article	80
How to deal with conflicts of interest: there's no getting away from all conflicts of interest. Here are eight ideas to help lawmakers juggle their personal and public interests.	Kerns, Peggy		813
Illinois Senate Majority Leader Vince Demuzio, elected in the 1974 post-Watergate-era Democratic landslide, died of colon cancer in April.		Brief Article	96
Income inches up.		Brief Article	111
Integrity: Do You Have It?	Kerns, Peggy	Book Review	445
John Hurson.		Brief Article	55
John Ramsey, father of slain 6-year-old Jon-Benet Ramsey, is running in the Republican primary for Michigan's 105th House District.		Brief Article	32
Just like new.		Brief Article	87
Legislative fantasies.		Brief Article	71
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Representative Christopher Rants, speaker of the Iowa House, have accepted NCSL's appointments to the advisory board of the new Election Assistance Committee, created by the federal Help America Vote Act.		Brief Article	69
ORCA--not a killer, but a whale of a Texas agency: Texas 2001 House Bill 7: the creation of the Office of Rural Community Affairs.	Cook, Allison		851
Our legislatures--a bargain at twice the price.		Brief Article	300
Pay up or zip up.		Brief Article	173
Plumbers beware.		Brief Article	101
Ray Ruiz, a New Mexico representative and former iron worker at Los Alamos National Laboratory, died of lung cancer in May.		Brief Article	92
Scott Reske.		Brief Article	71
See you in court: the balance of power between governors and legislatures sometimes gets out of whack.	Erickson, Brenda		2450
Spyware beware in Utah.			319
Stats, stats and more stats.		Brief Article	122
Stinking school buses.		Brief Article	138
Tennessee buys American.		Brief Article	135
The new legislative reality: how leaders see it.			2868
The young are waking up.		Brief Article	100
They dream of sprawl.		Brief Article	130
Trade agreement trade-offs; international trade tribunals challenge state law and policy.	Waren, William T.		3439
Two seats, two votes.		Brief Article	148
Welfare reform: Minnesota style: reforming welfare is a work in progress. Even Minnesota's successful experiment that encourages work, but retains some benefits, is still being tweaked.	Hage, David		2618
What's the benefit? A new federal Medicare drug plan stimulates independent actions and new ideas, but what's the future role for states?	Cauchi, Richard		3026
Wyoming terminates term limits.		Brief Article	258