Articles from State Legislatures (June 1, 2009)

Title	Author	Type	Words
A license to read.		Brief article	61
A pint no less.		Brief article	102
A sinking feeling.		Brief article	121
Art Palmer.		Obituary	106
As they see it.			332
Ban on gas.		Brief article	102
Capping carbon: cap-and-trade and carbon tax policies are growing in appeal as states look to cut greenhouse gas emissions.	Andersen, Glen		2137
Clarification.		Correction notice	32
Colorado Senate President Peter Groff left his post at the end of the session in May to join the U.S. Department of Education as director of its Faith-Based and Community Initiatives Center.			106
Covering kids: states are working to provide public health insurance to the growing number of eligible children.	Breshears, Jennifer; Foreman, Megan		2900
Death penalty under examination.		Brief article	202
Ease the squeeze: hard times have legislators looking everywhere for ways to beat back the fiscal crisis.	Boulard, Gary		1839
Getting Americans to buckle up.		Brief article	206
Green clean.		Brief article	167
In-state tuition for immigrants.			356
It's official.		Brief article	89
Jewell Williams.		Brief article	120
John Marchi, whose 50 years in the New York Legislature made him that state's longest serving lawmaker and one of the longest serving in the nation, died in April at age 87.			135
Keeping kids healthy.		Brief article	157
Let's make money.		Brief article	71
Libel protection.		Brief article	122
Nancy Munoz, widow of New Jersey Assemblyman Eric Munoz, will serve out the rest of her husband's term after defeating two others in a special county Republican convention to fill his seat.		Brief article	106
Over a cliff: a horrible state budget situation is just getting worse.	Smith, Edward		973
Prisons are expensive.			356
Running out of gas: Alaska's oil riches are slowing down and forcing legislators to make tough choices.	Cockerham, Sean		1721
School's out.		Brief article	60
Shipping emissions.		Brief article	95
Silence survives.		Brief article	54
The Colorado Senate paid tribute in April to a "Renaissance woman who has left her mark on our hearts and on this state.".		Brief article	151
The great [begin strikethrough]depression[end strikethrough] recession: as bad as the economy is, it's not the 1930s. That era brought hard times and changed the role of government in American life.	Snell, Ron	Cover story	2516
The happiness index.		Brief article	83
Virgin Islands Senate President Adlah Donastorg was ousted by his colleagues in April when ruling party members were frustrated by the slow pace of work.		Brief article	79
Whose land is it?		Brief article	120