Articles from State Legislatures (May 1, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A class act: America's Legislators Back to School Program has put lawmakers and kids together for a decade.	Goehring, Jan		722
A super plate.		Brief article	78
As they see it.			309
Bye bye Barbie.		Brief article	111
Cancer screening programs may soon serve more.		Brief article	260
Carbon monoxide detectors save lives.		Brief article	282
Dan Pawson, a legislative aide to Massachusetts Senator Bruce Tarr, has won $250,000 in the 2009 Jeopardy!		Brief article	79
Dangers of debt.		Brief article	98
Disappearing act: a declining statehouse press corps leaves readers less informed about lawmakers' efforts.	Smith, Edward		3214
Eric Johnson.		Brief article	100
Filling up on tires.		Brief article	98
Fishy feet.		Brief article	72
Fraud fighter.		Brief article	78
Green stars.		Brief article	59
Initiative controls.		Brief article	124
Keeping the dream alive: state, federal and private programs aim to help minority and immigrant students make it to college in tough times.	Bell, Julie		2377
Living history.		Brief article	99
Motorcycling can be risky.		Brief article	210
Picking up the tab.	Savage, Melissa		817
Protecting students from offending teachers.		Brief article	254
Religion wanes.		Brief article	113
Rounding up votes to pass New York's $131.8 billion budget was packed with drama at the end of this fiscal year.		Brief article	118
Social networking Rhode Islanders can now keep tabs on their state's day-to-day financial health.		Brief article	69
Supreme Court rules on redistricting case.		Brief article	297
Targets for terrorists.		Brief article	83
The American uninsured crisis.			725
The big squeeze: faced with dwindling funding, state colleges and universities are trying to come up with their own solutions to budget challenges.	Boulard, Garry	Cover story	1869
The long view: the nation's longest serving legislator says plenty has changed in 53 years, but not his love for the job. And he can still walk to work.	Cullen, Morgan	Interview	1258
The other Grand Canyon: Arizona's yawning budget chasm has tempers flaring over a proposed tax hike. It's also spreading the fiscal pain all over the state.	Pitzl, Mary Jo		2079
Tim Grussendorf is Governor Sarah Palin's controversial choice to fill the Alaska Senate seat vacated by Democrat Kim Elton.			99
Tom Letson.		Brief article	105