Table of Contents
April 2008
Contents from the print magazine, with links to selected articles and columns posted online. Learn more about subscribing.
Features
Two Faces of Foreclosure
Mortgage meltdown is a problem everywhere. In some places, it's a disaster.
The Price of Prevention
To cut their health care bills, states are rushing into programs aimed at keeping people physically well. But is there a fiscal payoff?
Mr. Sustainability
A job title is born as cities get serious about global warming.
Fresh Fight
Governments want local food from family farmers on the menu. It's not easy to find.
Muni Machinations
The feds would like more control over the state and local bond market. The bond issuers don't want them to have it.
Glimpse
Raw-Bar Refuge: Oysters aren't just good on the half shell. They're also good at cleaning up polluted water
Up Front
Publisher's Desk
Assessments
Alan Ehrenhalt on two Assembly speakers who craved power but used it in different ways.
Dialogue
Letters from readers.
Observer
The politics of community colleges, a California town nearly goes bankrupt, and an end-run around the federal REAL ID law.
Urban Notebook
What tourists learn in the ghetto, and the declining fortunes of tennis.
Player
David Paterson: Calming presence.
Potomac Chronicle
No Child Left Behind is on the ropes.
The Business of Government
Lead Story
New Medicaid regulations and old rules could cost the states tens of billions of dollars.
Finance
Briefing: Time to tap that rainy day fund?
Environment
It may be a sign of the times that a state is so open about giving a single business a pass on an impact review.
Health
Briefing: Free care in hospitals is leveling off in Massachusetts.
Tech Talk
High-level data analysis is helping police spot crimes — sometimes before they happen.
Transportation
What's up with groups that argue for less government but see publicly-built highways as an expression of the free market?
Citizens & Performance
Measuring quality of life and government performance at the same time can be tricky. But it's possible.
Economic Development
Commuters are infringing on resort communities, making it hard to keep cheap housing around for local workers