Table of Contents
January 2009
Contents from the print magazine, with links to selected articles and columns posted online. Learn more about subscribing.
Features
Special Report: Legislatures 2009
Reformer in Power
People said Joe Hackney was too squeaky clean to run the North Carolina House. Then a scandal gave him his chance. He's made the most of it.
Issues to Watch
Ten topics that will shape debate in state legislatures in 2009.
Death and Life in the Pressroom
Newspapers have lost interest in covering legislatures. Can Web sites replace them?
Web Xtra: Glimpses from the front lines of the decline of statehouse journalism
Reformer in Power
People said Joe Hackney was too squeaky clean to run the North Carolina House. Then a scandal gave him his chance. He's made the most of it.
Issues to Watch
Ten topics that will shape debate in state legislatures in 2009.
Death and Life in the Pressroom
Newspapers have lost interest in covering legislatures. Can Web sites replace them?
Web Xtra: Glimpses from the front lines of the decline of statehouse journalism
The Fix-IT Man
Colorado's 30-year-old deputy CIO is the point man in the state's effort to consolidate information technology.
Second Spin
Who will replace all those retiring baby boomers? How about more boomers.
One Crowded Capital
Local officials in Washington, D.C., are making unprecedented preparations for Barack Obama's inauguration.
Up Front
Publisher's Desk
Assessments
Alan Ehrenhalt on what old city hall buildings can teach us about economic stimulus.
Web Xtra: Check out these city hall buildings
Dialogue
Letters from Readers
Observer
To drill or not to drill offshore, the fast-food police, and the foreclosure crisis' quiet toll on renters.
Urban Notebook
A new convention center lands amidst Pennsylvania's Amish, and San Francisco gives congestion pricing a look.
Player
Jan Brewer: Arizona's likely new governor.
Potomac Chronicle
Peter A. Harkness on what the states might get from the new administration.
The Business of Government
Lead Story
Trusts Going Bust: There's trouble in the funds states use to pay unemployment insurance.
Technology
Ellen Perlman on Texas-sized trouble with merging data centers.
Briefing: Sniffing for dirty bombs on the highways of New Jersey.
Health
Penelope Lemov on home-care alternatives to nursing homes.
Transportation
Briefing: In tough times, Rochester's bus system turns a profit.
Finance
John E. Petersen on revising taxes during a recession.
Environment
Briefing: De-icing roads with sugar beets.
Management
Katherine Barrett and Richard Greene on the unintended consequences of a hiring freeze.