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    • Stateline Story
    April 6, 2006
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    Legislators sound warning on federal rules

    In a disturbing new trend, unelected federal regulators are usurping states' powers to protect their citizens, leaders of the National Conference of State Legislatures charged at a national gathering in Washington, D.C. Lawmakers said they are seeing a rise in use of the federal regulatory process to preempt state laws in areas of consumer protection, tort law and the environment.
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  • January 2, 2006

    Grading the States 2005

    This January 2006 report, Grading the States 2005, was an assessment of the quality of management performance in the 50 states. It provided insights into the way the states had weathered the previous fiscal crisis and the promising innovations they had crafted to cope with an uncertain future.

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    • Stateline Story
    May 10, 2005
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    States Compete for Innovation Awards

    State programs in Iowa, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington are among 18 finalists competing for an award for the most innovative initiatives in American government. States are being singled out for budget solutions, red-tape reduction, conservation efforts and a school without tests, grades or classes.
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    • Stateline Story
    January 31, 2005
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    Findings Identify Best and Worst States

    Here is a shortlist of state governments with the strongest performance -- and the weakest -- in managing information, money, people, and roads and buildings, as ranked by the Government Performance Project. more

    • Stateline Story
    January 31, 2005
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    Study Grades States on Management

    Jan. 31 - Utah and Virginia get top grades for managing money, people, information, and roads and buildings, according to a study that evaluated state governments strengths and weaknesses. The study, Grading the States 2005, was done by the Government Performance Project, a nonprofit research group that focuses on effective public-sector management. Georgia got the top grade for managing its workforce. California and Oregon were low scorers in money management skills. more

    • Stateline Story
    June 27, 2003
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    State Governments Growing in Reverse, Report Finds

    For the first time since 1983, state government spending is expected to shrink from one fiscal year to the next, with 19 states predicting negative growth in state government for the fiscal year that begins July 1, according to a report released Thursday. The primary cause of this retrenchment in state spending, which is based on governors' proposed budgets for 2004, is lagging tax revenues. more

    • Stateline Story
    October 16, 2002
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    States Help Smokers Quit By Telephone

    What do South Dakota and 32 other states have in common? The answer is surprisingly successful telephone hotlines that help smokers kick the habit. more

    • Stateline Story
    November 21, 2001
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    Few States Count Homeless

    U.S. Census Bureau and homeless advocates figures on homelessness are as wildly different as a penthouse in New Yorks Trump Tower is from the Rescue Mission at Los Angeles Fifth and Wall Streets. more

    • Stateline Story
    January 12, 2001
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    Corrected Federal Data Crops Picture of Lost Lands

    Valuable forests and agricultural land slipped under the wheels of the nations sprawling commercial and residential juggernaut at a rapid rate over the last decade but not quite at as quickly as first believed, recently corrected federal data shows. The Natural Resources Conservation Service, the land and water conservation arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, released the long-awaited update to its Natural Resources Inventory (NRI) last week. more

    • Stateline Story
    March 10, 1999
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    1999 Year Of The Pay Raise For Many Lawmakers

    Emboldened by the booming economy and robust budget surpluses, state legislators in many parts of the country are making 1999 the year of the pay raise. Lawmakers in 10 states -- Maryland, Kentucky, Idaho, Illinois, California, New York, Colorado, Arizona, Massachusetts, and Connecticut -- will be getting fatter salaries this year. And five other states -- Kansas, Georgia, Arkansas, South Carolina and Tennessee are talking about paying their legislators more. One exception to the national trend is New Mexico, where lawmakers get no salary for their 60-day session, just a per diem. That per diem was just cut by $1, bringing it down to $124 per day. more

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