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- Stateline Story
Report: States Behind on Traffic Safety Laws
TODAY'S TAKE: A new report shows a number of states lack even basic traffic safety laws, such as ones requiring seat belt use. more
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- Stateline Story
Weekly Wrap: New Year Brings New Laws
New state laws that take effect across the country on New Year's Day range from affecting the way residents drive to whether they can marry or profit from snapping a celebrity's photograph. (See also:US: State lawmakers, lacking money, took up bad-behavior bans in '09 and US: New 2010 laws -- Cooking to texting)more -
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- Election Initiatives
Provisional Ballots
This July 2009 brief served as an introduction to a larger discussion regarding the role of provisional ballots as a partial solution to underlying problems in our election system.
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- State Fact Sheet
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- Analysis
- Economic Mobility Project
Opinion Poll on Economic Mobility and the American Dream
In early 2009, the project commissioned a national survey and series of focus groups to provide a more accurate picture of how Americans view their own economic mobility and to better understand how their perceptions square with the reality of
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March 2, 2009
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- Stateline Story
With Crisis as Catalyst, Govs Push Big Changes
Governors are using the economic crisis to sell big changes in how state and local jurisdictions operate, promising overhauls that could alter the face of government around the country. Their proposals range from sharing state helicopters between Minnesota and Wisconsin to shrinking Pennsylvania's system of 500 school districts to just 100.more -
- Stateline Story
Minnesota State of the State Address 2009
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Jan. 15 - Following is the prepared text of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's (R) 2009 state of the state address: Click here to access the governor's Web page and view or hear the address. One hundred years ago, John Johnson, another 48-year-old Minnesota governor, returned from the national campaign tr
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- Report
- Election Initiatives
Being Online Is Not Enough
This 2008 report examined election websites' usability and found that when voters cannot easily locate information online, limited resources are diverted to operate costly help lines.
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- Stateline Story
The Man McCain Didn't Pick
(Updated 3:40 p.m., Sept. 10, 2008)ST. PAUL, Minn. - Gov. Tim Pawlenty narrowly missed getting a spot on the Republican presidential ticket, but his moment on the national stage likely isn't over yet.more
