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Archived Stateline.org Stories from 2007
January 2007
01/02/2007 - Elections bring Blue wave and new plans to statehouses
01/02/2007 - Stateline.org info graphics
01/03/2007 - States impact child's future
01/04/2007 - Sick leave tops state labor agendas
01/05/2007 - New Congress plays catch-up with states
01/07/2007 - Ford's Bipartisanship: How to Keep It Alive?
01/08/2007 - Are you a citizen? Prove it
01/09/2007 - States press Congress for S-CHIP fix
01/10/2007 - Want to buy the Brooklyn Bridge?
01/11/2007 - Battles for gavels kick off 2007 sessions
01/12/2007 - Governors lose in power struggle over National Guard
01/12/2007 - Universal Health Care: Stopping the Leadership Pendulum
01/14/2007 - Farm bill - candidate for a bipartisan breakthrough?
01/17/2007 - Death penalty: Lethal injection on trial
01/17/2007 - Lethal injection on trial
01/18/2007 - Govs set innovative agendas
01/19/2007 - Homegrown power could ease energy crunch
01/19/2007 - WORTH NOTING: A new sin tax, Iraq snafus rankle govs
01/21/2007 - Could a farm bill serve us all?
01/22/2007 - Speakers get schooled in statesmanship
01/23/2007 - Tax breaks questioned as health costs soar
01/24/2007 - Bush builds on states' agendas
01/26/2007 - NYC ban on trans fats spreads to states
01/26/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll hit states
01/26/2007 - Congress' Minimum Wage Vote: Prelude to a Better Politics?
01/29/2007 - Food sales tax on states' chopping blocks
01/30/2007 - Bipartisanship no pipe dream for state pols
01/31/2007 - Lake Wobegon, U.S.A. -- where all the children are above average
February 2007
02/01/2007 - Stumbles aside, states press to cover all
02/02/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Justice takes strange twists
02/02/2007 - States pull out stops to curb truancy
02/04/2007 - James Webb's Equity Challenge: What If We Got Serious?
02/05/2007 - Mega-donors get mixed election results
02/06/2007 - States feel the pinch of tight Bush budget
02/07/2007 - High schools see more college-level studies
02/08/2007 - Tobacco money - Hard habit for states to kick
02/09/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Govs' frank talk goes public
02/09/2007 - N.D. could solve ed funding feud out of court
02/12/2007 - Primary scramble prompts calls to slow down
02/13/2007 - Legislators' pay falling behind
02/15/2007 - How many kids will Congress cover?
02/16/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Talking toilets take on drunken driving
02/16/2007 - Iraq war draws nays in state capitols
02/20/2007 - Driver's licenses get a makeover
02/20/2007 - A Surge of Better News on the Neighborhood Front
02/21/2007 - States try to calm ire over high property taxes
02/21/2007 - California versus New York: Grappling with the prison dilemma
02/22/2007 - Legislators barring electronic distractions
02/23/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Two states, two takes on Washington's 275th birthday
02/23/2007 - Health care to top govs' meeting in D.C.
02/26/2007 - Govs press for action on child health care
02/26/2007 - Govs, Bush vow closer health-care efforts
02/28/2007 - In their own words: What govs would tell feds
02/28/2007 - Health care, REAL ID top govs' priorities
March 2007
03/01/2007 - Gay marriage decisions ripe in 2 courts
03/02/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Lawmakers key in on state songs
03/02/2007 - Real ID deadline delayed
03/05/2007 - Report validates govs' worries over Guard
03/05/2007 - Despite regulations, Real ID still cause for concern
03/05/2007 - How states view the president's opening health-care bid
03/06/2007 - States go after smoking in vehicles with kids
03/07/2007 - High court to examine 'top-two' primary
03/07/2007 - What's the Survival Formula For Our Second-Tier Cities?
03/08/2007 - Report: Tolls can't meet future highway needs
03/09/2007 - Massachusetts gov rated most powerful
03/09/2007 - WORTH NOTING: New York's math tools come up short
03/13/2007 - States tackle texting behind the wheel
03/14/2007 - Air force propels clean energy plan
03/15/2007 - States try GPS to protect social workers
03/16/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Texas claims highest net total in NCAAs
03/16/2007 - More U.S. schools pin fortune on Chinese
03/19/2007 - Is `No new taxes' mantra fading in states?
03/20/2007 - Executions halted as doctors balk
03/21/2007 - Power prices put utilities in the hot seat
03/22/2007 - Govs and hospitals try to block Medicaid cuts
03/23/2007 - Some rookie governors fumble
03/23/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Timberlake too sexy for Tennessee
03/25/2007 - Can 'Gentrifying' Cities Create New Bridges To Wealth?
03/26/2007 - Attacks on homeless spur new laws
03/27/2007 - States say no to teen tanning
03/29/2007 - No Child law faces medley of changes
03/30/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Former gov saw 'UFO'
April 2007
04/02/2007 - Quick cancer mandate raises health concerns
04/03/2007 - Toll roads hit speed bumps
04/04/2007 - South Dakota poised to be last in '08 primary schedule
04/05/2007 - More govs boost stem cell research
04/06/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Easter egg flap fries Wyoming artists
04/06/2007 - Govs call for more control over NCLB
04/09/2007 - Vouchers see mixed success this session
04/10/2007 - Gov races in Ky., La., are wide open
04/11/2007 - ‘One-state recession’ hampers Michigan
04/12/2007 - Colorado rethinks $50 gift ban
04/13/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Crist ponders pardon for rocker
04/13/2007 - Mo. treasurer crusades to deny funds to terrorists
04/15/2007 - City Bikes: Clean, Healthy, Fun -- And Faster Than Cars?
04/16/2007 - Katrina inspires bans on gun seizures
04/17/2007 - Va. Tech tragedy revives gun controversy
04/18/2007 - Va. Tech shooting inspires first legislation
04/18/2007 - Two states lead revolt against Real ID
04/19/2007 - 41 states posting surpluses
04/20/2007 - WORTH NOTING: What will lawmakers think of next?
04/20/2007 - State lawmakers ramp up immigration efforts
04/23/2007 - Ohio tries to fend off foreclosures on home loans
04/24/2007 - Govs enjoy quirky veto power
04/25/2007 - Corporate Location Subsidies: Do they feel the sprawl too?
04/25/2007 - Bloomberg's Pathbreaking "PlaNYC": A Model for Urban America?
04/26/2007 - States wax fluorescent
04/26/2007 - Two govs seek inquiry into women in military
04/27/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Kids catch Iowa lawmakers goofing off
04/27/2007 - States lose in bank squabble with feds
04/30/2007 - Abortion ruling sets new state battle lines
May 2007
05/01/2007 - Greenhouse-gas limits gain steam in states
05/02/2007 - Traffic tickets going digital
05/03/2007 - Pipeline dispute dominates Alaska gov's first year
05/03/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Toothless in Kentucky
05/04/2007 - $1 billion on horizon for crisis communications
05/06/2007 - Bloomberg's Climate Initiative Points to a Big Capitalist Solution
05/07/2007 - Va. Tech tragedy likely to affect state policy
05/09/2007 - States' rebellion at Real ID echoes in Congress
05/10/2007 - Kan. tornado unleashes Guard supply furor
05/11/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Paris pleads for a pardon
05/11/2007 - GOP eyes possible gains in '07 races
05/15/2007 - Govs' salaries range from $1 to $206,500
05/16/2007 - Telecom vs. cable battle moves to states
05/17/2007 - Stillborn laws entangled in abortion debate
05/18/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Keep your hands to yourself!
05/18/2007 - Spending data soon a click away
05/21/2007 - Florida shakes up presidential primary
05/22/2007 - AGs aim to make MySpace a safe space
05/22/2007 - Politically Uncorrected: The next big one
05/23/2007 - Govs ask Congress to probe gas prices
05/24/2007 - Lawmakers want to pump kids up
05/25/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Leaving dog poop not a crime
05/25/2007 - National Guard sacrifices hit home
05/27/2007 - Global warming: A state and local rescue?
05/30/2007 - Govs start to back 2008 candidates
05/31/2007 - Civil unions spread, but gays want to wed
June 2007
06/01/2007 - WORTH NOTING: 'Christ' visits Jerusalem
06/01/2007 - Real ID dropouts leave security holes
06/03/2007 - A Detroit charter school's amazing '90-90' pledge -- and success
06/04/2007 - Sex ed landscape shifting in states
06/05/2007 - Study finds dramatic math, reading gains
06/06/2007 - Governors expect tighter budgets in 2008
06/07/2007 - States urge hurricane awareness
06/08/2007 - Iraq war, gas prices, surpluses mark 2007
06/08/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Ohio gov defends LeBron in a big way
06/08/2007 - State legislatures reflect election changeover
06/13/2007 - Lights! Camera! Legislature!
06/14/2007 - Govs' speeches send grads on their way
06/14/2007 - States probe limits of abortion policy
06/15/2007 - High school athletes next for steroid tests
06/15/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Fla. history in the re-making
06/17/2007 - A ?gathering storm" of violent crime
06/18/2007 - States seek alternatives to more prisons
06/19/2007 - Lawmakers promote health care for kids
06/19/2007 - Second Term Troubles
06/20/2007 - Feds judge states on special ed law
06/20/2007 - States outpace feds on minimum wage
06/21/2007 - Embryonic stem cell research divides states
06/22/2007 - Payday lenders catch lawmakers' attention
06/22/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Illinois gov runs up travel tab
06/24/2007 - 'Green' Wal-Mart: An Oxymoron?
06/25/2007 - Early ed gains momentum in states
06/26/2007 - Missouri taps into the sale of student loans
06/27/2007 - Ethanol demand outgrows corn
06/28/2007 - La. passes new partial-birth abortion ban
06/29/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Tear down this wall -- in Bismarck
06/29/2007 - New state laws bring changes July 1
06/29/2007 - Govs win greater flag powers
July 2007
07/01/2007 - Getting U.S. regions past sleepwalking
07/05/2007 - Rookie rep. calls 'em like he sees 'em
07/06/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Money can't buy good press
07/08/2007 - A new two-wheeled course?
07/09/2007 - Feds pushing states on gun database
07/10/2007 - Governors are fair-weather Facebook friends
07/11/2007 - Aggressive driving defies easy fix
07/12/2007 - NY Senate's top Dem eyes realignment
07/13/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Live from New York, uh, Jersey!
07/13/2007 - Copper thefts trigger widespread crackdown
07/15/2007 - Plan or be engulfed -- Harsh lesson for world cities
07/16/2007 - New laws take 'Romeo' into account
07/17/2007 - GOP rules amid bickering in Ga. Statehouse
07/18/2007 - Florida is test bed for Medicaid overhaul
07/19/2007 - Anti-terror funds to states are shrinking
07/19/2007 - Governor, what's in your wallet?
07/19/2007 - 2008 may come down to Ohio — again
07/20/2007 - Minnesota gov lands national spotlight
07/20/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Vote for -- None of the above
07/22/2007 - New path to university success: Community ties
07/23/2007 - Health care, energy top governors' meeting
07/23/2007 - Arizona mulls primary move
07/24/2007 - Govs to tackle energy issues
07/25/2007 - States work to plug 'brain drain'
07/27/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Fla. prisoners deal crime-solving tips
07/27/2007 - State immigration laws face legal doubts
07/30/2007 - States forge ahead on immigration, global warming
07/30/2007 - 2007 marked by Iraq war, surpluses
August 2007
08/01/2007 - 'Fire-safe' cigarette laws spread quickly
08/02/2007 - Democratic mid-term gains affecting policy
08/03/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Last dance for provocative plate
08/03/2007 - Bridge collapse points to national problem
08/06/2007 - Big questions loom in SCHIP fight
08/06/2007 - State immigration laws multiply
08/07/2007 - Awards honor best statehouse reporting
08/07/2007 - States adopt marriage ed courses
08/08/2007 - Historian advises lawmakers on schools
08/09/2007 - State finances expected to dip
08/09/2007 - U.S. House speaker pledges to overhaul No Child law
08/10/2007 - For war vets, new help from states
08/10/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Shooting for electoral success
08/11/2007 - Maine, S.C. try different tacks with big-box stores
08/12/2007 - World's slum dwellers: More like us than we think
08/14/2007 - States win points with sales-tax holidays
08/15/2007 - States let adult kids keep insurance longer
08/16/2007 - Rookie govs buck political headwinds
08/17/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Calif. legislators looking out for stars behind bars
08/17/2007 - Nebraska legislator fights death penalty to the end
08/19/2007 - Bridges, roads: Big problem demands big new talk
08/20/2007 - States, feds try to keep up with wildfires
08/21/2007 - Minn. takes the lead in e-cycling
08/22/2007 - State election officials steer neutral in 2008
08/23/2007 - States trying to extend foster-care benefits
08/23/2007 - Taking a Second Look at Rendell for Second Place
08/23/2007 - Medicaid directors object to SCHIP rules
08/24/2007 - WORTH NOTING: N.J. has three govs in a week
08/24/2007 - Tighter license rules hit illegal immigrants
08/27/2007 - Lobbyists targeting state attorneys general
08/28/2007 - States, colleges work to cut textbook costs
08/29/2007 - U.S. uninsured rate climbs again
08/30/2007 - Who's in trouble in 14 gov races in '07, '08?
08/31/2007 - Md. launches first statewide living wage
08/31/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Coaches earn way more than governors
September 2007
09/02/2007 - Drug war's latest 'achievement' - boosting global terrorism
09/04/2007 - Home insurance woes mount in coastal states
09/05/2007 - Voting for prez primary this December?
09/06/2007 - Va. Tech shooting spurs changes at colleges
09/07/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Ill. treasurer tosses stinky furniture
09/07/2007 - Power cos. get incentive to save kilowatts
09/10/2007 - Craig scandal: All eyes on a governor, again
09/11/2007 - States tighten dogfighting laws
09/12/2007 - States scramble for gambling jackpot
09/13/2007 - Keystone State's gov looms large
09/14/2007 - Transcript of "Out There's" Pennsylvania roundtable
09/14/2007 - States help seniors age at home
09/14/2007 - WORTH NOTING: No double-spacing? No funds for you!
09/16/2007 - Big, bad new tax still the best road deal
09/17/2007 - Democrats' dysfunction hobbles Illinois
09/18/2007 - California could be 3rd state to ban forced RFID implants
09/19/2007 - Congress tackles states' agenda
09/20/2007 - Schools, colleges underreport crime
09/21/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Neb. senator files the ultimate lawsuit
09/21/2007 - Congress revisits Medicaid ID law
09/22/2007 - State abortion clinic rules suspended
09/23/2007 - Walking to a 'green' school: Impossible new-century dream?
09/24/2007 - Indiana gets OK for novel health plan
09/24/2007 - The Constitution had it right
09/25/2007 - National report card shows big gains in math
09/26/2007 - Lethal injection goes on trial, but goes on
09/27/2007 - Fletcher struggles to overcome hiring probe
09/28/2007 - States watch new U.S. Supreme Court term
09/28/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Judge calls Illinois Statehouse feud 'ridiculous'
09/30/2007 - 'Vision Zero- — no more deaths from highway accidents.
October 2007
10/01/2007 - Cancer research, vouchers on '07 ballots
10/02/2007 - Missouri puts bridges on fast track
10/03/2007 - Colleges go on offense against binge drinking
10/04/2007 - Graphic anti-meth ads catching on
10/05/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Students get an eyeful
10/05/2007 - States turn to seniors for help in classrooms
10/07/2007 - 'Growing cooler' — an inescapable challenge
10/09/2007 - States venture into teacher performance pay
10/10/2007 - State budgets tenuous heading into '08
10/11/2007 - Indiana gov breaks some eggs
10/12/2007 - In Minnesota, soldiers re-learn civilian life
10/12/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Another Sanford joke riles lawmakers
10/14/2007 - Political odd couple pushes prisoner re-entry breakthrough
10/16/2007 - New license rules slam some legal residents
10/17/2007 - Report ranks campaign disclosure laws
10/17/2007 - Republican candidates stress immigration
10/18/2007 - Lethal injection moratorium inches closer
10/19/2007 - Louisiana kicks off 2007 gov races
10/19/2007 - Politically Uncorrected: Why George Bush should like Ike
10/19/2007 - WORTH NOTING: State pols catch sports fever
10/21/2007 - Infrastructure choice: Ramp up or crash down
10/21/2007 - GOP wins Louisiana governorship
10/23/2007 - Oregonians reconsider land-use measure
10/24/2007 - A sagebrush state shows its spirit
10/25/2007 - Strickland leading Ohio Dems' resurgence
10/25/2007 - Q & A with Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland (D)
10/26/2007 - After tragedy, political resolve collapses
10/26/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Can ghost towns vanish?
10/28/2007 - A magic merger — high tech, calmer lifestyles
10/29/2007 - In search of a gentler end
10/30/2007 - Moment of silence gets moment in court
10/31/2007 - Supreme Court stops Mississippi execution
November 2007
11/01/2007 - Virginia Democrats aim for Senate win
11/02/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Iowa squashes tax
11/02/2007 - Drought pushes states to find new fixes
11/04/2007 - Fire and water: twin challenges
11/05/2007 - Can we 'flip' the pyramid to make U.S. metros thrives?
11/05/2007 - N.J. election sees record number of women
11/06/2007 - Odd-year elections a preview for '08?
11/07/2007 - Legislatures: before and after
11/07/2007 - Dems win Ky. gov seat, Va. Senate
11/08/2007 - 2007 election: Lessons learned
11/08/2007 - Odd-year elections a preview for '08?
11/09/2007 - Food vouchers lure Detroit Medicaid patients
11/09/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Governator has whale of a time
11/12/2007 - Hope fading for GOP gains in La. Legislature
11/13/2007 - Farsightedness at the polls: It can happen, returns show
11/13/2007 - Report: States gaming NCLB system
11/14/2007 - States' green-building laws 'lead by example'
11/15/2007 - List of popular govs is full of surprises
11/16/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Oreo edict eases election defeat in Utah
11/16/2007 - States clammed up after 9/11
11/19/2007 - Will California take the plunge on health care?
11/19/2007 - Time to think global in testing U.S. students
11/20/2007 - States take on alien species!
11/21/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Abuzz with Xmas spirit
11/21/2007 - State employees to N.J. gov: 'No thanks'
11/22/2007 - Thanksgiving miracles: Gates grant to slum dwellers
11/26/2007 - States test pandemic plans with free flu shots
11/27/2007 - Police join feds to tackle immigration
11/28/2007 - Tobacco case could limit state powers
11/29/2007 - W.Va. projects a split personality
11/30/2007 - Report: Women govs get high marks
11/30/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Enough out of YouTube, Gov. Crist!
December 2007
12/02/2007 - Has Amtrak's time come?
12/03/2007 - Digital billboards get green light
12/04/2007 - Federal, state crack sentences draw scrutiny
12/05/2007 - States' wallets get thinner
12/06/2007 - Govs' e-mail purges raise hackles
12/07/2007 - WORTH NOTING: In Florida, Santa is a manatee
12/07/2007 - States take lead to fix housing crisis
12/09/2007 - 'Complete streets' gain national voice
12/10/2007 - More states worry about revenues
12/11/2007 - N.J. latest to try death-penalty repeal
12/12/2007 - Iraq casts shadow on 2008 state races
12/13/2007 - With feds stuck, states take on immigration
12/14/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Illinois gov a fan of Hannah Montana
12/16/2007 - Walkability = livability = billions
12/17/2007 - Govs may regain sole control over Guard
12/17/2007 - A compact for post-secondary education
12/18/2007 - State readiness varies for health disasters
12/18/2007 - Price tag for state retiree benefits: $2.73 trillion
12/20/2007 - NFL blitzes state capitols in fight with cable
12/21/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Palin strikes a pose in
Vogue
12/21/2007 - Govs send their holiday greetings
12/26/2007 - States make gift cards friendlier to consumer
12/27/2007 - Some states reconsider youth sex laws
12/28/2007 - WORTH NOTING: Huckabee targets the competition
12/28/2007 - New Year ushers in new laws
12/31/2007 - 50-state snapshot of '07
12/31/2007 - 2007 marked by activism
12/31/2007 - Federal spending plan slashes anti-crime grants
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