State and local government, 2010-2011 / edited by Kevin B. Smith.

The new federalism / Alan Greenblatt -- Facing off with the feds / Suzanne Weiss -- Breathing room / Jeff Hurley and Carl Tubbesing -- Education rest / Garry Boulard -- Can the college vote turn out? Evidence from the U.S. states, 2000-08 / Jesse Richman and Andrew Pate -- Voting prison blues / Jori Lewis -- A deep bench / Alan Ehrenhalt -- Democracy on the cheap / John O' Leary -- Lobbying in the new millennium : evidence of continuity and change in three states / Anthony J. Nownes and Krissy Walker DeAlejandro -- Digging for dollars / Alan Greenblatt -- In Wisconsin, partisan battles rule the legislature / Alan Greenblatt -- Ready, set, draw / Tim Storey -- New wave / Gary Boulard -- Going lean / Alan Greenblatt -- Growing Alaska's legislature / Josh Goodman -- The job of a lifetime / Alan Greenblatt -- Are baby-boom governors more prone to scandal? / Alan Ehrenhalt -- An integrated model of U.S. state attorney general behavior in multi-state litigation / Colin Provost -- Fair and impartial? / Judith S. Kaye -- Crime and treatment / Donna Lyons -- A most uncivil contempt / Lewis Beale -- When the music stops: succession is more than just filling seats / Elizabeth Fredericksen -- From intern to top officer / Heather Kerrigan -- Performance auditing : beyond "gotcha!" / Jonathan Walters -- Does the American recovery and reinvestment act meet local needs? / Nancy Johnson -- Coping with economic crisis and some lessons learned / Elizabeth Fretwell -- Collaborate or else / Peter A. Harkness -- Identifying the capacities of regional councils of government / James F. Wolf and Tara Kolar Bryan -- Bleak outlook for state finances / Rob Gurwitt -- The perceived challenges of implementing the American recovery and reinvestment act / Denise F. Gregory Wyatt -- Taxing services to ease budget woes / Josh Goodman -- Taxing away an exemption / Penelope Lemov -- Can higher ed control its costs? / Josh Goodman -- Top 10 legislative issues to watch 2010 / Josh Goodman -- Same sex redux / Christine Nelson -- A good, hard look / Garry Boulard -- Navigating the journey to sustainable government / William D. Eggers and John O'Leary -- Taking stock / Alan Ehrenhalt.