Preface

Statehood Process of the Fifty States

Garrine P. Laney

State and Local Pension Plans: Economically Targeted Investments and Social Responsibility Screening

Celinda Franco

Edward B. Rappaport

James R. Storey

Legal Issues Affecting the Right of State Employees to Bring Suit under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and Other Federal Labor Laws

Kimberly D. Jones

The Federal Money Trail: Data Sources on Federal Aid, Grants, Loans, and Procurement in States and Local Areas

James R. Riehl

Federal Grants to State and Local Governments: A Brief History

Ben Canada

Community Development Block Grants: Funding and Other Issues in the 106th Congress

Eugene Boyd

State and Local Economic Sanctions: Some Constitutional Issues

Jeanne J. Grimmett

State Technology Development Strategies: The Role of High Tech Clusters

Wendy H. Schacht

Citizen Initiative Proposals Appearing on State Ballots, 1976-1992

Lisa Oakley

Thomas H. Neale

Index