State of the States Stateline's annual preview of what will be the year's most-discussed issues in state capitals. 
| 2012 Edition
After a contentious political year, Republicans may moderate their approach
Washington and the states: a year of uncertainty and foreboding
Medicaid: a year of excruciating decisions
Unions adapt to new rules, even as they fight to reverse them
At last, a state budget year when the sky is not falling
Interactive: New balance of power
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| 2011 Edition
As state budgets, payrolls shrink, so do ambitions
States adjust to a more frugal Washington
Republicans face obstacles in redistricting
State budget outlook: the worst isn't over
Health care budgets in critical condition
Interactive: New balance of power
|  | 2010 Edition
Recession could reshape state governments in lasting ways
Is it time for a new balance in the federal and state fiscal partnership?
2010 Elections: New faces, daunting problems
State policy on Pew's radar
|  | 2009 Edition
Ominous problems face officeholders new and old
Economic crisis overshadows policy goals, results
States likely to defer to Obama on energy, environment
Economics are a sore subject for public schools
Strapped states eye prison savings
Policy challenge: how to expand safety net
And briefs on hot topics such as Medicaid, immigration, same-sex marriage, the recession and the U.S. Supreme Court
|  | 2008 Edition
States share national spotlight in 2008
How two states' universal health efforts have fared
Proliferation of gambling sets off an ‘arms race’ among states
Wanted: stem-cell scientists to grow state economies
The state of the union — crumbling
For America’s warriors, new help at home
Testing the system: Do all states make the grade?
States rush to fill the void on immigration policy
Lethal injection, voter ID top state concerns on docket
And briefs on hot topics such as "Romeo and Juliet" laws, prison overcrowding, campus security, the subprime mortgage crisis, global warming, same-sex marriage, Real ID and abortion.
| | | 2007 Edition
Elections bring blue wave and news plans to statehouses
Was year of surpluses, social issues
Wanna buy the Brooklyn Bridge? Some states aren't joking
States think big on health reform
Are you a citizen? Prove it
Tighter rules usher in second decade of welfare reform
Lake Wobegon U.S.A — Where all the children are above average
Lethal injection on trial
And briefs on hot topics such as minimum wage, immigration, same-sex marriage, stem cells, alternative energy, property rights, self-defense laws, sex offenders, property tax and S-CHIP renewal.
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| 2006 Edition
Midterm elections presage big change in the states
Right, left both seek edge from ballot initiatives
Katrina alters political landscape for Barbour, Blanco
In Katrina's wake, a rush to shore up disaster plans
Missions from Baghdad to Kabul stretch the National Guard
A history of recent U.S. disasters
Graying states set pace for retirement boom
The Medicaid blues: Asking the needy to pay more
States' Canada Rx programs find few takers
Anti-tax activists press ballot fights over spending caps
Educators and legislators get behind preschool for all
Education policy quandry: Curbing dropouts
Spike in oil prices propels push for conservation and new fuels
Immigration skirmishes move beyond border states
And briefs on hot topics such as states' rights, eminent domain, gay rights, same-sex marriage, th edeath penalty, stem cells, abortion, scandals, sex offenders, the No Child Left Behind Act, education funding, pensions and Medicaid.
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| 2005 Edition
States out of the red, not yet out of the woods
A record 120 million voted in 2004 election
With National Guard away, who minds the home front?
Every state wants a slice of the homeland security pie
States cash in on Americans' love affair with gambling
Quirky tax makeovers sweeten state coffers
Health care for the poor exacts heavy price on states
Support for Rx imports swells
Rising demand, reduced support spell trouble for public colleges
No Child Left Behind Act still a sore subject
The war over gay marriage
Embryonic stem cell research
California takes aim at auto emissions
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