States' New Laws for 2005 Cast Light On Events of '04

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Resolved for 2005: No tigers as pets in New York, better access to health care for everybody in Maine, and no lawyers or juries arguing about whether a restaurant is to blame for obesity, at least in Illinois and Missouri.

Along with dried-out Christmas trees and garbage bags full of torn wrapping paper, the new year dawns with a stack of new laws. Many states set Jan. 1 as the effective date for laws passed last year, offering a few clues to the priorities, concerns and quirks of state lawmakers and the people who elect them.

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States' New Laws for 2005 Cast Light On Events of '04

Health care is among legislators' biggest concerns.

Maine continued to phase in its ambitious state-supported unive...

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