The Other 49


States suggest work for unemployed
A suggestion has been made by the State of Wisconsin that its unemployed be required to work for state and local governments in order to receive unemployment compensation. Unemployed fathers in Massachusetts applying for aid for dependent children are being detoured to a job interview with an employment security counselor in the welfare office. The state already requires employable welfare recipients to register for work.

Four-day work week works in North
Carolina
An experiment dealing with a four-day work week yielded greater productivity for North Carolina's Department of Transportation last summer. So once again, the state will place 8,000 highway maintenance workers on the new schedule, which includes a 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. work day, plus a lunch break.

Kentucky big-wigs found carless
Kentucky Gov. Julian M. Carroll ordered the long-standing practice of assigning state-owned automobiles to state officials stopped. Carroll said most officials could use the state motor pool and established a procedure for those who need an assigned auto.

New York restores lottery
Legislation reviving New York's lottery was signed into law this spring by Gov. Hugh L. Carey. He had suspended the lottery last October because of signs of poor management and scandal.

Washington lawmakers boost pay
Lawmakers in the State of Washington will receive $7,200 per year, almost twice their present salary of $3,800, beginning next November.

Ohio governor prays despite protests
Ohio Gov. James A. Rhodes held his annual prayer breakfast as scheduled in the Capitol Rotunda despite protests from the American Civil Liberties Union that it violates the constitutional ban on mixing church and state.

Florida governor seeks ethics amendment
On the theme that "public office is a public trust," Florida Gov. Reubin O'D. Askew launched a campaign to place a strong ethics amendment on the November ballot. The amendment, which needs 210, 537 signatures to gain entry on the ballot, would require full financial disclosure by public officials and candidates for public office./ T.S.B.ž

6/ July 1976/ Illinois Issues


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