California Welfare Reform

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, conservative secretary of the California Health and Welfare Agency David Swoap and liberal San Francisco assemblyman Art Agnos began to discuss work and job training programs that might shrink California's burgeoning welfare rolls and...

Judge Tauro and Care of the Retarded in Massachusetts

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

On October 9, 1986, US District Court Judge Joseph L. Tauro signed an order withdrawing five Massachusetts state schools for the mentally retarded from federal supervision. The court had been involved in the schools since 1972, when parents of...

Tacoma Neon Wars (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, the Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted to accept the proposal of artist Stephen Antonakos for a $280,000 neon sculpture to be placed in the new Tacoma Dome sports and convention facility. The artwork would be paid for with funds...

Tacoma Neon Wars (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, the Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted to accept the proposal of artist Stephen Antonakos for a $280,000 neon sculpture to be placed in the new Tacoma Dome sports and convention facility. The artwork would be paid for with funds...

Tacoma Neon Wars (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In 1984, the Tacoma, Washington, City Council voted to accept the proposal of artist Stephen Antonakos for a $280,000 neon sculpture to be placed in the new Tacoma Dome sports and convention facility. The artwork would be paid for with funds...

Falklands/Malvinas: The Haig Mediation Effort (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

On April 2, 1982, Argentine forces overran the British-controlled Falklands, thus triggering a confrontation between the two nations over possession of the barren South Atlantic islands. Students can read Part A to learn about the history of the...

AIDS and the Insurance Industry

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In December 1986, Massachusetts Commissioner of Insurance Peter Hiam ordered life and health insurance companies operating in the state to stop testing insurance applicants' blood for antibodies to the AIDS virus. Hiam expressed concern that the...

Peabody's Trailer Parks

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

In the late 1984, when the owners of trailer parks housing 2,000 residents of Peabody, Massachusetts, threatened to evict their tenants and redevelop the land for other uses because they cannot get satisfactory rent increases under the city's...

Multiple Launch Rocket System: On Time and Under Budget (Abridged)

Publication Date: January 1, 1987

During the period 1978 to 1984, cost overruns in defense system development and procurement were commonplace. In the same period, however, program costs for the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), a track-mounted field artillery rocket...

Multiple Launch Rocket System: On Time and Under Budget

Publication Date: January 1, 1987

During the period 1978 to 1984, cost overruns in defense system development and procurement were commonplace. In the same period, however, program costs for the Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS), a track-mounted field artillery rocket...

Plastic in the Public Sector

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This five-paragraph case sketches a debate in the state of Minnesota about whether to allow to pay for their annual $15 park permits by credit card. The debate took place in the context of a larger Department of Natural Resources effort to...

Ellen Schall and the Department of Juvenile Justice

Publication Date: January 01, 1987

This "Innovations in State and Local Government" case begins in January 1983, when Ellen Schall is appointed commissioner of New York City's Department of Juvenile Justice, an agency in upheaval. DJJ was established to detain seven- to...