One of the biggest accomplishments of 2000 will require a great deal of thought in 2001, as the mapping of the human genome poses questions about privacy and regulation of information. Protecting the privacy of genetic information is on the agendas of many states. Michigan and Texas are considering standards to allow convicted criminals the use of DNA to prove their claims of innocence. Following a year of expensive and acrimonious judicial elections, Michigan will consider scrapping direct election of state Supreme Court justices. One proposal would let the governor appoint them, with Senate ratification.
Internet gambling is a concern in Nevada and New Jersey.
And some issues are anybody's guess.