The environmental impact statement (EIS) process is central to the assessment of environmentally significant actions. Yet decisions about what matters in the environment and what gets studied as part of an EIS are based on values that are largely implicit and come primarily from technical...

This article represents one of the first systematic analyses of state subsidy payments to families adopting children with special needs (children with physical and|or mental disabilities and children who are classified as hard-to-place). The analysis focuses on the monetary subsidies provided to...