respond to the prompt provided.

respond to the prompt provided. State and local governments deal with a variety of policy issues including education, welfare, the environment, health care, economic issues, and criminal justice. As the federal government budget shrinks, these issues become even more of the responsibility of the states. If you were in state government, how would you prioritize these issues? In other words, which issues would you place at the top of an agenda and which would you place at the bottom?