Learning from midwestern leaders / Carol S. Weissert -- Welfare reform meets the devolution revolution in Ohio / Charles F. Adams and Miriam S. Wilson -- Kansas carves out a middle ground / Jocelyn M. Johnston and Kara Lindaman -- Wisconsin's W-2 program: welfare as we might come to know it? / Thomas Kaplan -- Minnesota's balancing act: boosting work incentives and job readiness while controlling costs / Thomas F. Luce, Jr. -- Michigan's welfare reform: generous but tough / Carol S. Weissert -- Concluding comments: welfare reform and governance / Thomas L. Gais