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Tom Trowbridge reports that the governor of New Mexico is championing a bill that would make it legal to possess small amounts of marijuana in the state. The measure is now before the state's legislature. Lawmakers from both parties are lobbying for the bill, which if it passes, will be the first time the possession of marijuana has been legalized in 20 years.

Dan Olsen of Minnesota Public Radio reports from St. Paul on the life and political career of Harold Stassen. The former Republican Governor, who died Sunday, ran for president nine times but never won national office. Although Stassen was considered one of the country's most promising politicians when he was first elected Governor of Minnesota, his name gradually became associated with electoral futility.

Lisa Simeone talks with three newspaper reporters who cover the new governors in Massachusetts (Tina Cassidy of the Boston Globe), New Jersey (David Halbfinger of the New York Times), and Wisconsin (Steve Walters of the Milwaukee Sentinel-Journal).

The state of California is considering buying more than 30-thousand miles of high voltage power transmission lines. Governor Gray Davis sees the move as a way to help solve the state's power crisis, by federal regulators are not so sure. From member station KPCC in Los Angeles, Rachael Myrow reports.

A sound montage of some of the voices in this past week's news, including Wednesday's earthquake as heard on the 51st floor of a Seattle office building; Washington state Governor Gary Locke (Democrat); Britain's Chief Veterinarian Jim Scudamore and Dutch parliamentarian Jan Mulder; US Secretary of State Colin Powell and Kuwaiti political analyst Abdullah Shayze; Hilary Rosen, president of the Recording Industry Association of America, and Hank Barry, CEO of Napster; President George W. Bush and Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (Democrat, South Dakota).

Linda Wertheimer talks with Congressman Christoper Cox (R-47th) from California about why he supports a bigger tax cut than President Bush's proposal.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Democratic Gov. Gray Davis of California and Republican Gov. Jim Geringer of Wyoming. They're meeting in Washington this weekend for the annual winter meeting of the National Governors' Association. Davis has been struggling lately with an energy crisis while Wyoming's Geringer has been profiting from the electricity shortage.

NPR's Phillip Davis reports that the Governor's Election Reform task force is recommending that Florida adopt optical scanning statewide to count votes.

California's Governor Gray Davis announced his plan to avert the possible bankruptcy of his state's utilities. Mr. Davis proposes that the state buy the transmission lines from the utilities. NPR's Richard Gonzales reports.

Jane Swift will shortly assume the duties as governor of Massachusetts, pending the confirmation of Paul Cellucci as the Bush administration's ambassador to Canada. Steve Tripoli of member station WBUR has prepared a profile on Swift, who will soon turn 36 and become the nation's youngest governor.