TODAY'S NEWS
State
Western States Block Nuclear Waste from Italy
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FederalDeal Reached on Farm Bill,
but Veto Vowed
D.C. Transit Chief: Delay Upgrades for Urgent Fixes
TechnologyFacebook Agrees
to Block Sexual Predators
California Democrats Eye
Wide Range of Tax Hikes
Some Governors Still Neutral
on White House Pick
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DAILY DIGIT
More than $34,000
Amount in coins a former St. Paul city employee who was sentenced to 90 days in jail admitted stealing from parking meters, taking coffee cans full of coins to local banks to deposit
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The States and LocalitiesFalling BridgesAging infrastructure is becoming harder to ignore, with collapsing bridges and other events, like this 2007 steam pipe explosion in Manhattan. Governments, Peter Harkness writes, are looking for new ways to finance solutions. Meanwhile, problems persist and serve as a metaphor for our paralyzed politics. Photo from the New York City Fire Department |
Idea Center
Electronic Eyes on the ICU
A new program to electronically monitor ICU patients may be an idea states and localities looking to increase health care access in rural America need to keep an eye on. 
Benefits Beat
Board Room Follies
Employees and retirees serving on public pension boards face an inherent fiduciary conflict when they vote themselves a benefit increase. Girard Miller suggests a cure.
More News & Features
Management Insights
Not the Cavalry
Foundations and corporations can be terrific partners for governments, writes Peter Hutchinson, but there are limits. For one thing, they can't fill budget gaps.
eNewsletters
Health and Social Services
Launching this summer, Governing's Human Services Monthly will track developments and trends. Become a charter subscriber to this free publication.
Technology
At Work on the Web
State and local agencies often block employee access to entire categories of online content, from politics to porn. Unfortunately, writes Mark Stencel, that creates all kinds of online roadblocks.
Plus: Wikis are replacing the old Suggestion Box, and changing the way governments manage, collaborate and share ideas. This month's cover story: Working in Wiki.
