Elizabeth Daigneau

Recent Articles

• Islands in Denver
• Jun 11, 2009
• In sprawling metropolitan Denver, city and state officials are trying to restore wildlife to a nearly lifeless habitat. Washington Park's Smith Lake, in south central...

• Turning Traders Into Teachers
• Jun 3, 2009
• Moody's Economy.com is predicting that 70,000 financial workers in the New York area will lose their jobs by the middle of 2010. New Jersey, which is...

• Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak: Fiscal Crisis is a "Wind in Our Sails"
• Jun 1, 2009
• Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak was in Asia last week, meeting with Chinese officials and promoting his city as a business and tourism destination. So ...
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• A Street Renaissance in NYC
• May 27, 2009
• Streets make up over a quarter of New York City's land area, and occupy the bulk of its public space. Accordingly, the city has drawn...

• Artists Fill in a Vacant Lot
• May 21, 2009
• Baltimore's housing department estimates it has about 30,000 abandoned structures and lots throughout the city, many of them in such poor condition that they are fire...

• A Speedy Path to New Careers
• May 13, 2009
• Since the recession's start, North Carolina's employers have eliminated more than 175,000 jobs. Responding to the state's need to get people back to work, the North...

• Burton to Chair California Dems
• Apr 20, 2009
• The Sacramento Bee reports that John Burton, the former congressman and state Senate president pro tem, is all but assured of becoming the California Democratic ...

• Pennsylvanians Determined to Quit
• Mar 18, 2009
• An estimated 2 million Pennsylvanians are smokers, and according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average smoker tries to quit at least seven...

• How Green is that Lipstick?
• Mar 11, 2009
• Since consumer warnings were issued about lead in lipstick, mercury in medicine and BPA in baby products last year, concerns over toxic chemicals in everyday...

• Planning for Wildfires
• Mar 4, 2009
• With spring just around the corner and temperatures thawing, drought-stricken parts of the country are under severe threat of wildfires, with many officials predicting an...

• Bus Schedules 4 U
• Mar 1, 2009
• The Port Authority of Allegheny County is testing a new service that sends bus schedules by text message. The free service, known as RouteShout, is...

• Safe Food Technology
• Feb 26, 2009
• Food safety is on everybody's mind. Remember the spinach-salmonella outbreak of 2007? How about the salmonella-tainted tomatoes of 2008? And who could forget the current peanut products...

• Consolidating the Job Search
• Feb 22, 2009
• In these tough economic times, regional cooperation is key to helping cities and counties cope, local officials at Governing's recent Outlook in the States and...

• Coastal Defenses
• Feb 11, 2009
• Even when the devastating hurricanes of 2005 -- Katrina, Rita and Wilma -- are not included, flood damage in the U.S. increased sixfold from the...