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John Buntin

John Buntin

Staff Writer

John Buntin is a staff writer at GOVERNING. He covers health care, public safety and urban affairs. A graduate of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, he is the author of two books, "Governing States and Localities" (CQ Press) and "L.A. Noir: The Struggle for the Soul of America’s Most Seductive City" (Harmony Books).

Economists, sociologists and political scientists have recently identified single-family zoning as a major obstacle to building more of it. Could that change soon?
They’re into more than showmanship. They’re struggling to turn the gambling mecca into a thriving 21st century urban place.
The Dallas police chief was hailed as a national leader, yet his own cops wanted him to quit.
The ambitious public management crusade of the 1990s has made a mark on governments everywhere. But it’s fallen short of some of its goals.
While states are focused on the opioid epidemic, they may not be paying enough attention to the lab-created drugs that are hard to control.
Can the strategy, which was originally developed to reduce gang violence, be replicated elsewhere?
Obama called on Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey, among others, to change the future of law enforcement. Will his unorthodox ideas make a difference or just alienate his fellow officers?
Governing followed efforts to turn around one Tennessee high school in this year-long, four-part series that reveals the potential and perils of education reform.
As states around the country embrace Tennessee’s turnaround model, the experience of one Memphis high school shows policymakers about its potential and perils.
America’s jails are filled with people suffering from severe psychological problems. But largely thanks to one judge, Miami found ways to keep the mentally ill out of incarceration and in treatment.