Mark Stencel

Recent Articles

• Capitol Improvements in Cheyenne
• Apr 9, 2008
• The Wyoming state capitol has been through a lot since Casper Star-Tribune reporter Joan Barron first started covering the legislature 37 years ago, including an earthquake, ...

• Off Beat in Connecticut's Capitol
• Mar 14, 2008
• The Journal-Register Co. in Connecticut has axed its last full-time Capitol reporter, veteran New Haven Register political writer Greg Hladky.
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• What's In Your Wallet?
• Mar 7, 2008
• The Sacramento Bee is learning what several other news organizations already knew: The salaries of government employees may be public information, but the employees really hate it when you make it public.

• Technology Metes Out Parking Meter Justice
• Feb 20, 2008
• A friend of mine once interrupted a presentation to his company's board of directors to run outside and move his car because he was running ...

• The Long Link of the Law
• Feb 4, 2008
• To paraphrase the famous introduction of an old black-and-white crime drama, there are a thousand stories in the Naked City -- and nowadays there's a ...
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• Are You Ready for Your Close Up?
• Jan 29, 2008
• Who doesn't like to watch a guy skiing down a subway escalator or a reporter getting an on-air taser demonstration? But streaming video is not just the domain of amateurs posting homemade masterpieces and snippets of TV programs.
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• All Aboard
• Nov 19, 2007
• Charlotte, NC's first light-rail line opened for business over the weekend, and the initial reviews are good. The Charlotte Area Transit System (CATS) gave reporters ...
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• A Vote for Better Design
• Oct 31, 2007
• A year of electronic forensics has failed to resolve what went wrong at the polls in Florida's Sarasota County last November, when 18,000 voters mysteriously appeared...

• Bare-Knuckle Gentility
• Sep 30, 2007
• Every summer, but especially in off-year election seasons like this one, the Mississippi state capitol moves to a dusty fairground in Neshoba County. The unofficial...

• The Elusive Long-Timer
• Aug 31, 2007
• David Litchliter is an unusual creature in state government - a longtime chief information officer, whose 13 years on the job make him as rare as...

• Bench Brawl
• Aug 1, 2007
• In Nevada, it's sometimes hard to tell the judge from the accused.

• Capability Gap
• Aug 1, 2007
• Machines are part of the digital divide problem. Lack of knowledge is a bigger part.

• Demographic Storm
• Aug 1, 2007
• The natural disasters of 2005 may spawn political hurricanes in 2010.