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Penelope Lemov

correspondent

Penelope Lemov is a correspondent and part-time editor for GOVERNING. She writes two e-newsletters -- one on finance, the other on taxes and revenue -- and edits features and columns every month. She is the former Health columnist for GOVERNING and was senior editor for several award-winning GOVERNING features. She is also the founder and writer of the blog, www.grownchildren.net.

Raise it or reform it: Is it time for states to rethink the gas tax?
As revenues return, legislators and policymakers are beginning to take stock of how well their rainy day funds functioned.
In these budget busting times, state-owned buildings are increasingly up for sale. But states may have better options.
Pittsburgh's proposed tax would have been a first: a 1 percent levy on all tuition paid by the city's 100,000 college students. If it had passed, it...
It's like a page out of the Brothers Grimm. Once upon a time -- and not so very long ago -- there were four giants....
The dwindling number of primary care physicians is a dagger at the heart of health care reform. If nearly all Americans have insurance, how will...
Employers--and that includes states and localities--have been focusing on wellness and prevention as a means of keeping their employees healthy and thereby less costly to...
Here's the problem. The number of Americans who have diabetes is growing at an alarming rate, as are the medical costs of treating the disease:...
Put down that can. The sweet soda in front of you may be frosty and cold and just waiting to quench your thirst, but it...
When he headed up the Washington State Investment Board, Joe Dear oversaw a $67 billion portfolio. Now that he's the new honcho at CalPERS, the California...