Elizabeth Daigneau

Recent Articles

• TEST TEST ballot initiatives
• Jan 10, 2010
• New York City has shed its pop-culture image as a dingy, dirty burg where all the streets have rats and all the apartments are full of cockroaches. Still, it's hard not to snicker at the news that a new breed of cockroach has been discovered in Gotham And

• Selling An Alternative to Prostitution
• Jan 7, 2010
• In Dallas, it's unknown how many men and women engage in prostitution, but street prostitution alone results in several thousand arrests a year. It's a...
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• Stimulus Metrics
• Dec 31, 2009
• It's been almost a year since Congress passed the $787 billion stimulus package. With the first projects funded and under way, states and localities now have...

• Rolling Up Pavement
• Dec 28, 2009
• When it comes to progress, nothing says it better than paved roads. But in these economic times, paved roads are too costly. In Michigan, 20 of...
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• Leading the Way in Smoking Cessation
• Dec 21, 2009
• Smoking-related illnesses cost the Medicaid system more than $22 billion a year. Nationally, the rate of smoking among Medicaid patients is about 18 percent. In Massachusetts, the...

• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Finalist #2
• Dec 18, 2009
• Finalist #2 in our 'Twas the Night Before Christmas, Government edition contest is from North Carolina: Twas' the night before Christmas, and all through the State ...

• 'Twas the Night Before Christmas: Finalist #1
• Dec 18, 2009
• Yesterday, Governing announced the winner of our government-holiday poem contest. Today, we'll publish the other finalists throughout the day. To start us off, finalist #1 is ...

• Good Ideas for Cities
• Dec 17, 2009
• Good state and local governments thrive on fresh ideas, and it is ideas that are the future of our cities. At least, that's what a...

• Volunteers for Justice
• Dec 14, 2009
• Since 2006, New Jersey's Office of the Attorney General has lost about 150 lawyers, and because of a hiring freeze, hasn't been allowed to replace them. Unable...

• Twitter and Earthquake Detection
• Dec 10, 2009
• It seems every day there's a new story on how government is using Twitter to reach out to its constituents. That's why an effort to...

• Biomass Waste Gets Craigslist Treatment
• Dec 3, 2009
• North Carolina recently launched a Craigslist-like exchange for biomass materials. Need drums of cooking oil for biofuel? Trying to find industrial-sized mounds of manure for...

• High-Tech Snow Removal
• Nov 19, 2009
• Coming off two of the harshest and most costly winters in Chicago's history, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation is looking to avoid budget-busting...

• Virginia Senate: Democrats Cling to Power with Special Elections Ahead
• Nov 13, 2009
• posted Josh Goodman If you thought Virginia's major elections were over, think again. The Old Dominion just elected a new governor, lieutenant governor (well, ...

• Hand-Washing Spies
• Nov 12, 2009
• Hospital-acquired infections are among the leading causes of preventable death in the U.S., accounting for 1.7 million infections annually; 100,000 deaths and $30 billion in additional health...