Recent articles by John Herbers from governing.com http://www.governing.com/authors/rss/rss/?a=118860139 John Herbers is a GOVERNING contributor. He is a former New York Times reporter. From the Archive: The New Federalism: Unplanned, Innovative and Here to Stay http://www.governing.com/topics/mgmt/new-federalism-unplanned-innovative-here-to-stay.html State and local governments are fending for themselves in unprecedented and imaginative ways. Things will never be quite the same.