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   <title>Recent articles by  Sarah Ferris from governing.com</title>
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   <description>Sarah Ferris is a GOVERNING intern.</description>
   
   
         
               
                      	    				    	    																													    													    															
    	    				    	    																																											    													    															
                                                                                                                            																																				



																												


                  
                  
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            <title>Ambitious Anti-Teen Pregnancy Program Seeing Success in Milwaukee</title>
            <link>http://www.governing.com/topics/education/gov-anti-teen-pregnancy-program-seeing-success.html</link>
            <description>In 2006, Milwaukee had one of the nation’s highest teen birth rates. With more than two years to go on an ambitious goal to curb teen pregnancies, the city has already cut its rate by more than a third.</description>
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            <title>Milwaukee Police Website Turns Up the Cool Factor</title>
            <link>http://www.governing.com/topics/public-justice-safety/gov-milwaukee-police-website-gets-cool.html</link>
            <description>The department’s new website has the feeling of a first-person video game and aims to replace the media as the public’s go-to source for crime information.</description>
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            <title>W.Va. County Builds Teacher Villages to Save Schools</title>
            <link>http://www.governing.com/topics/education/gov-west-virginia-county-builds-teacher-villages.html</link>
            <description>McDowell County may be the first rural community to build housing to attract young teachers. It could be a model for other counties facing waning populations and crumbling infrastructure.</description>
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            <title>Muni Bonds Need Governments to Fight for Them</title>
            <link>http://www.governing.com/blogs/fedwatch/gov-experts-say-government-must-be-loud-advocates-for-tax-free-bonds.html</link>
            <description>The tax-free status of municipal bonds is under attack. If eliminated, borrowing could get more expensive for states and localities.</description>
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