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- O-K-L-A-H-O-M-Hey, Where Are the Sidewalks?
- Governing Contributing Editor Anne Jordan is in Oklahoma for a conference. She sent in this dispatch from the road: Last evening, sitting in a ...
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- Rush Hour in Real Terms
- You often see rankings that compare cities in terms of their average commute times. But here's a chart that puts the whole thing into better ...
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- But If You Put a Price On It, Will It Still Be Special?
- As an American circa 2008, I've been known to eat in a restaurant from time to time. And there's probably nothing that irks me more than ...
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- A Short Reminder from the Reality Police
- In case anyone needed a Medicaid reality check, there was this from Barbara Edwards, the former head of Medicaid for Ohio: States that plan to ...
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- Probably a Good Idea
- I'm usually a fan of hard line approaches and creative incentives. But Edmonds (WA) School District went a little overboard, even for me, and it's ...
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- How to Pull Off a Convention
- Laudatory praise of the logistics seems to reflect consensus opinion about the Democratic National Convention in Denver. To find out how the city pulled it off, GOVERNING spoke with Guillermo Vidal, Denver's deputy mayor and director of public works.
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- Pop Goes the Soda
- That dark fizzy drink -- what do you call it? Soda? Pop? Cola? Coke? It all depends on where you're from. Check out this ...
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- Step Away From the Copier and Put Your Hands in the Air
- Carl Malamud of Sebastopol, California, is a lawbreaker, a miscreant, a reprobate. Get this. He downloads and photocopies state laws and regulations! Yes, you heard ...
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- Last One Out of the Data Center, Turn Off the Lights
- "Planned obsolescence" is a term coined decades ago but one I haven't heard much lately. I'm reminded of it by a recent Wall ...
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- Architect Bullfighter Designs by Committee
- The centerpiece of Seattle's now complete "Libraries for All" initiative is the downtown Central Branch co-designed by Rem Koolhaas, one of the creators ...
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