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Follow Governing's Managing Performance Conference
Posted By: Zach Patton | September 30, 2008
Like Congress fleeing a bailout, we're getting the heck out of D.C. We'll be attending Governing's Managing Performance conference in Austin, Texas. We'll be ...
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States and Localities: 'Hey, Remember Us?'
Posted By: Zach Patton | September 30, 2008
The leaders of the "Big 7" state and local government groups released a statement calling on the next president to pay more attention to states and localities in drafting policy.
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Life Is Tweet
Posted By: Mark Stencel | September 29, 2008
Some imaginative government offices across the country -- from the L.A. Fire Department to the U.S. Senate -- are experimenting with ways ...
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Carey Torrice Allows "Sexy" and "County Commissioner" to be Used in Same Sentence
Posted By: Zach Patton | September 26, 2008
Carey Torrice is a commissioner for Macomb County, Michigan. Carey Torrice is also, according to her official bio, an actress. And a private investigator (!). And ...
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Financial Crisis's Non-Economic Impact on States
Posted By: Will Wilson | September 26, 2008
States were already facing big revenue hits before Wall Street started to melt down. The fall of AIG might portend regulatory effects on states as ...
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Wall Street, the Statehouse and the Loan Shark
Posted By: | September 25, 2008
Everyone's been asking how the Wall Street mess affects Main Street. Well, there's one clue in how it is starting to affect states. In this ...
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Bailing Out Homeowners
Posted By: Elizabeth Daigneau | September 25, 2008
As Congress debates whether or not to pass a $700 billion bailout proposal, one of the issues that has arisen is how to include a rescue ...
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Invasion of the Pod, People?
Posted By: Zach Patton | September 23, 2008
If certain advocates have their way, Ithaca, N.Y., could someday be home to a "pod car" system. Based on this New York ...
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Does Sarah Palin read Governing?
Posted By: Ellen Perlman | September 23, 2008
In January, Governing ran a story on how governments should be managing e-mail. That feature included this bit of information: ...elected leaders are devising ways ...
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Water is the New Carbon
Posted By: Zach Patton | September 19, 2008
Now that we've all figured out our carbon footprints, it's time for a new guilt-inducing eco-buzz question: What's your "water footprint"? Your water ...
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