• Muni Bonds' Future May Lie in Foreign Investors' Hands
• BY: Justin Marlowe   |   February 2013
• Foreign investors matter to the municipal bond market for two reasons.

• Cities Strengthening Bonds with Their International Sisters
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   February 2013
• There's a new push to get these 2,000 international partnerships working together on concrete development programs.

• States Experience Disparity in Police Fatality Rates as Agencies Target Safety
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   January 31, 2013
• An analysis shows fatality rates vary by state, with most deaths in the South.
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• The Real Role of Cities
• BY: Mark Funkhouser   |   January 31, 2013
• As one thoughtful city manager see it, in our focus on service delivery we're lost sight of a fundamental purpose of government.
• 2 Comments

• What Privacy Means to Americans vs. Europeans
• BY: Paul W. Taylor   |   February 2013
• Experts are worried that disparate privacy rules between the two could pose a threat to future growth.
• 1 Comments

• U.S. Cities Consider Capping Parking Spots
• BY: Tod Newcombe   |   February 2013
• Cars are being kept out of popular pedestrian areas worldwide and the movement is coming stateside.
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• Local Pot Laws Conflict with National Policies Worldwide
• BY: Donald F. Kettl   |   February 2013
• The United States isn't the only place where local marijuana policies clash with national laws. Even Amsterdam and the Dutch government have struggled with this tension. Read the rest of Governing's first-ever International Issue here.

• Can Greater Government Involvement Solve America's Internet Access Problem?
• BY: Alex Marshall   |   February 2013
• Many foreign countries provide faster, cheaper and more widespread Internet access than the United States. In most of them, governments are much more involved with telecom policies and funding.
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• The Ramifications of Changing the Electoral College
• BY: Louis Jacobson   |   January 31, 2013
• Some states are considering a change in how they allocate their electoral votes, but the change may not be good for governance.
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• Report Identifies Top Job-Poaching States
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   January 31, 2013
• Many states engage in bidding wars to pull companies into their region. A new report examines recent high-profile tax incentive deals.
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• 'Best Practices': the Enemy of Innovation
• BY: Patrick Ibarra   |   January 30, 2013
• Real improvement in government isn't a cut-and-paste process. The best leaders look forward to what might be, not backward to what was.
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• New York Gov. Cuomo's Pension Proposal Puzzling
• BY: Jonathan Walters   |   January 29, 2013
• Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal to let municipalities short their pension payments for the next quarter century uses fuzzy math, writes Governing's Jonathan Walters.
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• Virginia's Bold, New Transportation Funding Idea
• BY: Ryan Holeywell   |   January 28, 2013
• Under a new proposal by Gov. Bob McDonnell, Virginia would become the only state without a gas tax.
• 9 Comments

• Government and the Unmanned-Systems Revolution
• BY: Samra Kasim,Matt Caccavale   |   January 28, 2013
• From aerial drones to underwater robots, unmanned systems are moving beyond their military roots. They have the potential to transform government services.
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• Lighting the Way to Cleaner Air
• BY: Bob Graves   |   January 28, 2013
• The way we light our streets can do more than save money for the taxpayers. It can contribute significantly to reducing air pollution.