• The Tricky Business of Commercial Advertising in Public Places
• BY: Paul W. Taylor   |   March 2013
• Public transit systems have accepted advertising for a long time. But it’s not always without controversy.
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• Why States Keep Playing the Losing Tax-Incentive Game
• BY: William Fulton   |   March 2013
• Elected officials and experts aren’t sure if tax breaks actually create jobs. So why do they keep offering millions of dollars worth of subsidies to companies?

• Federalism from the Bottom Up
• BY: Peter Harkness   |   March 2013
• More than ever, the feds need states and local regions to take the lead in crafting promising new programs.

• New Rules Could Clear the Path to Pension Reform
• BY: Charles Chieppo   |   March 2013
• For most states, the new government accountability rules eliminate the main substantive barrier to moving toward less costly defined-contribution plans.
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• Why Haven’t States and Localities Capitalized on Great Management Ideas?
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   March 2013
• When management meets politics, management is generally the loser. What can policymakers do to heighten the chances that a reform will, at least, be given the opportunity to succeed or fail?
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• Online Registration Helped Increase California’s Youth Vote
• BY: Steve Towns   |   March 2013
• If there was any doubt about citizen desire to register online, California’s one-month experience with it running up to the November general election erased it.

• A Small-Town Mayor in the National Arena
• BY: Mark Funkhouser   |   February 28, 2013
• Clarence Anthony, the National League of Cities' new executive director, wants the NLC to be a strike force for cities at a time when our federal system is undergoing profound changes.

• Obamacare Loophole Opens Path for Conservative Health Reforms
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 28, 2013
• A drafting error in the Affordable Care Act is playing a key role as red states propose alternatives to the federal law.
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• 6 State and Local Questions About Sequestration
• BY: Liz Farmer   |   February 28, 2013
• Now that President Barack Obama said that he plans to sign the $1.2 trillion in spending cuts into law, how will states and municipalities be impacted?
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• How Two Princetons Became One
• BY: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   February 27, 2013
• Taking advantage of a state law encouraging local-government consolidations, the two New Jersey municipalities found a path that other places might follow.

• New Group Studies International Social Services Programs
• BY: J.B. Wogan   |   February 26, 2013
• The U.S.-based firm Mathematica Policy Research will evaluate the success of programs aimed at helping the world's most vulnerable children.
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• When Cheaper Isn't Better
• BY: Bob Graves   |   February 25, 2013
• Governments are beginning to look at energy and other life-cycle costs in their purchasing. It's about more than saving money.

• States Work to Smooth Transition from Medicaid to Health Exchanges
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 25, 2013
• When income changes move millions of Americans from public to private insurance next year, states want to make the switch simple.
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• How Data Can Improve Afterschool Programs for At-Risk Youth
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   February 25, 2013
• As cities strive to improve afterschool programs, they're using data to figure out which kids to serve and how to serve them better.
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• Visualizing Governors' State of the State Addresses
• BY: Mike Maciag   |   February 25, 2013
• What words were uttered most often in governors' State of the State addresses this year?