en-us GOVERNING magazine provides leading intelligence articles on management, policy and politics to help guide and inspire innovative leaders across state and local government. Thu, 23 May 10:36:04 PDT http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/no-dow-jones-average-for-border-security.html Thu, 23 May 7:30:00 PDT Erik Lee, from the North American Center for Transborder Studies at Arizona State University, on the lack of an agreed-upon method for determining how secure the United States border with Mexico is. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/apple-ceo-on-tax-investigation.html Wed, 22 May 7:30:00 PDT Apple CEO Tim Cook, in testimony before the U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, which has issued a report that accuses the company of using overseas subsidiaries to avoid billions in U.S. taxes. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/mississippi-republican-against-home-brewing.html Tue, 21 May 7:30:00 PDT Alabama state Rep. Arthur Payne, during a lengthy debate over a bill that made it the 49th state to allow residents to brew beer in their homes. Mississippi legalized home brewing shortly after. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/Ive-seen-Third-World-countries-with-parks-better-than-this.html Mon, 20 May 8:0:00 PDT A Miami resident said referring to a new "park," which consists of a couple of springy playground rides and some patches of poorly sodded grass, that was redefined as such to force sex offenders to move out of the area. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/explaining-end-of-life-bill-in-oklahoma.html Fri, 17 May 7:30:00 PDT University of Tulsa law professor Marguerite Chapman, on new end-of-life care legislation in Oklahoma that says patients who are disabled, elderly or terminally ill cannot be denied life-preserving treatments if they or their health proxies want it. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/abi-director-on-ntsb-recommendations-drunk-driving.html Thu, 16 May 7:30:00 PDT American Beverage Institute Managing Director Sarah Longwell, on why the organization opposes the National Transportation Safety Board's new recommendation to lower the legal limit for drunk driving .08 to 0.05 percent. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/They-are-a-cancer-on-the-otherwise-healthy-right-to-know-law.html Wed, 15 May 7:30:00 PDT Executive Director Terry Mutchler of the Pennsylvania Office of Open Records, telling a Senate committee that charter schools in the state routinely ignore public records requests despite receiving $1 billion in public funds each year. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/minn-legislator-gay-marriage-gun-control.html Tue, 14 May 7:30:00 PDT Minnesota state representative Michael Paymar, explaining how shelving his controversial gun-control bill may have made it easier for rural area Democrats in the legislature to vote for a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. Yesterday the senate passed same-sex marriage and Gov. Mark Dayton is expected to sign the bill into law today. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/aetna-ceo-on-future-of-healthcare-systems.html Mon, 13 May 7:30:00 PDT Aetna CEO Mark Bertolini, talking about the future of the health-care industry in America. His company is testing new health-care models in China because there are fewer economic and political barriers to reform efforts. http://www.governing.com/government-quotes/public-life-not-in-front-of-council-dais.html Fri, 10 May 7:30:00 PDT Anne Ambrose, director of public safety and community relations for Palmdale, Calif., talking about the importance of government engaging citizens in new ways. Read more about how Generation X is helping to make that happen.