FEATURES

• How Much Reform Can Providence Handle?
• By: Rob Gurwitt

• The challenges just keep coming for Mayor David Cicilline.

• Should Cities Be in the Mega-Hotel Business?
• By: Josh Goodman

• Some of the most intense local skirmishes are over convention-center hotels.

• Immigrants and the Suburban Influx
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt

• They used to flock to big cities. That's changing, as the Atlanta suburb of Gwinnett County is discovering.

• Health-Care Reform and Grandpa's Care
• By: John Buntin

• The House plan could be a boon for states by altering the way long-term care is provided and paid for.

• The Standardizing of Classroom Standards
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• States seem ready to upgrade their K-12 curriculums to be more like each other.

DEPARTMENTS

• The Return of the Two-Way Street
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• Why the double-yellow stripe is making a comeback in downtowns.

POLITICS + POLICY

• Bending the Law on Slots
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• Gaming companies, looking for ways to skirt an Alabama ban, have found an enormous loophole.

• California Voters and the Water Spigot
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• A new plan to end the state's water wars faces a lot of opposition.

• Local Government and Recall Fever
• By: Alan Greenblatt

• This year saw more than 100 recall efforts targeting mayors, city councils and school boards.

• A Democratic Governor's GOP Employment Program
• By: Josh Goodman

• Kentucky Republicans see an ulterior motive Steve Beshear's bipartisanship.

• Washington's New Stinginess
• By: Donald F. Kettl
• There's no more cash for state and local governments in the latest round of federal spending to prop up the economy.

• Why States Are Saying No to Nuclear Plants
• By: Josh Goodman

• The opposition is still very high and very effective.

• Unhealthy Economy, Sick People
• By: Penelope Lemov

• The recession may have a lasting and negative impact on the nation's health.

• Turning Golf Courses into Parks
• By: John Buntin

• It can be a good trade-off, environmentally speaking.

• Transportation Decisions: Part Calculation, Part Imagination
• By: Alex Marshall
• When it comes to roads, practicality and economics are important. But so is emotion.

• The Fascinating History of Parking
• By: Christopher Swope
• It's the untold chapter of America's love affair with its cars.

PROBLEM SOLVER

• Collaborating for Technology
• By: Ellen Perlman

• By going in on IT together, rural places can get business basics for less.

• Government and the Stress Mess
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• Layoffs and furloughs are taking a toll on those who are still on the job.

• New Hires and the Facebook Effect
• By: Ellen Perlman
• The texting generation needs help adjusting to a government's online ethos.

• The New Normal Economic Environment
• By: Girard Miller
• Even in a post-recession economy, leaders must learn to say no.

• Next-Generation Government and Today's Needs
• By: Zach Patton

• Accountability was the theme at Governing's Managing Performance conference.

• Mike McGinn
• By: Josh Goodman

• Seattle's incoming mayor: crusader or pragmatist?

Training Opportunities

• Accelerating Economic Growth and Vitality
• This white paper describes how developing competencies in five key area can help public safety agencies more effectively do their jobs in the face of extremely important and difficult sets of issues.
• Crime Prediction and Prevention


• FutureStructure: A New Framework