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• Smart Decline
• By: Christopher Swope
• In 40 years, Youngstown has lost more than half its population. Those people aren't coming back. But shrinking doesn't have to mean dying.

• Welfare Workout
• By: Ellen Perlman
• The feds thought the states were gaming welfare reform. Now states have to deal with a new round of rules.

• Across-The-Board Innovator
• By: Jonathan Walters
• No issue is beyond his realm of interest.

• Civic Booster
• By: Josh Goodman
• Luring businesses by improving quality of life.

• Wi-Fi Visionary
• By: Ellen Perlman
• Helping all of Philadelphia connect to the Web.

• Abolitionist Apostle
• By: Christopher Swope
• On a mission to end chronic homelessness.

• The Deal in The Details
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• A shared-sacrifice approach to expanding health coverage.

• Loyal To The Library
• By: Anne Jordan
• But willing to loan out her management skills.

• Urban Outfitter
• By: Rob Gurwitt
• Helping cities thrive, not just survive.

• Everyman's Executive
• By: Zach Patton
• Restoring public confidence in the wake of a scandal.

• Steady in A Storm
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Reassuring and rebuilding Mississippi after Katrina.

• Flextime
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• Resolution is a valuable commodity in a public official. Rigidity rarely is. Year after year, the men and women honored by Governing magazine are those who can change and adapt--to new issues and circumstances or to the need to take on a whole menu of dif

• The Nuclear Option
• By: Josh Goodman
• Building nuclear power plants has been unthinkable in this country for a quarter-century. It's getting thinkable again.

• California's Auto Upgrade
• By: Christopher Swope
• Car insurance rates in the state can no longer be based first and foremost on the driver's address.

• Pedal Pushers
• By: Zach Patton
• Fair- and foul-weather cities alike are gearing up to make it safer and easier for commuters to bicycle to work.

Up Front

• Troubled Waters
• By: Jonathan Walters
• Offshore oil drilling sounds like a bonanza to some state interests-- and a nightmare to others.

• Blackberry Mayor
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Nobody does constituent service better than Adrian Fenty. But as D.C.'s chief executive, he'll need a much bigger repertoire.

• Smoke Signals
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• No-smoking ordinances have proved surprisingly resistant to challenge.

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• The Albany Triopoly
• By: Alan Ehrenhalt
• In New York, it's the governor, the Assembly speaker and the Senate president who decide all the state's crucial policy questions.

The Business of Government

• License Reinstatement: Florida Puts Bad Drivers Online
• By: Elizabeth Daigneau
• This summer, the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles approved its first online Advanced Driver Improvement course. It's a 12-hour class required for Florida drivers who have temporarily lost their driving privileges because of excessiv

• Easing the Campus-Parking Crunch
• By: Josh Goodman
• Car-sharing companies come to undergrads' aid.

• Addicted To Data
• By: Mark Stencel
• Policy makers are demanding unified databases, but mixing and matching data are more difficult than they think.

• Speed Limits
• By: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene
• Response time is the easiest but not necessarily the best measure of performance.

• The Biological Boom
• By: Penelope Lemov
• As biologic drugs enter the mainstream, they could break the Medicaid bank--and the health care system.

• Empty Bowls
• By: Alan Greenblatt
• Building a sports venue to attract a team or spark redevelopment is an increasingly risky venture.

• Housing Tax Bubble
• By: John E. Petersen
• Rising property values fomented tax reform in South Carolina, but restrictions in the new law may haunt the state.

• Up in Smoke
• By: Heather Kerrigan

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