• Utah Envisions a Sustainable Future
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   January 2012
• The public-private partnership, Envision Utah, is a national model for cities grappling with how to ease congestion, stop sprawl and clean the air.

• Dearborn, Mich. Sells Florida Apartment Building
• BY: Zach Patton   |   January 2012
• In what may have been the only arrangement of its kind, the Midwestern city owned waterfront vacation property in Florida. The sale of it added $6 million to this year’s budget.

• Defending the Right to Vote in Denver
• BY: Dylan Scott   |   January 2012
• Although she faced a lawsuit from Colorado’s Secretary of State, City and County Clerk and Recorder Debra Johnson stood by her decision to send ballots to inactive voters in November’s elections.
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• Putting Seniors to Work in Aiken, S.C.
• BY: Jessica Mulholland   |   January 2012
• In a town with a large population of people older than 65, a program that pairs senior citizens and at-risk kids is reaping benefits for both.
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• NYC Reaches Goal of 50 Million Tourists
• BY: The Associated Press   |   New York City   |   December 21, 2011
• Mayor Michael Bloomberg has proclaimed victory in his longstanding effort to attract more visitors — and their money — to New York City.

• Regaining the Public’s Trust
• BY: G. Edward DeSeve   |   December 21, 2011
• It’s easy to get lost in the techniques of public management. But for people to have confidence in government, we need to get back to the basics.
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• Six Ways to Rebuild Confidence in Government
• BY: Todd Newcombe   |   December 21, 2011
• For people to trust their governments, public leaders need to keep some basics in mind.

• The Spending-Performance Equation
• BY: Charles Chieppo   |   December 20, 2011
• Doing performance-based budgeting right isn't easy. But it can pay big dividends, especially in a time of scarce resources.
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• Moneyball Government
• BY: Feather O'Connor Houstoun   |   December 7, 2011
• The way evidence-based analysis—rather than what ‘passes for wisdom’—turned a losing baseball team into a winner has powerful lessons for government decision-making.
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• Billy Beane's Lessons for Government
• BY: Todd Newcombe   |   December 7, 2011
• Public managers have much to learn from how a losing baseball team was turned into a winner.

• Several States May Open Horse Slaughterhouses
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   Nation   |   December 5, 2011
• Four years after the last horse slaughterhouse in the country closed, President Barack Obama paved the way for new plants to pop up.
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• In Government We Don’t Trust
• BY: Katherine Barrett & Richard Greene   |   December 2011
• People have gradually lost trust in government. How can public leaders get it back?
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• Cross-Border Insurance Revisited
• BY: David Levine   |   December 2011
• Texas Gov. Rick Perry once supported a binational U.S.-Mexico health insurance plan. Why didn’t the idea grab the Lone Star State’s fancy?

• Training for Free
• BY: Caroline Cournoyer   |   December 2011
• A Georgia program that President Obama wants to expand nationwide shows that businesses might hire more workers if they don’t have to pay for training.
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• Taxing the Rich Isn’t Always a Moneymaker
• BY: Alan Greenblatt   |   December 2011
• Several states increased taxes on the wealthy in recent years. The move brought in extra revenue but didn’t solve all of states’ budget problems.
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