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 15:30:01 PDT http://www.governing.com/columns/bg-report/col-license-requirements-oklahoma-city-obesity-hoghousing.html Thu, 23 May 14:0:00 PDT Public-sector management news you should know. http://www.governing.com/news/local/mct-miami-comm-considers-different-pension-rules-executives.html Thu, 23 May 9:40:00 PDT Miami city commissioners, who in recent years have cut severance pay and pensions to balance budgets, could vote Tuesday to allow four of the city's highest earners to return from retirement and collect their pension on top of their hefty salary. http://www.governing.com/news/state/sl-state-agencies-increasing-availability-of-mobile-apps.html Thu, 23 May 9:30:00 PDT States are increasingly offering more mobile apps to citizens in the hopes of connecting better with them and improving the efficiency of service delivery. http://www.governing.com/news/local/Chicago-OKs-Massive-School-Closings.html Thu, 23 May 8:8:00 PDT Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings. http://www.governing.com/blogs/bfc/col-big-data-analytics-government-efficiency.html Wed, 22 May 14:0:00 PDT The ever-growing volume of information created and captured by the modern digitized world is an opportunity for government to reinvent itself. http://www.governing.com/columns/mgmt-insights/col-courts-administration-justice-performance-based-innovation.html Wed, 22 May 8:0:00 PDT The public is dissatisfied with our courts. What the judicial system needs is a culture of performance-based innovation. http://www.governing.com/blogs/view/gov-curtis-loftis-clashes-with-south-carolina-pension-commission.html Tue, 21 May 12:0:00 PDT Curtis Loftis has made it his mission to overhaul the investment commission that oversees the state’s pension fund. But it hasn't been easy. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Judge-Allows-1000s-of-UC-Medical-Workers-to-Strike.html Tue, 21 May 8:8:00 PDT A Sacramento judge Monday refused to stop a strike today by thousands of employees at the UC Davis Medical Center and four other UC hospitals – but ordered a limited number of critical care employees to stay on the job. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Unions-Win-Big-Victory-in-Minnesota.html Tue, 21 May 8:4:00 PDT The Democratic Legislature eked out a major victory for organized labor, giving in-home child-care providers and personal care attendants the right to unionize at a time when union power is in full retreat in many state capitols. http://www.governing.com/news/state/Facing-a-Strike-UC-Medical-Centers-Cancel-Elective-Surgeries.html Fri, 17 May 8:7:00 PDT Facing a possible two-day strike next week by patient care and technical workers, the five large University of California medical centers are starting to cancel elective surgeries.