• Home 
• Topics 
  • Education
  • Finance
  • Health and Human Services
  • Infrastructure and Environment
  • Management and Labor
  • Politics
  • Public Safety
  • Urban
• Columns & Blogs 
  • Columns
  • B&G Report
  • Dispatch
  • Economic Engines
  • Management Insights
  • Potomac Chronicle
  • Public Finance
  • Public Money
  • Smart Management
  • Tech Talk
  • Blogs
  • Better, Faster, Cheaper
  • Bring on the Funk
  • By the Numbers
  • Daybook
  • FedWatch
  • Politics
  • Public Great
  • View
• Magazine 
• Events & Webinars 
• Books 
• Papers 
• Multimedia 
  • Photos
  • Videos
  • Gov-Data

• Current:
• Generations
• Public Sector Degrees
• GOVERNING Data
• The Governing Institute

• Detroit Voters Head to Polls Amid Uncertainty
• Aug. 6, 2013
• The path toward the city’s new leadership begins Tuesday as city voters begun voting early to winnow a field of candidates for the next mayor and City Council.

• Gov. Jerry Brown Steps In to Avoid 2nd Transit Strike
• Aug. 5, 2013
• BART trains will be rolling for at least another week after Gov. Jerry Brown stepped in late Sunday night to block an impending strike, just hours before the scheduled 12:01 Monday walkout by the transit system's union workers.

• Crime, Not Debt, is Detroit’s Biggest Problem
• Aug. 1, 2013
• Two powerful women in Detroit are pushing hard for the city to focus its resources on fighting its high violent crime rate, which, in 2012, was five times the national average.

• America Watches as Philadelphia Battles Obesity
• Aug. 1, 2013
• The city, which is one of the nation’s poorest and most obese, is resorting to creative measures to get people to eat healthier. There are signs that its efforts are working.

• What's the Economic Worth of a Tree?
• Aug. 1, 2013
• With so many states and localities pruning money from parks and tree-planting programs to balance budgets, a free app helps public officials put a monetary value on the benefits of growing them.

• How L.A. is Trying to Fix Its Traffic Problem
• Aug. 1, 2013
• After years of development, Los Angeles reached a milestone that few other, if any, major cities can claim: Every single traffic light -- all 4,398 of them -- can be monitored and controlled remotely.

• City Taxi Systems Struggle with Change
• Jul. 31, 2013
• Calls for reforming city taxi services are getting louder just as new technologies are making it easier to get a ride.

• Appeals Court Cans New York City's Large Soda Ban
• Jul. 31, 2013
• A ruling blocking New York’s ban on large sodas was upheld by an appeals court, which said the city’s Board of Health failed to act within the bounds of its authority when it approved the plan.

• Study: Sea-Level Rise Threatens 1,400 U.S. Cities
• Jul. 30, 2013
• "This is probably the most unique and novel way I've seen of talking about a longer time frame," says Peter Ruggiero, a coastal engineering scientist at Oregon State University. He says it's "useful," because most analyses look only at this century, and "the world doesn't end in 2100."

• Weiner Drops to 4th in NYC Mayoral Poll
• Jul. 30, 2013
• Anthony Weiner has dropped to fourth place among Democrats seeking to be New York City mayor after admitting he continued to exchange sexually explicit online messages and photos following his 2011 resignation from Congress, with 53% of likely voters saying he should withdraw from the race, a poll released Monday showed.

• Chief Innovation Officers Make Their Way into Schools
• Jul. 29, 2013
• At least four school districts have hired chief innovation officers at the district level since 2011, while Newark Public Schools has this position in a number of its schools.

• Weiner’s Campaign Manager Quits After Latest Revelations
• Jul. 29, 2013
• The move suggests that even as Anthony Weiner vows to press ahead with his candidacy, there are mounting doubts about its political viability within his own campaign.

• Feds Have Jurisdiction over Detroit Bankruptcy Case, Court Rules
• Jul. 24, 2013
• U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes on Wednesday stayed lawsuits challenging Detroit's historic bankruptcy filing.

• Study Shows Urban Areas Are Actually Safer Than Rural Ones
• Jul. 24, 2013
• Even though cities have higher rates of crime and murder, a new study finds that overall, urban areas are safer than the sticks. However, that doesn't apply to every American city.

• Commentary
• 3 Ways Local Leaders Can Connect Cities for Growth
• Jul. 24, 2013
• America’s cities must ensure that people are prepared for 21st century employment opportunities, that the places they live connect them to those opportunities, and that sufficient jobs are created so their income can grow.