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Innovation Perspectives

A pop-up podcast recorded with a live audience that captures key learnings from the cities that learned them - detailed here with a full transcript.

Innovation Perspectives

A pop-up podcast recorded with a live audience that captures key learnings from the cities that learned them - detailed here with a full transcript.

Innovation Perspectives

A pop-up podcast recorded with a live audience that captures key learnings from the cities that learned them - detailed here with a full transcript.

Urban

They have become a staple in several cities. Whether they stay around is up to new mayors in charge.

News

A former US Treasury Official pivots toward run for Governor's office takes aim at $68 billion rail initiative

News

Animated feature about building blocks and the people who love them illustrates the softer side of FutureStructure

Innovation Perspectives

3-year, $3 million collaboration to kickstart urban innovation crowdsources reviews of city pitches in selecting which ones will enter the City Accelerator

Dispatch

Politicians took to Twitter to respond to the court's decision to strike down Texas' ban on same-sex marriage.

Dispatch

Some media websites allow people to blog without disclosing their identities, but some worry that can confuse readers and spread misinformation.

Dispatch

How one agency handled a tragedy as it unfolded live on Twitter.

Dispatch

The governor put in one of the best performances of his career.

Dispatch

Even though Americans are increasingly looking to online media for their news, public officials still give preference to TV and print newspapers when responding to requests for information.

Latest News

The legislature's unusually short three-day special session delivered on half of what the company wanted; the rest is in the hands of unionized machinists.

Dispatch

Some worry that the drop in the number of reporters covering state capitals and the slow death of print media are making public officials and institutions less accountable.

Dispatch

Indiana’s governor and D.C.’s transit agency got caught up in controversies after removing comments off their social media accounts. The takeaway? Public officials need to learn to keep their fingers off the delete button.

Dispatch

A little lie the Seattle mayor told his constituents about a gun buyback program may now cost him his re-election. It’s a lesson for all public officials about dealing with reporters.

Dispatch

Shield laws provide predictability, say media advocates. But some worry that championing such laws puts journalists in the same arena with those they cover.

Dispatch

A case before the nation’s highest court could change the way citizens, journalists and entrepreneurs access government-held information.

Dispatch

Three-dimensional printing could be the next big economic engine.

Dispatch

Public transit systems have accepted advertising for a long time. But it’s not always without controversy.

Dispatch

Experts are worried that disparate privacy rules between the two could pose a threat to future growth.

Columns

There are conflicting pressures on the universal service fee to maintain “plain old telephone service” on one hand and help pay for a broadband future on the other.

Columns

A 115-year-old editorial on the existence of Santa Claus sheds light on the future of civics in America.

Dispatch

An internship program in Georgia is hoping to open young minds to a career in public service.

Dispatch

One man’s test of the electric vehicle charging infrastructure along the West Coast highlights the hurdles ahead for states and localities in meeting the Obama administration’s new fuel efficiency rules.

Dispatch

Everything we know about the automobile is under scrutiny, and so is everything we know about the parking lot. Should they be made of concrete or grass? Is their greatest purpose to generate revenue, store cars or act as a public space for people?

Dispatch

Public finance departments are significantly less likely than government in general to use social media or see its value in engaging with constituents. It might be time for this to change.

Dispatch

Gov. Bev Perdue and at least 30 state lawmakers have decided not to run for reelection this fall, many of them citing the loss of civility and willingness to compromise when it comes to doing the public’s business.

Dispatch

The State Legislative Leaders Foundation strives to provide “serious learning experiences” for its core constituency of about 500 legislative officials -- regardless of what party they belong to.

Dispatch

In Southfield, Mich., the mayor takes early morning walks with her constituents – a move that’s changed the physical and civic health of her city.

Dispatch

People are finally starting to bounce back from the recession, and they’re looking to local governments -- not the feds or the states -- to guide them into a better future.

Dispatch

The movement’s founder says short, surprise occupations and targeted messaging could force officials to address income inequality.

Dispatch

The fate of Data.gov, which housed hundreds of thousands of public data when its funding got cut, may contain the outlines of a model for sustaining digital records.

Dispatch

Puerto Rico, which will vote on whether to become a state this summer, has reduced its spending by 20 percent in just two years with the help of public-private partnerships.

Dispatch

Less than twenty years ago, no states had an obesity rate higher than 20 percent. Today, no state has a rate lower than that.

Dispatch

Whether we like it or not, it’s time to expect less -- lots less -- from government.

Dispatch

Some studies say that sticking with faster (rather than the fastest) rail would allow the Northwest to transport more riders for half the cost.

By the Numbers

GOVERNING is expanding our use of data and our efforts to put job-critical information in the hands of government leaders and practitioners

Dispatch

Politically-involved high school students could teach legislators a thing or two about compromise.

Dispatch

The success of New York City’s solar efforts wouldn’t have been possible without its on-the-ground ombudsmen.

Dispatch

In Oregon, hard legislative choices reflect national structural changes under way.

Dispatch

State and local governments want to dump a costly tax provision that would bring more costs at a most inopportune time.

Dispatch

Free-market economists argue that replacing welfare programs with direct cash grants to the poor would require a smaller bureaucracy and be more beneficial to those in need.

Dispatch

Almost a third of the state's workforce is neither a knowledge worker or a service worker. How will the state train and create jobs for this sect of the workforce?

Dispatch

Voting by mail is popular in the states that allow it. But some states are hesitant to make such a switch.

Dispatch

A list of priorities and issues helps public officials remember what really matters in tough fiscal times.

Dispatch

America’s largest city shares lessons in urban renewal.

Dispatch

State and local officials are thinking pragmatically this holiday season.

View

The defeat of taxes on candy and income, plus approval of a supermajority needed for future take hikes, removes a "path forward" for policymakers.

Dispatch

Despite polarization, politics is still the way to get things done.

Dispatch

A political transition down South will test the resilience of procurement reform.

View

In this audio interview, the "candy man" featured this month's Dispatch column talks to GOVERNING about how taxes against candy are unfair.

Dispatch

A new model of how transparency works changes the view of open government.

Dispatch

Preventing small problems from growing bigger takes on significance in today's economy.