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alan-greenblatt

Alan Greenblatt

Editor

Alan Greenblatt — Editor. He is the coauthor of a standard textbook on state and local governments. He previously worked as a reporter for NPR and CQ and has written about politics and culture for many other outlets, print and online. He can be found on Twitter at @AlanGreenblatt.

Michael Aguirre, the city attorney of San Diego, has been slapped with a $9,000 fine by the city's ethics commission for campaign finance violations. What makes ...
The Albuquerque Journal ran a story the other day that won't help Bill Richardson's presidential aspirations any. The story gives what must be the fullest ...
Fans of bureaucratic disasters won't want to miss today's Washington Post story about the founding of the federal Department of Homeland Security. The Bush Administration ...
Folks who wish state government more closely resembled the lifestyles of the rich and famous will want to read this Sacramento Bee story about Arnold ...
This didn't take long. Voters in California and Ohio defeated redistricting initiatives in November, but because the issue has become so potent for political reformers, ...
How much slack should bloggers get? Will blogs remain a depository of fuzzy sourcing and anonymous slurs, or will the medium be held to standards ...
The U.S. Supreme Court punted today on the issue of abortion. The Court was considering the constitutionality of a New Hampshire law requiring parental ...
Occasionally, the 13th Floor has taken note of the hiring scandal bedeviling Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher (pictured left). An investigation by state Attorney General Greg ...
Here's one argument I missed in my current cover story on term limits: elected officials' support, or lack thereof, for the legalization of marijuana. A (...
If you've spent any time talking to officials with the National Association of Counties in recent years, you've certainly heard something about the methamphetamine epidemic. ...