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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.

The Economist has a lengthy survey of Chicago in its current issue. As is often the case in this publication, no new ground is broken, ...
"Government is something that people consume like a McDonald's Big Mac. If it takes more than 10 minutes, people aren't happy even if the burger ...
Everyone who knows anything about electronic voting machines knows that they are controversial. Few people seem completely confident in any of the existing technologies. But ...
There aren't that many openly gay mayors in this country -- only three, according to the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. That number increased to ...
After decades in the wilderness, Republicans have been having a high old time running things as the dominant party in Missouri. They took control of ...
Being a journalist, I'm no great fan of restrictions on free speech, yet I can't help but feel sympathetic towards the state legislatures that have ...
Matt Tully, who covered Mitch Daniels' victorious run for the governorship of Indiana and now writes a smart column for the Indianapolis Star, is touting ...
Is Richard Florida right? We've written repeatedly about his idea that cities will thrive if they attract the best and the brightest, creating comfy havens ...
Florida's massive contract with Convergys to run its human resources management system has always been troubled. Now it's the source of legal action, as state ...
I wrote a lovely feature in this month's Governing about how states are struggling with pension and retiree health costs. One of the states I ...