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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.

What is the main thing? According to Haley Barbour, governor of Mississippi, "The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.&...
These may not be new to anyone else, but I was amused the other day at a presentation given by Bill Brier of the Edison ...
Over on Governing's home page, Otis White writes about how San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders killed an idea to treat and re-treat wastewater so that ...
I've often talked with members of Congress and other politicians about the silliness of their pathological fear of being voted out of office. When an ...
Joel Garreau, who memorably encapsulated the life of the outer suburbs in the 1992 book Edge City: Life on the New Frontier, has found yet another ...
Texas Governor Rick Perry continues to hold both polling and fundraising leads over his numerous and colorful opponents in his reelection bid this year. But ...
The Chicago Sun-Times reports that Alderman Todd Stroger, the Democratic nominee to replace his father as Cook County Board president, has donated $8,000 to a Nation ...
I've been talking to people up in Massachusetts about why the Big Dig has turned into such a black eye, while another project with a ...
"Would you vote for a candidate who wrote a trashy, pornographic romance novel that glorifies premarital sex and seeks to arouse sexual interest as ...
Minimum wage hikes remain a hot issue in states, but as you probably know, Congress looks likely to approve the first national increase in nine ...