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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.

Up here on the 13th Floor, we talk a lot among ourselves about how the nation's best and brightest are now more likely to work ...
The Washington Post yesterday ran a long piece that pretty well sums up the state of play of John McCain's presidential aspirations, the ways in ...
In the past, we've spilled some ink in praise of Keith Richman and Joe Canciamilla, two members of the California Assembly who have tried hard ...
Many pages in my notebook have been filled by officials telling me that tax increases will scare off businesses and are the last thing that ...
Here's a cute little story: Brandon Dickens tried to skip out on jury duty in Michigan, returning late after lunch. Judge David Reader got mad ...
Bob Leeper, a Kentucky state senator, is running for reelection. Nothing remarkable about that, except that the former Democrat who turned Republican last time around ...
The winner of today's Democratic primary for mayor of Washington, D.C., is all but assured of taking over the job next year. Don't put ...
Is race the most important issue confronting the city of Chicago? Reading today's edition of the Sun-Times, you might think it is. Mayor Daley, armed ...
If you follow California politics closely, you've probably heard the buzz that the reason the Democratic legislature has been willing to make so nice with ...
Two days later, it's still a little surprising that William Donald Schaefer lost his job as Maryland comptroller. Not only did he lose (his first ...