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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.

California has the most people of any state, and yet it doesn't have the country's largest legislature. A ballot measure proposes to change that -- but it's complicated.
In a new book, one of his supporters compares the New York City mayor with other liberal mayors, and says no.
The legislature must decide whether residents will keep being charged, possibly for decades, for the failed project.
Election results from November suggest they will have a big year. But with near record low representation in the states, Democrats need more than that to shift the balance of power.
The president has emerged as a central issue in races all over the country, underscoring a shift toward partisanship that has intensified since his election.
Depending on the outcome of a potential recount, Atlanta's election on Tuesday could either counter or worsen the nationwide decline in the number of big-city black mayors.
Wisconsin's Supreme Court justices refused to tighten the rules about when they should recuse themselves from cases. It has sparked a battle between old judges and new ones.
Studies suggest they're "too complex" for kids to understand, spurring some police departments to simplify the words they use when arresting them.
"People are probably tired of their city being in the headlines," says former Snellville Mayor Kelly Kautz.
Strapped for cash, Pennsylvania may finally grant the governor a victory and enact a severance tax. But it's an uphill battle.