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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.

Facing bankruptcy, Grant County, Ky., invested in the park hoping for a new revenue source. But cash has yet to start flooding in.
In Portland, Ore., people were being locked up for the offense often -- African-Americans disproportionately so.
The recent feud between the governor and the state's House speaker began over a tourism ad. But it goes much deeper than that.
A lack of serious gubernatorial candidates could be a problem for Democrats not just in Wisconsin but other states where the party is hoping to make gains next year.
The news of Robert Bentley's affair with one of his aides broke more than a year ago. But both the governor and his party had reasons for him to stay in office.
Cities and counties across the country recently elected reform-minded DAs who are taking a more strategic approach to prosecutors' typical tough-on-crime policies.
The party is hoping to regain seats it lost during the Obama years. Democrats say there are already signs of change, but Republicans argue there's no proof of that yet.
When it comes to certain issues, they put pragmatism before politics.
Republicans want to do with health care what they already did with cash assistance for the poor. There are lessons to be learned.
States had a cheaper option for investing in infrastructure, but they didn't take it. Now, they must pay the price.