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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.

They’re far from irrelevant, but campaign financing laws have hurt their influence.
The Kentucky governor's race is just the latest example of how election polls have become less accurate, more expensive and harder to gauge public opinion.
The Republican businessman will succeed term-limited Democrat Steve Beshear, weakening the Democrats' power in one of the last Southern states where they still have some.
Over the last decade, many have stopped funding it. Are the roads more dangerous?
Oregon has long had more women in top political positions than practically any other state. There may be several reasons why.
Several states have decided the way to juice up economic development is to turn it over to a corporation outside the government bureaucracy. Is it working?
As rights for transgender people are debated across the country, a surprising amount of attention is on where they can go to the bathroom.
Seattle is largely run by older white men, but changes in the city's election law will likely make its politicians more representative of the people.
Several states may soon follow California and Oregon's lead, but almost all of them are Democratic-led.