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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.

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.
In Kentucky, one of the few Southern states where Democrats still hold power, it's a tossup between a Republican businessman appealing to religious conservatives and a Democratic AG distancing himself from Obama.
Giving up on the gridlock at the federal and state levels, progressives are turning their attention to local ballots to get their ideas passed. But policies that sell well in cities won't always work statewide.
Most incumbents are safe bets for re-election, but races remain unpredictable in several big cities.