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alan-greenblatt

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.

This isn't the easiest time for localities to get money out of Washington. But they aren't about to quit asking.
Cars have been pushing pedestrians around forever. Pedestrians are starting to push back.
Three years ago, Randall Gnant founded what he called the "Mushroom Coalition," a group of moderate Republicans in the Arizona Senate who thought their leadership kept them in the dark and covered with bull droppings. Now Gnant himself is the Senate president. He says his first order of business will be "embarking on a new course" of making the legislative process more open.
Philadelphia's school superintendent is brimming with ideas about how to improve things, and he's trying all of them at once.
Although Iowa failed in its efforts to make municipalities consolidate, collaboration is happening at the grassroots level.
Jeb Bush's eight-year reign in Florida is almost over. Tallahassee may never be the same.
Newt Gingrich was up to his old tricks this morning at the American Enterprise Institute, spouting wise about ways the GOP could defeat Hillary Clinton ...
NGA and NASBO -- the groups that represent governors and state budget officers -- released their "Fiscal Survey of the States" today. There ...
Can't America's politicians just grow up? I know, it's an impossible request. But it would be great if people in the public arena would just ...
Hundreds of the nation's legislators are in Seattle right now for NCSL's annual meeting, but the nation's leadingest legislator was in town for other business ...