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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.

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 ...
Appearing on "The Tonight Show" on March 1, 2004, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger said it would be "fine with me" if state law ...
A few months ago, I wrote an article in Governing (scroll to bottom) about the ways state courts are trying to make jury service easier ...
Tales from the housing bubble continue. City Paper, the alternative weekly here in Washington, has an interesting story about a man who sold his Capitol ...
For once, we journalists get to complain about politicians quoting us out of context. Now in its final weeks, the race for Virginia governor has ...
Daniel Groves, longtime top aide to Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher, has become the second administration official to resign in recent days. His resignation comes amidst ...
Rebuilding New Orleans is obviously a monumental task. So it's worth remembering at this difficult moment that other cities have been reborn following, incredibly, even ...
Since all signs suggest that New Orleans will, in fact, be rebuilt, the important thing is to do it right. A number of ideas were ...
A week ago, my colleague Chris Swope wrote that New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin no doubt wishes he could take back some of his immediate ...