Internet Explorer 11 is not supported

For optimal browsing, we recommend Chrome, Firefox or Safari browsers.
GOVERNING Avatar Logo

Brian Peteritas

Contributor

Brian Peteritas is a GOVERNING contributor.

The deadly meningitis outbreak tied to steroid injections from potentially tainted medications spread to a 19th state on Monday with the first case reported in Rhode Island, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, admonishing Atlantic City Mayor Lorenzo Langford, for not getting the city properly evacuated before hurricane Sandy struck on Monday.
The amount of money the city of Lock Haven, Penn. expects to bring in over the next decade by selling credits their government-owned forests can earn for sequestering carbon dioxide gases.
The number of Social Security numbers that were exposed to a hacker in a recent cyber attack of the Department of Revenue's computers in South Carolina.
Norm Hughes, a conservative activist, on the upcoming recall election of Troy, Mich., Mayor Janice Daniels.
Gunfire detection technology is going to get another shot in Chicago.
An investigation by The Oregonian finds child welfare workers in different states often fail to communicate about a family's history or a child's needs.
Medical-marijuana advocates are apprehensive of the changes Amendment 64 could bring to the industry.
Planned Parenthood and Texas officials are headed back to court in early November, the latest round of legal wrangling in a fight over funding.
A regularly updated state-by-state report on Hurricane Sandy as it barrels up the East Coast, threatening to create havoc for tens of millions of people.