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Elizabeth Daigneau

managing editor

Elizabeth Daigneau -- Managing Editor. Elizabeth joined GOVERNING in 2004 as an assistant web editor. In addition to her editing duties, she writes about energy and the environment for the magazine. Before joining GOVERNING, she was the assistant to the editor at Foreign Policy magazine. She graduated from American University in 2002 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in journalism and literature. 

A veteran issuer gives his perspective on the mounting woes over muni bonds.
Local housing authorities are in dire straits. Without funds, some may have to eliminate rental assistance.
Called Integrated Corridor Management, the program emphasizes coordination across all transportation agencies.
Helmet dispensing machines will debut in Boston over the next few weeks. Plus, more news you should know about transportation and infrastructure.
California and Pennsylvania offer a clear picture of the state of redistricting in the U.S.
Amount it will cost to tear down Seattle's so-called “ramps to nowhere.”
Steve Lavin, a Montana state representative from Kalispell, on a new state law passed with bipartisan support and signed by Gov. Steve Bullock that allows anyone who comes across dead deer, elk, moose and antelope -- or strike them with their vehicles -- to take them home for dinner.
he Common Core, a set of standards for kindergarten through high school that has been ardently supported by the Obama administration and many business leaders and state legislatures, is facing growing opposition from both the right and the left even before it has been properly introduced into classrooms. Indiana has already put a brake on them. The Michigan House of Representatives is holding hearings on whether to suspend them. And citing the cost of new tests requiring more writing and a significant online component, Georgia and Oklahoma have withdrawn from a consortium developing exams based on the standards. New York state, an early adopter of the new standards, released results from reading and math exams showing that less than a third of students passed.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti says the union-backed contract proposal would limit Department of Water and Power reforms. With the City Council and others favoring the agreement, he may be on his own.
U.S. education officials announced Thursday that three states have not fulfilled their promises to bring their teacher and principal evaluation systems up to federal standards, but Washington, Oregon and Kansas have been given one extra year to finish the work.