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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. 

As technology improves, more and more businesses are using tax zappers to skim sales taxes.
A much-needed study will evaluate the merits of transitional living programs.
The student loan bubble could hurt state and local revenue.
Don't plead poverty while soft-selling your bonds.
One professor argues it's a way to bring revenue gushing into state coffers.
A better relationship between the feds, states and localities equals better outcomes.
A reform aimed at Wall Street is taking a shot at the bonds states and localities issue.
Tax revenues are up, but deferred costs are waiting to be paid.
Hydraulic fracturing is being touted as a revenue bonanza for the 35 states that have shale gas potential, but it's not without its issues.
While sensible arguments in favor of it can be made, they ultimately don't hold up to scrutiny.