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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. 

Finding a way to redevelop a contaminated site, such as a brownfield, is often the best solution, both environmentally and economically.
Desperate for revenue, states are trying all the tricks in the book to force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes.
State and local taxes deserve higher priority than mortgage interest.
Both borrowing and lending have decreased. The municipal bond market's problems run deeper than simple headline risk.
History is chock full of instances where key initiatives of a majority party were called into question by the Congressional Budget Office. Yet it survives.
Five lessons from the CBO story about establishing and maintaining a mission-centered organization.
The health-care reform bill is full of very scary news -- and great opportunities -- for states and localities.
When it comes to dealing with the unexpected, government struggles. In order to address the nation's greatest public challenges, government needs to destroy its bureaucracies.
Dwight Eisenhower astutely suggested problems be given larger context.
Dwight Eisenhower said, 'If you can't solve a problem, enlarge it.' It's a powerful insight into problem solving.