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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. 

Even as the American public demands more, it remains ambivalent about government. The only 'solution' is enlightened leadership.
North Carolina is giving its online retailers an ultimatum: collect sales taxes now or risk an audit later.
If the Republican wave is realized this Election Day then the gubernatorial picture will be grim indeed for the Democrats.
An actuarial autopilot is necessary if Congress won't bite the bullet to control costs.
State and local debt is at an all time high -- governments have borrowed $2.4 trillion as of mid-2010.
The silo may have performed a vital function one century ago, but it's an antiquated concept.
Tearing down bureaucracies altogether might be overly ambitious, but poking a few holes may get at the very resources agencies need to succeed.
Within the past year, the struggling middle class has given in and applied for everything from food stamps, to energy assistance, to help paying rent.
Since our last rating in August, four more state attorney general contests are favoring Republicans.
A good narrative sells any policy decision.