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Elizabeth Daigneau

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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. 

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Cities, States Plod Toward 'Next Generation 911'
Texting 911 could be valuable in emergencies like the Orlando shooting or a domestic violence incident, where it is unsafe to make any noise let alone talk out loud about the danger at hand. So far few states and cities have adopted 911 texting, but that will change over the next several years, as utility companies abandon old copper phone lines for fiber optic cables.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Texas Is Now a Campus Carry State
The new state law allowing guns inside college buildings went into effect Monday. Here’s a rundown of what that means for people on campus.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Meningitis Outbreaks Among Gay Men Have Experts Puzzled
Federal, state and local public health officials are working together to investigate the current outbreak, which is estimated to have begun in February, with most cases in the past two months.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Oregon's Public Pension Costs to Go Up $885M Next Year
Schools, cities, state agencies and other public employers across Oregon will have to pony up an extra $885 million next biennium to fund the state's public pension system. That's about 10 percent higher than previously forecast and a 44 percent increase from the $2 billion per biennium that public employers are currently paying to support the system.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Early Childhood Education Gets Boost from $1B Federal Investment
Early education across the United States is a mishmash of day care, Head Start and preschool programs with a wide range of quality and effectiveness. But a federally sponsored program in 20 states has been effective at giving those states a way to assess and quantify early-childhood education options and make that information available to parents, educators and legislators, according to a study the U.S. Education Department plans to release Monday.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Pacific Northwest Weighs Response to Risks Posed by Oil Trains
From ballot boxes to the governors’ desks in Oregon and Washington, a corner of the nation that seemed poised only a few years ago to become a new energy hub is now gripped by a debate over whether transporting volatile, hazardous crude oil by rail through cities and environmentally delicate areas can ever be made safe enough.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Efforts to Purge Minority Voters From Rolls Are Growing
Since the Supreme Court’s 5-to-4 ruling in the voting-rights case, Shelby County v. Holder, critics argue, the blatant efforts to keep minorities from voting have been supplanted by a blizzard of more subtle changes.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Agree on New Rules for Uber and Lyft
At the 11th hour, House and Senate lawmakers reached a deal on rules governing ride-for-hire services like Uber and Lyft. The final product calls for a state-run driver background check and establishing a 20-cent-per-ride fee on the companies.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Long-Term Care Is an Immediate Problem — for Government
Medicaid has become the safety net for millions of people who find themselves unable to pay for nursing home beds or in-home caregivers. Medicaid was never intended to cover long-term care for everyone. Now it pays for nearly 40 percent of the nation’s long-term care expenses, and the share is growing.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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Judge Strikes Down Wisconsin Voter ID, Early Voting Laws
Finding that Republican lawmakers had discriminated against minorities, a federal judge Friday struck down parts of Wisconsin's voter ID law. The ruling came the same day a federal appeals court struck down numerous voting laws in North Carolina and a week after a different appeals court ruled a photo ID law in Texas violates voters' rights.
August 01, 2016
 · Elizabeth Daigneau
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