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Natalie Delgadillo

Natalie Delgadillo is Governing's Web Editor. She's an editor and writer living in Washington, D.C., and her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Bloomberg's CityLab, and The Atlantic. She was previously the managing editor of DCist.

State officials announced Thursday that $2.4 billion from increases in the gas tax and vehicle fees will be spent on dozens of transit projects, including work to prepare Southern California for the 2028 Summer Olympics.
Critics in Chicago are joining a nationwide chorus questioning the value and fairness of these massive lists of gang members, saying they are often inaccurate, outdated and racially skewed.
Illinois' backlog of unpaid day-to-day bills.
Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner speaking to a crowd of call center workers in Moline, Ill. Rauner has reason to make such a statement: nearly everyone is in agreement that Illinois government is broken, though opinions differ as to why. In our May cover story, reporter Dan Vock tries to answer that question.
The state has given Travis County nearly $2 million to reform its indigent defense system. But a handful of Austin-area lawyers are still taking on far more cases than experts believe anyone could handle.
Gov. Paul LePage on Wednesday vetoed a bill that would give everyone, regardless of age, easier access to the lifesaving, overdose-reversing drug naloxone.
Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan signed three new gun regulations into law Tuesday, including a ban on so-called “bump stocks.”
A 2015 regulation requiring teachers to pass a three-credit college course on “family engagement” could undo some of the state's progress and force teachers out of classrooms next year.
A portion of corporate America has been rethinking its relationship with the National Rifle Assn., taking a closer look at investments, co-branding deals and other ties to the gun industry in the months following a Florida school shooting that left 17 people dead.
In the wake of Stephon Clark's death, California is considering the strictest rules in the country about when deadly force can be used. But they may not impact criminal cases against cops.