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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.

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$7 billion
The amount of Detroit's liabilities it was able to unload in its historic bankruptcy. The city finally emerged from state financial oversight last week, five years after it declared what was then the largest municipal bankruptcy in history.
May 06, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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Hawaii Bans Sunscreen That Kills Coral Reefs
Hawaii lawmakers passed a bill Tuesday that would prohibit the sale of over-the-counter sunscreens containing chemicals they say are contributing to the destruction of the state's coral reefs and other ocean life.
May 04, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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Maine Lawmakers Override Veto, Clear the Way for Recreational Marijuana
Maine lawmakers overrode Gov. Paul LePage’s veto of an adult-use marijuana regulatory bill Wednesday, putting the state on track to regulate a retail market that has been in limbo since voters legalized recreational marijuana use in 2016.
May 04, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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Boulder Colorado Is About to Pass an Assault Weapons Ban
Boulder — a city where a local bank once handed out rifles to customers — is about to pass a law far less friendly to firearms.
May 04, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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Arkansas Supreme Court Clears State to Enforce Controversial Voter-ID Law
The Arkansas Supreme Court on Wednesday cleared election officials to enforce the state's controversial voter-ID law in this month's primary and judicial elections.
May 04, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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Georgia Governor Finally Signs a Budget Fully Funding Schools
Educators long complained that the state shorted public schools, but a booming economy is helping Gov. Nathan Deal and lawmakers keep that from happening again in the upcoming year.
May 04, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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Hawaii's Kilauea Volcano Eruption Forces Evacuations on the Island
Hawaii's famed Kilauea volcano, which has been erupting continuously since 1983 and has long been a destination for tourists, underwent a new eruption Thursday that threatened neighborhoods with red lava on the eastern edge of Hawaii Island, prompting evacuations.
May 04, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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Seventeen States and D.C. Sue the Trump Administration Over Vehicle Emissions Standards
Seventeen states and Washington, D.C., sued the Trump administration to prevent it from weakening Obama-era auto emissions standards.
May 04, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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New York Moves to Create Safe Injection Sites
Mayor Bill de Blasio is championing a plan that would make New York City a pioneer in creating supervised injection sites for illegal drug users, part of a novel but contentious strategy to combat the epidemic of fatal overdoses caused by the use of heroin and other opioids.
May 04, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
News in Numbers
20 percent
The total overall pay raise Arizona teachers will be receiving over a two-year period. Teachers in the state have walked out of class all week to protest low pay and low school funding. Late Wednesday night into early Thursday morning, the state legislature finally approved a pay raise deal for some (though not all) teachers. Gov. Doug Ducey signed the deal right away. The deal did not provide for new education funding or raises for non-instructional school staff, frustrating teachers. But most will reportedly end the strike to avoid jeopardizing public support.
May 03, 2018
 · Natalie Delgadillo
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