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J.B. Wogan

Staff Writer

J.B. Wogan -- Staff Writer. J.B. covers public programs aimed at addressing poverty and writes the monthly human services newsletter. He has also written for PolitiFact, The Seattle Times and Seattle magazine. He is the co-author of Peak Performance: How Denver's Peak Academy is saving millions of dollars, boosting morale and just maybe changing the world. (And how you can too!)

In 2010, the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association named him "News Writer of the Year" for his work at The Sammamish Review, a community weekly east of Seattle. J.B. is a graduate of Pomona College and has a master's in public policy from Johns Hopkins University. 

Rather than acting as former offenders' enemies, parole and probation officers are now working to be their mentors. Can it reduce recidivism?
Helping poor people move from high- to low-poverty neighborhoods can improve their health and cut the government's costs.
It was a major issue in recent mayoral races. This year, San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee is one of the few candidates talking about it.
A handful of cities have installed solar-powered benches that can charge phones, sense heat and track traffic.
Using the financing mechanism, Santa Clara County, Calif., can finally afford to try an expensive-but-proven method of reducing chronic homelessness.
A new opera seeks to capture the conflict between two of the 20th-century titans who shaped American cities.
Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general sues the federal government -- and even other states -- every chance he can get. Will his legal battles change the future of American politics?
But proposed legislation in Congress would fix the wording in the federal health-care law that's leaving some foster youth uninsured.
If the rule survives the inevitable legal challenges, it will mark the first time the federal government limits air pollution from carbon dioxide.
There's been no national conservative organization pushing states to adopt their ideas about programs for the poor -- until now.