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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. 

Some news commentary has escaped the binary of second amendment rights vs. a full-scale firearms ban.
Gun-control advocates are instead focusing on universal background checks and closing the private-sales loophole. Here's why.
Michael Nutter, president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors, voiced the group's support for Sen. Dianne Feinstein's bill to ban assault weapons.
Colorado is the latest state to publish guiding principles for federal immigration reform.
An Urban Institute report describes how three police departments saved time and money by reducing the incidence of false alarms.
Only a handful of states require background checks on all firearm sales at gun shows, but some legislators are trying to change that this year.