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Josh Goodman

Josh Goodman

Former Staff Writer

Josh Goodman, a former Governing staff writer, works on The Pew Charitable Trusts’ state fiscal policy project.

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Direct Democracy Delayed
Earlier this week, I mentioned California's high-speed rail project, which would connect the Northern and Southern parts of the state with a 220-MPH bullet train. ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
Michigander
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What's Good for the Michigoose...
The other day, I was faced with a perplexing question: What do you call someone from New Jersey? "A genius," my colleague Chris, ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Assessing the New Governors, Part 3
Here's the final part of my assessment of the nation's new governors' political success. Nevada's Jim Gibbons (Rep): Gibbons started out by facing claims of ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
Angelina
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Angelina's Law
Angelina Jolie, the world's most famous adopter, soon might not be welcome in Arkansas orphanages. A bill, which passed the state Senate last week, forbids ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Curses, FOIAed Again!
I recently received a publication from the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas that raises an interesting question: At what volume (if any) do requests ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Votes That Don't Count
The state of Alaska is going to waste $1.2 million on April 3 to hold a referendum asking voters their opinion on domestic partner benefits for public ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
Gibbons
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The Most Intriguing Election of 2007
The most intriguing election of 2007, the Nevada governor's race, is intriguing for the very reason you've probably heard nothing about it: It isn't scheduled and ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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The Most Powerful City in the United States
It's Omaha, Nebraska. No, Omaha hasn't supplanted New York City as the world's financial center, nor displaced Washington, D.C., as our capital. But NYC ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Here Comes the Son
All the attention Andrew Cuomo, New York's new attorney general is receiving (for example from our own Alan Greenblatt, see the third item here) got ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Rasputins of the Web
Legend has it that Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin survived four gunshot wounds, a severe beating and enough cyanide to kill ten people. He's got nothing ...
April 08, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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