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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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Can a White Candidate Be Elected Mayor of Atlanta?
The question in Atlanta's mayoral election this fall isn't just who will win, but what it may reflect about the demographics of the city. City...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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How Advocates for Fire-Safe Cigarettes Beat Big Tobacco
As a member of Congress 25 years ago, Jim Shannon fought to put a self-extinguishing mechanism in all cigarettes that would make them less likely to...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Stimulus Results: Difficult to Pin Down
Suppose you're a state budget director and you started this year looking at a huge fiscal shortfall (as virtually all of them did). It seemed...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Concierge Medicine and the States
Is it retainer medicine, concierge medicine or boutique medicine? When it comes to the practice of paying doctors a fixed fee for expanded primary care...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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The Fight to Commercialize Rest Areas
Along I-95 in Maryland, rest stops come with fast-food restaurants and gas stations. Along I-95 in Virginia, they have orange barrels that block anyone from...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Gay Marriage at a Crossroads
Other than the presidential election, no vote last November drew more attention than Proposition 8, California's ballot measure on gay marriage. The result, a 52 percent verdict...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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The Governors' Big-State Blues
When Arnold Schwarzenegger's approval rating hit a new low of 28 percent in one poll this summer, it must have been only a small consolation that...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Disappearing Doctors
What accounts for the dramatic decline in the number of doctors opting to be primary-care physicians? Simple economics, mostly. "They're not dumb," says Candice Chen,...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Primary Care Looks to States for a Booster Shot
Rhode Island doesn't have any retail health clinics. One major reason: toilets. Retail clinics are the facilities in drug stores or big-box stores where patients...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Just How Strong Are Muni Bonds?
Vallejo, California's bankruptcy last year represented the largest municipal default in 14 years. For 16 months, Jefferson County, Alabama has been unable to pay debts on billions...
March 24, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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