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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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Washington State Smoking Ban Passes
2:22 A.M.: Washington state has passed one of the nation's toughest smoking bans.
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Summary and Goodnight
2:35 A.M.: We're still waiting on the last results from California, but I'm headed to bed. Prop. 75 is especially close and you can get all ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Will Arnold Be Back?
Two years ago Democratic voters gave a Republican official what Governing termed "a stinging rebuke" on a reform-minded ballot measure he pushed. If ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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The Mayoral Glass Ceiling
Believe it or not, only one mayor of America's 25 most populous cities is a woman (Laura Miller of Dallas, pictured here). Though the extent to ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Sanford Conspiracies
South Carolina's Mark Sanford (pictured here) may have been the most controversial pick for Time magazine's list of three worst governors. Now the fallout from ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Kelo's Defenders
From most of the commentary on the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in Kelo v. New London, which affirmed the use of eminent domain ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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Guvs' Polls: What's Red is Blue and Blue is Red
Survey USA has new approval ratings for all 50 governors. The polls bear out an odd trend that has become increasingly clear over the past few ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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The Myth of Political Polarization
Going along with my post below, I have often wondered why, with so many governors thriving in states where their party is supposedly in the ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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The Effects of Term Limits
Governing's January issue will discuss whether term limits have dulled institutional memory in state legislatures and shifted power to governors and agency heads. That got ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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States Steering Seniors' Drug Choices
Several states are quietly altering the way Medicare's new prescription drug benefit operates. The changes mean that when the program begins on January 1, it will ...
May 07, 2010
 · Josh Goodman
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