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Tina Trenkner

Tina Trenkner

Deputy Editor, GOVERNING.com

Tina Trenkner (@TinaTrenkner) is GOVERNING.com deputy web editor. She started at GOVERNING in 2009 and has covered stories such as the rise of the coder in local government and the risks of using social media. Previously, she worked for Education Week and Pre-K Now, a completed project from the Pew Center on the States. She is a graduate of Northwestern University and thinks of Evanston often.

 

Connecticut’s Rod Bremby is finding novel ways to connect health and human services.
The Republican leader of the Pennsylvania Senate said Wednesday this year’s primary election would likely be conducted using the existing General Assembly district lines.
The Supreme Court will once again confront the issue of race in university admissions in a case brought by a white student denied a spot at the flagship campus of the University of Texas.
The Supreme Court says the police don't have to read Miranda rights to prison inmates every time they interrogate them about crimes unrelated to their current incarceration.
Attorneys are expected to give their final arguments Tuesday in the trial of two white supremacist brothers accused of bombing a city official in Arizona because he is black.
Five years ago, Google Earth worried government officials. But agencies have since realized that the benefits of using high-resolution, up-to-date imagery of our Earth outweigh its risks.
Employee benefit committees figure out what benefits are most important to employees and assist with benefit negotiations.
English lessons over the radio and on CDs provide immigrants a way to study the language in their own homes.
Many police departments moved to 10- and 12-hour shifts to cope with the recession. A new study shows that 10-hour shifts are best to reduce expenses and preserve quality of life.
President Barack Obama's call to shrink the military, shut bases and cancel weapons to meet the demand for budget cuts tests the resolve of lawmakers who came to Washington determined to slash the deficit.