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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.

 

Boston's longest-serving mayor has started to think big. (But he still sweats the small stuff.)
The Supreme Court announced Monday that it will use an unprecedented week's worth of argument time in late March to decide the constitutionality of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul.
A personal financial disclosure form that presidential candidates are required to file shows that Texas Gov. Rick Perry is collecting his $7,700 monthly state pension.
PTO programs can be one way to provide employees with adequate leave while cutting down on absenteeism and costs.
A year later, Lou Jacobson takes another look at how the 2012 Electoral College votes would divide up depending on if Mitt Romney is not the GOP nominee for president.
Plus: Welfare rules in the 50 states, and more management news.
About a month after Google Plus started offering brand pages, government entities have explored how to use the new platform.
A year later, Lou Jacobson takes another look at how the 2012 Electoral College votes would divide up if Mitt Romney is the GOP nominee for president.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been credited with healing the once-dysfunctional Legislature.
Massachusetts may be the first state to use social impact bonds, a unique model that started in the U.K. for financing social programs.