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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.

 

TennCare Director Darin Gordon has distinguished himself by asking hard questions about the impact of the Affordable Care Act.
University of California, Davis college students took a face full of pepper spray at close range from an officer in riot gear Saturday in an incident that was captured on video and spread virally across the Internet.
In light of recent events involving Solyndra, Governing Institute head Mark Funkhouser explains how government can have a role in job creation without being venture capitalists.
Gun control advocates, including Boston's mayor and New York City's chief advisor, were on Capitol Hill Tuesday to ask Congress to pass legislation that would tighten gun-buying restrictions.
One New York school district installed cameras with eyelids, protecting students' and staffers' well-being and privacy.
How does the rhetoric and politics around initiatives like Ohio's Issue 2 affect the morale of public employees?
Task-based processing systems, instead of traditional case management, could help human services offices process claims faster.
A recreational lobster fisher will equip local fishermen and farmers with Internet and software, helping them comply with government regulations.
A new etiquette directive from Gov. Nikki Haley has state employees sounding more chipper.
Democrats and Republicans both oppose the law. But they didn't repeal it when they had the chance Thursday.