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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.

 

In America’s largest Arab community, police are pioneering a new way to fight terrorism by strengthening neighborhood ties. Plus, more 9/11 coverage.
Losing an election can teach candidates valuable campaign lessons that could help them win statewide office later on.
Mike Bonetto is leading Oregon's efforts to move more people on the Oregon Health Plan into coordinated care organizations that could improve health outcomes and decrease costs.
The number of votes that ratified an agreement to make cost-savings changes in health care and pension benefits for Connecticut's 45,000 unionized workers.
Laredo police investigator Joe Baeza, commenting on cases of south Texas law enforcement officers being charged or sent to prison for using their badges to sneak drugs or guns through the U.S.-Mexico border region.
City officials in Portland, Ore., and IBM collaborated to create software that can test the outcomes of policy changes before they are implemented.
This past July, young public employees and their experienced colleagues congregated to share tips on how to advance their government careers.
A new data hub and database, along with new computers, will allow Panhandle law enforcement agencies to share crime data over a 26,000-mile span.
Former Indiana Medicaid director Melanie Bella is leading the effort to build bridges between Medicare and Medicaid programs.
How can employees and managers address and benefit from changes in government? Patrick Ibarra, a former city manager and now workforce consultant, provides insight on how to keep employees focused and engaged.