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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.

 

Jason Helgerson, formerly Wisconsin's Medicaid director, came to New York to help control costs.
Performance measurement isn't a once-a-year event -- it's an ongoing process.
Many question health-care reform's status -- but it's still law, and likely will remain so.
Police officials say the problems with tracking Internet phone calls are so prevalent that the federal government should step in.
Credit unions want permission to award cash and prizes to customers who save.
The recent economic crisis suggests that state lotteries and other forms of gambling may not be the predictable cash cows they once were.
Proposals in states like Washington and North Dakota aim to streamline education from pre-k to Ph.D.
This is the time for state and local leaders to take a 'no new spending' pledge.
The handheld device is proving handy for cities.
There's more to keeping in touch with constituents than public hearings.