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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.

 

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The number of police officers, along with 15 firemen, that Camden, N.J., will rehire due to an influx of PILOT funds. Nearly 400 Camden employees were laid off in January in an attempt to close a $26.5 million budget gap.
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The percentage of California voters surveyed that said they were in favor of calling a special election on taxes, according to according to a survey by the University of California, Berkeley and the Field Poll.
Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie, who recently toured areas of the Big Island and Maui hardest hit by the recent tsunami. Abercrombie's office has roughly calculated the statewide tsunami damage at tens of millions of dollars. Abercrombie said a more specific calculation will take days.
Roger Aksamit, an attorney with Thompson & Knight, speaking about a Houston man who won a year’s supply of coupons from a donut shop as one of the lucky prize-winners during an Astros Fan Appreciation Day. The Internal Revenue Service sent the man a Form 1099, informing him that he owed taxes on $927.61 in "free" coffee and doughnuts.
The pay raise that Denver's City Council tentatively approved for the next sitting council and every other elected official -- an increase to be delayed for half of their four-year terms.
Los Angeles Police Department Capt. Bea Girmala of the Hollywood Division, discussing the challenges he and his colleagues face in making sure people who come to the area via "party buses" don't get out of hand.
Citizens that upload vital information into online profiles allow emergency call centers to improve their speed and quality of assistance.
Dallas Independent School District Superintendent Michael Hinojosa, addressing an Austin crowd protesting proposed cuts to education.
The number of local, state and federal jobs in Ohio, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports.
The amount of money that grocery store owners in Tennessee could be fined for selling wine. Store owners could also face jail time in lieu or in addition to the fine.