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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.

 

Code for America’s City Program Director Alissa Black speaks about transforming government via technology and what to expect in 2012.
The potential wave height of tsunami waves that could hit the Hawaiian islands as a result of a 8.9-magnitude earthquake in Japan, according to a geophysicist with the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
Wisconsin state Sen. Fred Risser (D). The fight over collective bargaining in Wisconsin has helped Democrats fill their coffers. The state Democratic Party raised $300,000 in less than a day after the Senate vote, the state Democratic party's chairman said.
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The number of new seats that will be added to Houston City Council this year. Council voted to declare that the city's population is 2.1 million -- a trigger point that mandates the city add a 15th and 16th council seat by the city charter.
Lisa Wood, a South Carolina mom with a child who is diagnosed with cystic fibrosis. She wants the attention of South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley because Medicaid has denied her two attempts to secure a treatment for her son.
Advocates of smaller government might have an opportunity to reduce the number of seats in state legislatures, but such proposals face a challenging path to enactment.
The fines levied against Indiana House Democrats as they hide out in an effort to stop bills that would weaken collective bargaining and shift funds from public to private schools.
Florida state Senator Mike Fasano, a Republican from New Port Richey who upset Florida Gov. Rick Scott (R) with rough handling of his staff during a committee hearing
Having a social media policy can ensure that government employees utilize social media as a tool and not a distraction.
Wisconsin Senate Majority Leader Scott Fitzgerald, in a response letter to Senate Minority Leader Mark Miller. Sen. Miller and 13 other Senate Democrats are currently spending time outside of Wisconsin in an effort to prevent a vote on a collective bargaining bill.