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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.

 

The net amount by which the New Jersey Turnpike Authority's toll revenue came up short last year, down from a shortfall of $439,122 in 2009, as a result of toll collectors' errors, including instances where motorists were overcharged.
Square codes on building permits allows passersby to learn more about construction via their smartphones.
The amount that Chicago will save in fuel and maintenance costs by the end of 2012 by entering into an agreement with car-sharing company Zipcar.
10%
The increase in tribal gaming revenues in Florida in 2009, according to the just-released 2011 Indian Gaming Industry Report, published by Casino City Press.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, to a crowd outside Providence, R.I. City Hall. About 1,500 people jammed the street on Wednesday to protest last week's dismissal of the city's entire teaching force.
Minnesota's unemployment rate, the lowest rate since December 2008, state officials said.
Dan Sinker, an assistant journalism professor at Columbia College, who outed himself as the man behind the fake Twitter account @MayorEmanuel.
94
The number of Georgia lawmakers that back a proposed law that would force presidential and vice presidential candidates to prove their citizenship before landing on the Georgia ballot.