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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.

 

Jeff Berding, a registered Democrat on Cincinnati's City Council. He ran as an independent after he opposed his party on a union issue.
The number of methamphetamine laboratory seizures in Missouri in 2010. According to national figures, Missouri leads the nation in meth lab seizures last year.
Matthew Currie Holmes, an actor from Burbank, Calif. Los Angeles County residents experienced rare winter conditions this weekend.
The average salary for an executive staffer under Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett, as opposed to $116,440 for top aides to preceding Gov. Ed Rendell.
Former City Councilmember Jean Quan hopes to make her office more accessible and transparent.
Former city councilmember Jean Quan hopes to make her office more accessible and transparent.
History says cities and states can look to the feds for a fiscal rescue plan.
Can self-service laptop dispensers help libraries offer more public computers?
While the feds struggle with their own assessment of the chemical, several states enact bans.
Different circumstances and a favorable political climate make school vouchers more attractive than before.