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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.

 

Maricopa board rejected $5,000 in private donations on Wednesday, to fund a deputy sent to Hawaii in May to investigate President Obama's birth certificate.
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton issued an executive order Wednesday afternoon authorizing the National Guard to assist with the flood damage in Duluth.
Six days after State Rep. Lisa Brown garnered national attention by saying the word “vagina” on the floor of the Michigan state House, she joined other female legislators on the Capitol steps to recite the “The Vagina Monologues."
Gov. Rick Snyder will sign a group of bills into law banning K2, Spice and similar synthetic drugs in Michigan.
Change in the District’s child welfare laws has resulted in uneven financial support for adopted children and those with legal guardians.
Congressional backers of the Opportunity Scholarship Program reached an agreement with the White House.
A year ago, states were discussing tax increases and spending cuts. This year, more states are debating the benefits of restoring services that were cut as a result of the recession.
50 percent of the state's voters have a favorable view of the governor -- a 4 percent increase since March and the first time a majority like Christie, according to a Rutgers-Eagleton poll.
Mayor Rahm Emanuel will name the members of a new board that will focus on getting the private sector to invest in public projects in Chicago.
Forty people signed up to run as third-party candidates in New Jersey’s Congressional race by the deadline on Tuesday