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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.

 

Dr. David Ludwig, an obesity specialist at Children’s Hospital Boston. Massachusetts state health regulators are proposing schools menus that will promote fresh produce, whole grains and low-fat snacks. The school nutrition rules need the approval of the state Public Health Council.
Colorado Republican Party Chair Dick Wadhams, who recently decided against running for a third term.
The amount in unpaid lunch fees New York City has absorbed since 2004. The New York City Department of Education told principals to collect overdue lunch money or risk having it taken from their school budgets.
Colorado's Republican Party Chairman Dick Wadhams decided to not run for a third term, crystallizing cleavages in state GOPs that could risk their majority party status.
States and cities create preventative programs in an effort to keep health insurance costs down. Are employees more likely to get involved when enticed or prodded?
Rachel Sterne, previously a consultant and entrepreneur, aims to make the city more transparent and accessible.
The amount that Oklahoma would save by moving to paperless billing and payment.
California Treasurer Bill Lockyer, on Texas' budget situation. Texas is facing a budget gap of about $27 billion, putting it in the same league as California among states facing financial meltdowns.
Alaska state Rep. Scott Kawasaki, who sponsored a bill (HB 38) to create a medical and law school. Alaska is the only state without a law school and one of five without a med school.
The salary of Jerome Gray, a former TV anchor who will soon be the chief spokesman for Metro, Houston's transit system. The Houston Chronicle found that Gray will be the highest paid spokesperson among 15 public agencies.