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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 Utah Legislature is considering a bill that would set up a pilot program requiring unemployed Medicaid recipients to provide community service in order to receive benefits.
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The number of Washington state corrections officers that are women, making up 15 percent of the state's 3,708 officers.
Jan Lanier, Tennessee's English as a Second Language coordinator. Federal law requires schools to provide equal opportunities to English language learners. In Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools, students whose first language is not English now make up 22 percent of the district's enrollment.
Broward tourism director Nicki Grossman, discussing what could set South Florida apart from other cities hoping to host a future Super Bowl: warm weather in the winter.
The number of residents that Census workers counted in New Orleans last year, down from 485,000 in 2000 (or a 29% drop), according to the data.
Cindi Ross Scoppe, a columnist with The State, South Carolina's largest daily newspaper, is the recipient of the eighth annual Hal Hovey-Peter Harkness Award, presented by Governing for outstanding coverage of state and local government.
Cook County (Ill.) Commissioner John Fritchey, making an observation regarding two Twitter accounts that evoke mayoral candidate Rahm Emanuel's name: @rahmemanuel (an official account with 6,000 followers) and @mayoremanuel (an anonymous account with 20,000 followers).
The number of illegal immigrants living in the United States last year, according to a report by the Pew Hispanic Center.
The amount that Minneapolis has spent beyond its snow-removal budget for 2010. This is more than the city spends on pothole repairs for the entire year.
California Gov. Jerry Brown, who wants to let voters decide which taxes they would like to keep or cut in an effort to balance the state's budget.