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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.

 

After an Army intelligence analyst allegedly leaked 260,000 diplomatic cables to the WikiLeaks website, thwarting inside jobs is under the radar.
The number of Chapter 7 bankruptcies filed in Massachusetts in 2010. This is an increase over the 16,118 filed in 2009.
Texas state Sen. Royce West, D-Dallas, as he criticized Republican leaders for prioritizing a voter ID bill instead of addressing the state's budget shortfall.
The number of retail locations that the U.S. Postal Service plans to close in the next two years.
Indianapolis Public Schools Superintendent Eugene White, who threatened to leave his post after the School Board rejected his plan to reassign administrators.
The number of Texas drivers who may be eligible for a new amnesty program that would allow drivers to get their suspended driver's license back and receive a 90 percent break on their debts.
Sarah Scalese, spokeswoman for Massachusetts House Minority Leader Brad Jones, addressing how Twitter is banned on Massachusetts State House computers in legislative offices
Mike Flood, a lawyer and broadcaster, leads the nation's only unicameral Legislature.
With health care driving state spending, a focus on quality care could cut costs.
Small loans help cities and counties make initial investments in money-saving technology.