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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 cost that the city of Pittsburgh has paid towards settlements in police misconduct cases in the past 13 months.
One of the Facebook status updates that Quincy Howard, an inmate at the Lee Correctional Institute in Bishopville, S.C., posted on his profile using a contraband cell phone.
Allowing valet companies to operate stands in public parking spots will create jobs and make it easier for visitors to enjoy downtown attactions.
Camden, N.J., Mayor Dana L. Redd, citing the city's $26.5 million deficit. This week, 168 police officers and 67 firefighters were laid off in an attempt to close the gap.
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The number of hours a year that Washington, D.C.-area drivers lose crawling in traffic. Washington and Chicago are tied for first in the nation when it comes to hours wasted in traffic, according to a national annual traffic survey.
Prosecutors in the Cameron County, Texas, District Attorney's Office will start examining potential jurors' Facebook profiles during the selection process to get a better picture of who may be deciding the outcome of trials.
At this week's U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting, Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup urged mayors to join him in signing a "civility accord."
The cost of pursuing the second phase of expansion at O'Hare International Airport.
Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed, calling for the members of Atlanta Public Schools' school board to work with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to get off of probationary status. SACS placed APS on probation due to school board members' in-fighting, putting at risk its accreditation.
Ted Williams, CEO of the Arizona Foundation for Behavioral Health and a former state health director, speaking to Gov. Jan Brewer's proposed budget, which would roll back state Medicaid coverage for the mentally ill.