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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.

 

Chicago Public Schools awarded grants for schools to implement the iPad, and will work to make sure the tablet helps to teach -- not entice.
A report from the Kaiser Family Foundation can help states prepare to enroll and care for childless adults that will be eligible for Medicaid in 2014.
New state pension rules affect everyone but they depend on where you work, when you started work and if you were elected.
The amount the U.S. Senate cut from the Supplemental Nutrition Assurance Program (SNAP), aka food stamps, in order to subsidize state fiscal aid and child nutrition bills.
John Buntin interviews Brookings' Alan Berube and Bill Frey on the Metropolitan Policy Project's latest report, "The State of Metropolitan America."
Boise is the latest city to educate residents about homelessness and encourage them to donate to local charities instead of panhandlers.
The number of workers General Motors has added since it emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year. About 1,100 of those jobs are located in Michigan, GM says.
Chris Devaney, Tennessee's Republican chairman, claiming that high turnouts for the Republican primary during early voting show that independent and Democratic voters are attracted to GOP candidates and platforms. In Tennessee, party primaries are open to all due to an ambiguity in state law.
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who defended the city's decision to not grant historic protection to a building located where a proposed mosque will be built. Critics say that building a mosque near Ground Zero is offensive to those affected by the September 11th attacks.
The amount of surplus West Virginia collected in this budget year. The state collected a total of $339 million in general revenue taxes, a nearly 26 percent increase from the same point last year.