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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 Justice Department says juveniles were subjected to sexual misconduct and other abuses at a privately run Mississippi prison, though the report comes three weeks after plans were revealed to move youth to another facility.
The Maryland Health Data Innovation Contest challenges anyone in the world to develop impactful public health intervention tools.
The Obama administration and the health care law's challengers believe they can attract four Republican-appointed Supreme Court justices to their side.
The Senate has passed an overhaul of transportation programs that's intended to keep aid flowing to thousands of construction projects while also strengthening highway and auto safety.
House members voted 49-13 to encourage private insurers to establish their own health insurance exchange, rather than having federal or state governments set one up as envisioned by the 2010 federal health care overhaul.
A provision in the Affordable Care Act is allowing a few states to shift dependent children’s health care into the state-federal program.
The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis has created a new mobile app aimed at increasing consumer knowledge about inflation and the use of credit.
Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa signed an ordinance in January requiring that actors in adult movies in the city must use condoms in order for producers to get a filming permit, and the rule took effect Monday.
Twelve years after shutting down major sites like Yahoo, an ex-hacker is working to educate officials on securing their networks.
The number of jobs that could be lost by 2016 if paid sick leave legislation is passed in Massachusetts, according to the National Federation of Independent Business.