Governing Institute
VOICES OF THE GOVERNING INSTITUTE
Why Turning Contractors Into Employees Hurts Everyone
A California court decision could harm not just businesses but also workers and consumers. And the misguided idea shows signs of spreading to other states.
C. Jarrett Dieterle / April 15, 2019
What Local Government Can Do About the Consumer-Debt Epidemic
Stephen K. Benjamin, Joanna Smith-Ramani / April 11, 2019
What We Don't Know About Parole and Probation
Sarah Jalbert, Holly Swan, Walter Campbell / April 4, 2019
3 Keys to the Economic Viability of Small Towns
Roger Zalneraitis / April 2, 2019
The Best Performance Initiative? It's the One Valued by Leadership.
Andrew Feldman, Michael Jacobson, Greg Useem / April 1, 2019
How Cities Can Help Entrepreneurs of Color Scale Up
Kim Zeuli, Kathleen O'Shea / March 26, 2019
The Wrong — and Right — Way to Recycle
Neil Seldman / March 20, 2019
The Growing Importance of the Arts to Rural America
Scott D. Pattison / March 18, 2019
A Vision for Getting Mental Health Care Right
Benjamin F. Miller, Kristin Wikelius / March 14, 2019
Why We Need to Rethink Misdemeanor Justice
Greg Berman / March 12, 2019
The Green New Deal? It's Already Happening in Our Communities.
Steven Pedigo, Abigail Sindzinski / March 11, 2019
The Problem With Opportunity Zones
Kimberlee Cornett / March 7, 2019
It's Never Too Late to Stop a Transportation Megafolly
Randal O'Toole / March 5, 2019
Why Education Needs a 'Whole Child' Approach
James Comer, Linda Darling-Hammond / March 4, 2019
PROGRAMS
Recognizing outstanding achievement in state and local government
Encouraging women to pursue leadership in public service
Providing a framework for building high performance governments
Innovating to make a difference in the lives of city residents.
PAPERS
THE 23% : CONVERSATIONS WITH WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT
A Cautionary Tale for the Newly Elected
By the end of her first term, Hawaii state Rep. Lauren Matsumoto was hospitalized for exhaustion from trying to "do it all."