Resolution is a valuable commodity in a public official. Rigidity rarely is. Year after year, the men and women honored by Governing magazine are those who can change and adapt--to new issues and circumstances or to the need to take on a whole menu of difficult challenges simultaneously.

Car insurance rates in the state can no longer be based first and foremost on the driver's address.

Fair- and foul-weather cities alike are gearing up to make it safer and easier for commuters to bicycle to work.

Nobody does constituent service better than Adrian Fenty. But as D.C.'s chief executive, he'll need a much bigger repertoire.

No-smoking ordinances have proved surprisingly resistant to challenge.