Feds Issue Emergency Safety Directive for D.C. Metrorail
As the FTA continues to rebuke WMATA over safety, the transit agency lays out a difficult—but necessary—plan to make badly needed repairs.
Missouri County’s Big Spending on Birthday Cards; No Pay Raise for N.C. State Workers
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Wichita’s vulnerable sewage pipe; Maine city’s solar plant plan; and L.A. County’s parks tax proposal.
Performance Management vs. Data Analytics: An Interview With Mike Flowers
New York City’s first chief analytics officer: “Don’t lose the service delivery forest for the quantification tree.”
Examining the Risks and Realities Facing Cybersecurity Decision-Makers
ROUTE FIFTY SPECIAL REPORT: We take a look at issues like state budgeting for cyber defense, intergovernmental coordination, analytics and training for effective cyber response.
Big Drop in Fla. HIV Cases Raises Questions; Texas High Court Blocks Houston’s Air Quality Rules
Also in our State & Local Weekend Digest: Mysterious odors in N.Y.’s Capital Region; Cincinnati boosts municipal minimum wage; and Oklahoma’s definition of rape.
Dennis ‘Hastert’ Mix-Up Frustrates Officials in Neighboring Chicago Suburbs
Angry residents are demanding that “Hassert” Boulevard be renamed and one mayor has taken a big step to clear up the confusion.
In Kentucky, Fight Between Governors Deepens; Irked Uber Looks to Exit Houston
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Arrests in mayor-council brawl in Alabama; buy this W.Va. town from the feds; and Idaho’s good immunization rate.
Removing a Whale Carcass Can Be a Vexing Local Governmental Headache
Disposing of a smelly, decomposing whale isn’t a simple process, as many localities discover when blubber starts to ooze out on the beach.
Download Route Fifty’s New State and Local Government Workforce Ebook
We examine issues like civil service reform and recruiting and retaining top talent and feature an interview with New York City’s first chief analytics officer about data and performance management.
Okla. Lawmakers Want Federal Balanced Budget Amendment; Assessing Ohio’s Prison Food Contract
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Iowa state workers face black mold problem; public works heroes save ducklings; and a Portland pothole lawsuit.
As Denver Hits Transit High, D.C. Digests Its Metro ‘Death Spiral’
New rail lines spark excitement out west, but some aging systems back east are in big trouble.
Making Data-Driven Government Fundamental and Sustainable in City Halls
As the What Works Cities program, funded by the Bloomberg Philanthropies, celebrates its first year, municipal leaders and experts are looking at ways to make the results of their data efforts “so essential that nobody can take it away.”
Indictments in Flint Water Investigation; Uber, Lyft Score California Victory
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Wisconsin Nazi artifact mystery solved; another sewage spill in Memphis; and trouble in Oregon’s Silicon Forest.
D.C.’s New 51st State Push; Waco vs. Its Wildflowers
Also in our State and Local weekend news digest: Higher speed limit tradeoffs; Mississippi’s new church “protection” law; and Honolulu’s shopping cart containment proposal.
Los Angeles City Controller Unveils New Economic and Demographic Data Portal
“[R]esidents, businesses and policymakers all have new tools to separate facts from fiction, and to make better data-driven decisions,” according to Ron Galperin.
Feds Charge N.Y. Town Supervisor Over Ballpark Financing; Too Many Empty Hotel Rooms in Texas
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: A last chance for Atlantic City; R.I. unemployment is stagnant; and Kentucky’s big university budget cuts.
New Peer Network Formed for Chief Data Officers in City Governments
The Civic Analytics Network will help facilitate the sharing of ideas and data innovations to improve municipal governance.
Boston’s Big Fiber Deal With Verizon; Kentucky Gov.’s University Budget Cuts
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Terry McAuliffe’s Virginia vetoes; Florida man steals mayor’s SUV; and worries from a leaky dam in Oklahoma.
Chris Christie vs. Atlantic City; Oklahoma Looks to Recoup Taxes on Out-of-State Sales
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Indiana’s transparency battle legal fees; synthetic herbicide and pesticide ban; Seattle’s frozen crab highway spill
West Virginia Prepares for Massive Higher Ed Cuts; Amtrak Crash Kills 2 in Pennsylvania
Also in our State and Local Daily Digest: Lead-poisoning concerns in New Jersey schools; Mississippi mayor’s sexting controversy; and world’s longest floating bridge opens in Seattle.
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