Route Fifty Covered a Lot of Ground in 2015 … And We Mapped Our Coverage

When the Government Executive Media Group launched Route Fifty in April, our editorial team covering state and local government around the United States endeavored to write about as much of the nation as possible. And that’s not easy with a small team of reporters, editors, freelancers and guest contributors.

But in about eight months, we’ve been above to cover a lot of territory.

As part of a review of our 2015 articles, I decided to plot them on a map. It’s a good exercise—albeit a labor intensive one—to assess the footprint of our state and local coverage. What resulted was more than 250 plotted points each with a link to a Route Fifty story that can be tied to a specific geographic location—many points have links to more than one story, e.g., Philadelphia City Hall

As you can see, our team has covered the map from San Diego, California, to Northeast Harbor, Maine, with plenty of places in between, like Salt Lake City, Utah; Roscoe, Nebraska; Grand Rapids, Michigan; Chattanooga, Tennessee; and Nichols, New York:

What you see here is not a complete picture of the totality of the coverage we’ve offered at Route Fifty. I didn’t include crossposted content from our partner organizations and our fellow Atlantic Media news publications. I also didn’t include our news roundups. (If I did, this map would include stories from all 50 states.)

Our Route Fifty team has laid the foundation for even more in 2016 and I couldn’t be more excited for what’s to come. Have ideas for news coverage or guest article contributions?  Send them to submissions@routefifty.com.

If you don’t want to navigate our 2015 news coverage on the map, you can scroll through it below.

AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Washington:
“Mayor’s ‘Gorilla Face’ Obama Comments Pushes City Into Municipal Showdown”

ALBANY, New York:
“Why NY.gov’s Pageviews Quadrupled Last Year”
“This State Involved Foster Youth in Its Data Outreach to Other Foster Youth”
“Wasting Away in Powderita-ville? Not in New York State”
“While Vermont Is Still the King of Syrup,This State Is Savoring Its Own Sweet Success”
“New Program in New York State Will Distribute Personal Transmitters for Vulnerable Kids”

ALBUQUERQUE, New Mexico:
“There Are Risks and Benefits When Opening Up Your Data”
“Are Immigrant Entrepreneurs the Key to Local Job Creation?”

ALEXANDRIA, Virginia:
“Big IT Purchases Don’t Always Fit a State’s Procurement Process”

AMARILLO, Texas:
“This Might Be America’s Most Dysfunctional City”

ANN ARBOR, Michigan:
“Wanted in Ann Arbor: A City Administrator With ‘10-15 Years Experience in Child Care’”
“A Q&A With Robert Goodspeed of the University of Michigan”

ANNAPOLIS, Maryland:
“Maryland’s New Apple Watch App Will Lead You to Water”
“Stuck in a Growing Pension Hole, Maryland Keeps on Digging”

ATLANTA, Georgia:
“How Georgia Reorganized All Its Parks and Rec Data in 9 Months”
“How Georgia Greatly Improved Its Data Infrastructure”

AUGUSTA, Maine:
“Maine, Tennessee CIOs Talk Surfing the Coming 'Silver Tsunami' of State IT Retirees”
“State Governments Are Taking the ‘Great Outdoors’ Online”

AUSTIN, Texas:
“Texas Makes Officer-Involved Shooting Information Public”
“Electronic Voting Systems Might Not Be Enough in Texas”
“Passage of Campus Carry Bill Puts Texas Lawmakers at Odds With State’s Universities”

BALTIMORE, Maryland:
“Baltimore Unrest Prompts Note of Caution From Credit Analysts”
“Baltimore City Hall’s Tough Year”

BANGOR, Maine:
“Will Obama Step Into Divisive Land Squabble in Maine?”
“Can a National Park Save Northern Maine?”

BATON ROUGE, Louisiana:
“These 5 Major Fiscal Problems Await Louisiana's Next Governor”
“Why Baton Rouge Is on the Verge of a Digital Renaissance”

BERKELEY COUNTY, South Carolina:
“Drug Money Funded This Police App”

BIG COTTONWOOD CANYON, Utah:
“An Open Data Exploration of a Beautiful Autumn Drive in Utah”

BOISE, Idaho:
“Federal Judge Rules That Idaho’s 'Ag-Gag' Law Is Unconstitutional”

BOSTON, Massachusetts:
“Why There Won’t Be a ‘Final’ Version of the Redesigned Boston.gov”
“Boston’s Latest Experiment in Civic Tech Collaboration”
“Massachusetts Aims to Streamline Procurement Processes to Boost Civic Tech"
“Massachusetts Cities and Towns Still Feeling Fiscal Hit From Costly Winter”

BOULDER, Colorado:
“Science and Research Provide New Tools to Fight Wildfires”

BREEZEWOOD, Pennsylvania:
“Unpaid Toll Violations Part of Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission Audit”

CHARLESTON, South Carolina:
“Charleston Church Shootings Test ‘Dean of America’s Mayors’ in His Final Year in Office”

CHARLESTON, West Virginia:
“When Revamping Public Engagement,Governments Can Use the Cloud”

CHARLOTTE, North Carolina:
“These Two Major Metros Saw a Decrease in Small Business Activity in 2015”
“How Charlotte Won Three Knight Cities Challenge Grants”
“Local Government Takes a Backseat in Charlotte’s Energy Initiative”
“GovJams Apply Design Thinking to Local Issues”
“Local Government Takes a Backseat in Charlotte’s Energy Initiative”

CHATTANOOGA, Tennessee:
“How Digital Equity Is a Driving Force for Some Gigabit Cities”

CHERRYLAND, California:
“How This Sheriff’s Office Uses Urban Farming to Try to Ease Impacts of Poverty”

CHICAGO, Illinois:
“An Alternative Way to Get Things Done in Chicago: Work With the City’s Aldermen”
“How Chicago is Trading in Sewage Treatment for Water Reclamation”
“Why State and Local Governments Are Increasingly Embracing Github”
“Using Predictive Analytics, Chicago Is a Trailblazer for Health Code Inspections GitHub”
“Chicago’s New ‘Cloud Tax’ Will Soon Hit Netflix Users”
“How Chicago Is Catching Restaurant Health Violations Faster”

CINCINNATI, Ohio:
“Data Is the Fuel That Turns the Gears of Government”
“Cincinnati Sprints to Reform Its Development Approval Processes”
“Cincinnati Takes Big Step Forward to Improve Its Municipal Performance”

CLEVELAND, Ohio:
“Cleveland’s ‘Jock Tax’ Faces Big Setback in Court”

CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio:
“When a City Government Faces Challenges,‘You Either Rise to the Occasion or You Don’t’”

COLUMBIA, South Carolina:
“Severe Flooding Continues in South Carolina as Waters Rush Toward Coast”
“Taking Stock of South Carolina’s Historic '1,000 Year' Floods”

DENTON, Texas:
“Texas Governor Signals Intent to Block Municipal Rules on Fracking”

DENVER, Colorado:
“Why Colorado Gets a Failing Grade on Access to Public Information
“Colorado Governor, Attorney General Spar Over EPA Clean Power Plan Lawsuit”
“When It Comes to Cyber Defense, Colorado Spends to Secure Its Information Resources”
“State Supreme Court Delivers Bad News to Colorado Marijuana Users”

DETROIT, Michigan:
“Part of Resurgent Detroit’s Transportation Retrofit: More Bicycle Infrastructure”
“Fiscal Emergency Drives Detroit's Home County Toward Consent Agreement With State of Michigan”
“Detroit’s Improved Bond Outlook Bodes Well for Municipal Services”
“Detroit, Memphis Win Big in Smarter Cities Challenge”

DUBLIN, California:
“How Effective Web Platforms Can Aid Water Conservation Efforts”

DULUTH, Minnesota:
“After Steering a Rust Belt Revival, Duluth's Mayor Looks Toward Life Beyond City Politics”

DURHAM, North Carolina:
“Is Behavioral Economics the Key to Local Government Innovation?”
“This County’s Push to Go Paperless Started a Digitalization Wave”

EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio:
“East Liverpool, the Sad, Unhealthy ‘City of Yesterday’”

EWING TOWNSHIP, New Jersey:
“This New, Scalable Disaster Recovery Solution Can Help Cities Weather Storms”

FAIRFAX COUNTY, Virginia:
“Northern Virginia County Eyes Innovation Districts”
“Fairfax County Judge Green-Lights Lawsuit Over Police License Plate Readers”

FRANKFORT, Kentucky:
“Outgoing Kentucky Governor Defends State’s Obamacare Initiatives”
“Gov.-Elect Matt Bevin Wants to Shrink Kentucky’s Government. But How Big Is It?”
“Difficult State Pension Challenges Await Kentucky’s New Governor”

FREDERICK, Maryland:
“Should Frederick Remove Its Bust of a Pro-Slavery Historic Figure?”

FORT COLLINS, Colorado:
“Frustrated Colorado Voters Greenlight More Local Broadband Improvements”
“Colorado Battle Over Local Control of Oil and Gas Drilling Far From Over”

FORT WORTH, Texas:
“Fort Worth Is Sharing Data With the Private Sector Faster”

GLENDALE, California:
“A Good Social Media Response Decision Tree for Local Governments (Or, Really Anyone)”

GLENWOOD SPRINGS, Colorado:
“Colorado Traffic Camera Footage Captures Canyon Rockslide”

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota:
“How Grand Forks Mobilizes Its Residents for Fall Leaf Collection”

GRAND JUNCTION, Colorado:
“A Way to Make Bus Route Planning More Accessible and Flexible”

GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan:
“Grand Rapids Learns to Live With Its River Risks”

HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania:
“Pennsylvania's Capital Must Change Its Financial Recovery Plan, Mayor Says”
“Pennsylvania Counties Look at Drastic Actions Against State Amid Budget Mess”
“Getting Debt-Ridden Harrisburg Back on the Right Track Hasn’t Been Easy”
“How a ‘Vampire Hunter’s Set’ May Be Connected to Harrisburg’s Fiscal Crisis”
“Watch PennDOT’s Quick Work to Demolish and Rebuild a Highway Bridge”

HARTFORD, Connecticut:
“New Report Rates States’ Finances and Competitiveness”
“Connecticut Budget Plan Sparks Big Rebuke From Major Employers”
“Budget Simulator Puts Citizens in Control of Government’s ‘Fiscal Spigot’”

HELENA, Montana:
“Your State’s Tax System Probably Isn’t Fair”

HICKORY, North Carolina:
“A North Carolina City’s Big Aspiration: Attracting Millennials”
“This Might Be One of the Most Accessible Farmers Markets in the U.S.”

HONOLULU, Hawaii:
“Here’s How Hawaii Took Its Medical Marijuana Program Online”

HOUSTON, Texas:
“Why Houston Untethered Its 311 Service After Hurricane Ike”
“Census Estimates Show Metro Areas Where Households Lag in Disaster Preparedness”

INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana:
“Was Streamlining Indianapolis’ Parking System Worth It?”

IOWA CITY, Iowa:
“Iowa City Looks to Curb E-Cigarette Use in Smoke-Free Zones”

ISABELLA COUNTY, Michigan:
“This Michigan County Made Mortgaging Easier With Searchable Electronic Records”

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri:
“Finances for Kansas City, St. Louis Could Be Hobbled by Legislation in Missouri”

KALAMAZOO, Michigan:
“The Trouble With Kalamazoo’s ‘Fountain of the Pioneers’”

KANSAS CITY, Missouri:
“Code for America Names Local Government Partners for Its 2016 Fellowship Program”
“Making Kansas City Fertile Ground for the Internet of Things”
“Kansas City Takes Cue From New York City on Public WiFi, Info Kiosks”

LANSING, Michigan:
“Bill Would Limit Michigan’s Local Governments, Schools From Sharing Pre-Election Factual Info”
“Center for Public Integrity's New 50 State Scorecards Show 'Deeply Troubling' Results”

LAS VEGAS, Nevada:
“Is This County’s Regulation of Uber Legal?”

LEXINGTON, Kentucky:
“Aspiring Gigabit Cities Look to Lexington, Kentucky”

LINCOLN, Nebraska:
“Do Nebraska and Oklahoma Have a Strong Case as They Challenge Colorado's Marijuana Laws?”

LONG BEACH, California:
“Integrated Care Is Transforming This L.A.County Clinic”

LOS ANGELES, California:
“L.A. City Hall Seeks to Fill Special Position on Transportation Technology”
“Why a Puente Hills Quake Could Be FarMore Destructive to L.A. Than the ‘Big One’”
“The Ever-Improving Online Services and Security of L.A.'s City Websites”
“Why We’re Having the Wrong Conversation About Open Data”
“Would L.A. County Voters Support a Sales Tax Hike for Transportation's Sake?”
“Los Angeles, San Francisco Leaders Green Light New Gun Safety Rules”

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky:
“Improving Local Government Performance in Louisville: ‘It’s All About The People’”
“Louisville Mayor Continues Push for Performance and Compassion”
“More Cities Exceed State and Federal LGBT Protections in 2015”
“What’s Next for Louisville’s Digital Team?”
“Figuring Out What Makes the Best-Managed Cities Tick”

LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas:
“How Arkansas Makes the Most of Its ‘Mobile Moments’”

LONG ISLAND, New York:
“How Some States and Localities Are Helping to Close Their Wireless Gaps”

LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico:
“New Mexico Wants to Connect Disruptive Technologists With Investors”

MADISON, Wisconsin:
“The ‘Strongest Civil Service System in the Country’ Is Poised for a Major Overhaul”

McALLEN, Texas:
“What Particular Civic Tech Hackathons Reflect About a City’s Challenges”

MEDFORD, Oregon:
“Questions Simmer in Oregon Over Legality of Local Marijuana Taxes”

MEMPHIS, Tennessee:
“Another City Turns to Mow-to-Own Program”
“Detroit, Memphis Win Big in Smarter Cities Challenge”

MIAMI, Florida:
“GovJams Apply Design Thinking to Local Issues”
“The Movement to Make Legal Codes More Accessible Expands in Miami”
“For Smart Cities Like Miami, Streetlights Are Just the Beginning”

MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin:
“Milwaukee Leaders Sign Off on City Financing Plan for Bucks Arena”
“Is Keeping an NBA Team in Milwaukee Worth Taxpayers’ Money?”

MONTEREY, California:
“When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going”

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Maryland:
“Maryland County Passes Tough Pesticide Rules Impacting Residential Lawns”
“Open Performance Supplants Open Data in Maryland’s Most Populous County”

MONTPELIER, Vermont:“New England Struggles to Counter Heroin Addiction”
“For Vermont’s Public Schools, How Small Is Too Small?”
“Tax Resistance Unlikely to Thwart Vermont Education Reform”

MESA, Arizona:
“From Skeptic to True Believer, An Arizona Mayor Embraces Light Rail”

NAPA COUNTY, California:
“Why There May Never Be a Final Price Tag on Last Year’s Napa County Earthquake”
“When Disaster Strikes, Mobile Strategies Can Help Local Governments Respond Better”

NASHVILLE, Tennessee:
“Grocery Store Wine Sales Prompt Tennessee to Take the Paperless Plunge”
“Maine, Tennessee CIOs Talk Surfing the Coming 'Silver Tsunami' of State IT Retirees”

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana:
“New Analytics Tool Helps Predict Where There’s a Lack of Home Smoke Detectors”
“Scrambling for High Ground in FEMA Flood Map Disputes”
“Facing Our Future Intertwined Natural and Manmade Disasters”

NEW YORK CITY, New York:
“Deal Reached on How to Manage, Split Costs for Hudson River Rail Tunnel Replacement”
“Cuomo and Christie Ask Feds to Cover Half of Hudson River Tunnel Replacement”
“Looming Northeast Corridor Rail Disaster Demands Solutions”
“Feds Increasingly Frustrated With Lack of State Action on Hudson River Tunnels”
“N.Y.C. Women’s Entrepreneurship Program Takes Next Steps”
“New York City Looks to Close Gender Gap in Business Ownership”
“New York City Launches Program to Distribute 100,000 Smoke Detectors”
“Why New York Still Wants to Ban Styrofoam”
“N.Y.C. Will Spend $100 Million on Walls and Other Measures to Block Lower Manhattan From Floodwaters”
“New York City’s Latest Municipal Data Breakthrough: Loud Sex Complaints”
“New York City’s Data-Driven Approach to Counting Its Street Trees”

NEWARK, New Jersey:
“Municipal IDs a Gateway to City Services for Undocumented Residents”

NICHOLS, New York:
“Gambling's 'Big Trickle-Down' Boost or Simply a Way to Shuffle Economic Dollars Around?”
“Upstate New York Is Betting on More Casinos”

NORFOLK, Virginia:
“Harsher Storms and Rising Waters Are Forcing Norfolk to Sink or Adapt”

NORMANDY, Missouri:
“What Mayors Can Do to Manage a Crisis of Ferguson Proportions”

NORTHEAST HARBOR, Maine:
“Can Maine Lead New England to a Farming Renaissance?”

NORTHAMPTON COUNTY, Pennsylvania:
“Left With Few Fiscal Options, Another Pennsylvania Locality Turns to Borrowing”

OAKLAND, California:
“Creating a ‘Digital Front Door’ at Oakland City Hall”
“Figuring Out What Makes the Best-Managed Cities Tick”
“Why Hybrid Data Storage Might Be Best When Expanding Police Body Camera Use”
“At Code for America, There’s Hope for Local Procurement Reform Amid Ongoing Struggles”

OAK PARK, Illinois:
“Dissecting One Community’s Digital Outreach on a Major Infrastructure Project”
“Here’s One Creative Solution to the ‘LoveLock’ Problem”

OCEANSIDE, California:
“Keeping Light Pollution Down as a Service to Stargazers”

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma:
“Oklahoma City Bombing Refined, Not Defined City Communications”
“Oklahoma Earthquake Surge Creates State vs. Local Regulatory Quandary”
“Do Nebraska and Oklahoma Have a Strong Case as They Challenge Colorado's Marijuana Laws?”
“Following Texas, Oklahoma Leaders Look to Ban Fracking Bans, Too”

OLATHE, Kansas:
“Can the Internet of Things Combat Child Obesity in Cities?”

OLYMPIA, Washington:
“Green Purchasing: What Is New and Does It Really Make a Difference?”

ONEIDA COUNTY, New York:
“How Twitter and Instagram Could Help Inform Local Disaster Response Efforts”

ORANGE COUNTY, California:
“Orange County Turns to Big Data in Effort to Remake Child Support Services”

OVERTON, Texas:
“Texas Health Authorities vs. Sisters’ Lemonade Stand”

PARK CITY, Utah:
“An Advanced Sensor Network Will Help Utah Cities Figure Out Their Urban Biorhythm”

PEARLAND, Texas:
“Why Your Local Government Doesn’t Always Need a Designated Social Media Coordinator”

PEORIA, Illinois:
"Peoria’s ‘Budget Challenge’ Puts Residentsin the Driver’s Seat"

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania:
“Uber Faces Hefty Fine From Pennsylvania Regulators”
“Using Data to Solve Multi-Jurisdictional Problems in Western Pennsylvania”
“Pittsburgh’s Mayor Announces Major Fiscal Commitment for Resiliency Efforts”
“Pittsburgh’s ‘Shared Space’ Street Concept Could Be a National Trendsetter”
“Pittsburgh’s Innovation Chief Pushes a Big Municipal ‘Cultural Shift’”
“Pittsburgh Prioritizes ‘Inclusive’ Tech Initiatives With New Innovation Roadmap”

PLANO, Texas:
“Low Gas Prices Could Give Toll Roads a Financial Boost”  

PLEASANT VALLEY, New York:
“Does New York State's ‘Energy Highway ’Plan Make Sense?”

PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania:
“Transforming Philadelphia’s City Services Through Customer Service”
“In Philadelphia, City Hall Wants to ‘Innovate With Intent’”
“New Visualization Tool Will Augment Existing Open Data Portal in Philadelphia”
“A Municipal Innovation Priority: People Want Information And ‘They Want It Now’”
“With Open Data, Delicate Questions Arise Over When to Release What”
“Philly Faces a Big Question With Its Proposed Parking App: It May Be Too Easy to Use”
“In Civic Tech Circles, There Are Few Better Places to Be Than Philadelphia City Hall”
“Philadelphia Moves to Prepare for a ‘Warmer and Wetter’ Future”

PHOENIX, Arizona:
“Phoenix Takes First Steps Toward Circular Waste Economy”
“Making the Case for Cyber Defense Spending in Local Government”

PORTLAND, Oregon:
“Some Relief for Oregon Neighborhood Facing Onslaught of Government Beetles”
“How Government-Released Beetles Invaded a Portland, Oregon Neighborhood”
“Company With Tesla Taxis Plans to Compete Against Lyft, Uber in Portland, Oregon”

PROVIDENCE, Rhode Island:
“Why Local Law Enforcement Should Take Mobile Forensics Seriously”

RALEIGH, North Carolina:
“How a Collaborative Urban Environment in Raleigh Is Building Up Steam”
“Cities Continue to Adopt LED Street Lights”
“What ‘Shocked’ North Carolina’s Governor When He Took Office?”
“Check Out Raleigh’s Homegrown Innovator Movement”
“N.C. Governor: State Needs $2.8 Billion Infrastructure Bond Proposal to Stay Competitive”
“Raleigh Spotlights Its Firefighting Advances”

RICHMOND, Virginia:
“Virginia’s Data Re-engineering Internships Boost State Agency Efficiency”
“Virginia Lawmakers Examining a Big Public Records Loophole”

ROANOKE, Virginia:
“Roanoke’s Next Mayor Should Avoid Praising the Darker Parts of U.S. History”

ROCHESTER, Minnesota:
“Remaking Rochester, Minnesota in the Mayo Clinic’s Image”

ROSCOE, Nebraska:
“What Will Happen to Truck Stop Towns When Driverless Truck Technology Expands?”

SACRAMENTO, California:
“Civic Hackers Launch Toolset to Shed Light on Sacramento’s City Budget”
“‘Green Gov’ Codeathon in California Pushes State’s Open Data Efforts Forward”
“Proposed Calif. Ballot Initiative Would Put Voters in Control of Future Pensions”
“California Confronts Its Daunting Pension Shortfalls”
“Cybersecurity Risk or Building Block for More Open Government?”
“California Leaders Urge Congress Not to Undermine State’s Personal Data Standards”

SALEM, Oregon:
“A Way to Make Heavy Duty Equipment Sharing Within Big State Agencies Easier”
“Oregon Ruling Throws State and Local Pensions for a Loop”

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah:
“Code for America Names Local Government Partners for Its 2016 Fellowship Program”
“DSRC Technology Testing for Buses May Put Utah on Cutting Edge”
“Why Utah’s State Government Leads the Nation in Offering Services Online”
“How Utah Is Trying to Curb the Growth of Its Prison Population”
“In Utah, Fending Off More Than 20 Million Malicious Transmissions Is Just a ‘Light Day’”
“Utah’s Web Portal Just Got a Whole Lot More Personal”
“Look at Utah’s New Web Initiative to Boost Tourism”

SAN ANGELO, Texas:
“Why Launching a New Website Is Only Half the Battle for Local Governments”

SAN ANTONIO, Texas:
“Moving Beyond Incremental Change for a Comprehensive Civic IT Overhaul”

SAN DIEGO, California:
“San Diego Invests $11 Million in a New Land Management Solution”
“Southern California Water Agencies Spar Over Making Conservation Program Nation’s Largest”
“How San Diego Plans to Assess the Condition of Nearly 2,800 Miles of City Streets”

SAN FRANCISCO, California:
“Key Takeaways From San Francisco's Updated Open Data Strategy”
“San Francisco’s ‘Secret Weapon’ to Keep Pedestrians Safe”
“California Mayors Champion Statewide Minimum Wage Increase”
“The Race to Develop an Open-Source Voting System Is On”

SAN GABRIEL MOUNTAINS, California:
“Is This America’s Most Daunting Infrastructure Obstacle?”

SAN JOSE, California:
“When Smart Parking Meters Become Overly Sensitive”
“This App-Enabled Public-Private Partnership Wants to Become Silicon Valley’s Hunger Buster”
“An Innovative Law Enforcement Use of Garbage Trucks or Big Brother?”

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico:
“Puerto Rico Debt Default All But Certain, a Rating Agency Warns”

SAN LUIS OBISPO, California:
“Municipal Websites Prep Residents for El Niño Impacts”
“Digital Health Investment Isn’t Happening Where You Might Expect”

SANTA CLARA COUNTY, California:
“A Northern California County Pushes Farming Incentives for Vacant and Blighted Plots”
“In Silicon Valley, a New App to Empower Diners With Health Compliance Info”
“Homelessness in the Heart of Silicon Valley”

SANTA MONICA, California:
“In Santa Monica, You Can Now Put a Number on Wellbeing”

SAUGATUCK, Michigan:
“Saugatuck’s Hand-Crank Chain Ferry”

SEATTLE, Washington:
“A Pacific Northwest Megaquake Will Test Government Response in Ways Katrina Never Did”
“Judge OKs Seattle’s Controversial New Guns and Ammo Tax”
“Legal Clash Looms Over Seattle Legislation to Organize Uber and Lyft Drivers”
“Focusing on Early Intervention to Ensure Childhood Wellness”
“Comcast’s New Philadelphia Agreement Irks Seattle City Hall”
“With Localscape, a County Assessor Harnesses More Than Just Property Data”
“Man Who Dogged Police With Video Requests Wants to Make Digital Evidence Submissions Easier”
“This County Government Went All-In on Purchasing Cards”
“Controversial Guns and Ammo Taxing Plan Gets Thumbs Up in Seattle”
“Does Seattle’s Trash Monitoring Violate Privacy Rights?”
“Washington State Legal Showdown Awaits Tax Proposal for Guns and Ammo”
“Can Bicycle Cops Help Build Stronger Community-Police Ties?”
“'It's Not Garbage Anymore': Seattle Sees Uptick in Organic Waste Collections Under New Rules”
“Seattle Finds a More Cost-Effective Way to Keep Road Contaminants From Its Waterways”

SHASTA COUNTY, California:“Counties Must Identify Their Best Assets If They Want Sustainable Growth”

SHELBY COUNTY, Alabama:
“There’s Another Big Problem With Alabama’s Sweeping DMV Closures”

SIDELING HILL, Maryland:
“Sideling Hill, the National Road and the Way West”

SILVERTON, Colorado:
“Town Administrator in Colorado an 'Optimist’ in Wake of Gold King Mine Disaster”

SKAGIT COUNTY, Washington:
“A GPS-Enabled, One-Stop Shop for Everything Real Estate”

SOMERVILLE, Massachusetts:
“Boston-Area Cities Join Forces”
“A Medium-Size City’s Approach to Data”
“This City’s Harvard Partnership Helped Eliminate Blight”

SPARTANBURG, South Carolina:
“Lessons From a South Carolina City’s Battle With a Judgmental N.Y.C. Writer”

SPOKANE, Washington:
“How Much Marijuana Will Be Detected in Municipal Sewage?”

SPRINGFIELD, Illinois:
“Illinois Knocked by Researchers for Sub-Par Budgeting Practices”
“States Move to Bolster Private Retirement Savings”
“Campaign Finance Transparency Already Getting an Update in Illinois”

ST. LOUIS, Missouri:
“Finances for Kansas City, St. Louis Could Be Hobbled by Legislation in Missouri”
“Local Government Communications Professionals Should Avoid This PR Fail”

ST. PAUL, Minnesota:
“How Minnesota Rebuilt Its Rainy Day Fund and Created Its Largest Budget Reserve in History”

TEWKSBURY, Massachusetts:
"Why Local Police Departments Are Prime Targets for Ransomware Attacks"

TILLAMOOK COUNTY, Oregon:
“Inspecting Oregon’s Bridges, Sometimes 6 Stories Underwater”

TOMPKINS COUNTY, New York:
“This County Convinced All Its Localities to Go Paperless”

TOPEKA, Kansas:
“Comparing Kansas to Its Neighbors”

TRENTON, New Jersey:
“New Jersey Tops Rankings of State Property Tax Rates”
“A Special Lottery to Forgive Student Loan Debt?”
“New Jersey Supreme Court’s Pensions Ruling Gives Legal Victory to Christie”
“Volcker Alliance Aims to ‘Expose the Game’ Some States Play With Their Budgets”
“New Jersey Reimburses Its State Employees the Least for Mileage”

TUCSON, Arizona:
“Intergovernmental Trends Put Pressure on Arizona’s Second-Largest City”
“An Interview With Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild”

TWISP, Washington:
“Firefighting Tragedy in Washington State as Wildland Blazes Spread”

VAIL, Colorado:
“Should States and Localities Exert More Control Over Federal Land?”
“Colorado Ski Town Votes to Ban Pot Shops to Appease Conservative Guests”

VALLEJO, California:
“California Microclimates Pose Complex Drought Challenges in Some Communities”

WASHINGTON, District of Columbia:
“How D.C.’s Office of Open Government Is Transforming Government One Day at a Time”
“The Double-Edged Sword of a Proactive Agency Social Media Strategy”
“How Do the 50 States Stack Up Accordingto Their ‘State Avenue Gravitas’ in D.C.?”
“Why Municipal Pool Investments Are Great Societal Equalizers”
“Here’s an Unusual New Government Email Rule”

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Wisconsin:“Looking to Realign Its Finances, a Fiscally Boxed-in Wisconsin County Turns to Priority-Based Budgeting”

WAYNE COUNTY, Michigan:
“Downbound Fiscal Days in Wayne County, Michigan”

WAYNESBURG, Pennsylvania:
“In Greene County, the Legacy of Energy Runs Deep”

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, New York:
“New York State ‘Bridge Strikes’ Prompt New Detection Systems”

WILMINGTON, Delaware:
“Wilmington Phases In a Green Vehicle Fleet”

WILMINGTON, North Carolina:
“What North Carolina’s City Leaders Want Most From the Feds”

WOOSTER, Ohio:
“Four County Courthouses in Ohio”

WORCESTER, Massachusetts:
“In Worcester, Discussing Race Relations Amid Shifting Demographics”

WYOMING, Minnesota:
“Municipal Sewer Problems Prompt Federal Lawsuit on Flushable Wipes”

YONKERS, New York:
“Why Launching a New Website Is Only Half the Battle for Local Governments”