Author Archive
Michael Grass
Management
The Importance of Looking Beyond Your Own Boundaries
Route Fifty’s executive editor shares insights covering state and local government day in and day out for nearly five years.
Infrastructure
Powerful Tornado Kills at Least 22 in Alabama
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Openly gay mayor brutally attacked … Sunday liquor sales OK’d by W.Va. governor … and vote nears on Tucson’s e-scooter pilot.
Management
Pedestrian Deaths in 2018 Increase to Highest Levels Since 1990
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Ore. governor signs statewide rent control bill … Ariz. governor is “pro-vaccination and anti-measles” … and Fla. toll road expansion
Management
Federal Judge Blocks Texas Counties From Purging Voters
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Flooding isolates Northern California cities … snowed-in Oregon town faces lengthy power outages … and boosting Alabama’s gas tax.
Infrastructure
Tolling Proposals in Connecticut Push Federal Officials Into ‘New Territory’
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Chicago mayoral primary results ... new fees proposed for Uber, Lyft rides in Los Angeles … and Colorado Springs vaping public health emergency.
Infrastructure
Small Bikeshare System to Launch in an Unexpected Place
Wheeling, West Virginia looks to leverage its local network of bike trails.
Management
Chicago Mayoral Election Could Bring a ‘Nightmare Scenario’
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Oakland teachers strike continues … boosting teacher pay in Texas … and Florida mayor ‘socialized with people of dubious repute.’
Management
‘There’s No One to Help You Right Now’: 911 Calls Released From Deadly Firestorm
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Alaska localities decry governor’s budget cuts … a Texas city with 400,000 people and no transit system … and Ohio River flooding.
Management
N.Y.C. Mayor Looks to Tame Abuse of Official Parking Placards
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Alaska to end ferry service in October … Philly term limits … and a Florida mayor shoots at police officers raiding his home.
Management
Health Department’s Dog Crackdown Brings No Joy to Brewery Taproom
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Austin’s measles risk … former Little Rock mayor’s unused paid time off … and a Florida county’s understaffed 911 dispatch center.
Infrastructure
Ohio Governor Says Raising State’s Gas Tax Is Unavoidable
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | What-if megastorm scenarios for L.A. area ... New Jersey “dirt broker” loopholes … and Orlando autonomous bus shuttles.
Featured eBooks
Digital Government
Philly Mayor Deleted Years of Text Messages
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | W.Va. teachers strike … Alaska cold case leads to arrest in Maine using genetic genealogy … and the Cincinnati City Council’s attendance record.
Finance
General Electric to Pay Back State Incentives After Backtracking on New Headquarters
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Ann Arbor dioxane plume … Norfolk’s recycling quandary … and the Bay Area’s new managed toll lane agreement.
Infrastructure
Making the Case Against Bigger and Longer Trucks on Capitol Hill
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Alaska budget pain … Utah hepatitis A outbreak is over … and Kentucky’s governor sends Louisville mayor critical letter.
Infrastructure
California Governor Scales Back State’s High-Speed Rail Plans
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Baltimore targets trash burning … Illinois looks for way to dig out of pension mess … and Maine’s pragmatic budget.
Management
Utah Lawmakers Move to Restrict Voter-Approved Medicaid Expansion
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Denver teachers go on strike … Kansas’ low meningitis vaccination rate … and New Jersey’s 94-year-old mayor.
Management
A New Call to Scrap Portland’s Unusual Form of Government
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Proposal would shutter Syracuse freeway … Palo Alto parking garage proposal scrutinized … and Massachusetts vaporizer tax.
Management
‘If You Elect to Be on the Roads, You Must Make Good Choices’
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Florida governor’s teacher bonus proposal … Louisville pension worries … and Pittsburgh’s mayor has an evening hobby.
Infrastructure
Using Nudges and Shoves to Encourage Better Transportation Choices
Yes, you can close a major urban highway and the world won’t end.
Management
Portlanders Don’t Hesitate to Call 911 About ‘Unwanted’ Persons
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | N.M. governor pulls National Guard troops from border … legal challenge to Idaho Medicaid expansion fails … and shortest commutes.
