Alan Ehrenhalt

1 week ago | governing.com | Alan Ehrenhalt

In 2015, the state Department of Labor and Industries began work to modernize the decades-old technology used to manage medical claims from workers injured on the job. But despite spending $31 million — with another $18 million requested in the upcoming two-year budget — the project has yet to roll out any new technology and is at least $240 million and nine years from completion.

1 week ago | governing.com | Alan Ehrenhalt

The report says that Balmer knew that it was possible the governor and his family were home and knew that he was endangering lives. Balmer said that if he had encountered the governor himself during the course of the attack, he would have “beaten him with his hammer.”Balmer has been charged with attempted murder, aggravated arson, burglary, terrorism, and related offenses.

1 week ago | governing.com | Alan Ehrenhalt |Jabari Simama

The administration has largely turned to the for-profit, private prison industry to reopen or repurpose shuttered and aging facilities — many of which have been previously criticized for poor conditions and inadequate care. In February, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced it will reopen Delaney Hall in Newark, New Jersey. The detention facility, owned by private prison company GEO Group, has the capacity to hold about 1,000 people.

1 week ago | governing.com | Alan Ehrenhalt

This problem is on obvious display in Cobb County, the suburban behemoth of three-quarters of a million people just northwest of the city. In 2024, there were 14 pedestrian fatalities, a figure that exceeds the average of 12 for the pre-pandemic years. In Cobb County, the best available information is that while just 0.2 percent of all car crashes involve fatalities, the number jumps to 10 percent when the victim is a pedestrian. The primary suspect is the roads.

3 weeks ago | governing.com | Alan Ehrenhalt

“Our once-great cities have become unlivable, unsanitary nightmares,” Trump said in a presidential campaign video. “For those who are severely mentally ill and deeply disturbed, we will bring them to mental institutions, where they belong, with the goal of reintegrating them back into society once they are well enough to manage.”Now that he’s in office, the assault on “Housing First” has begun.