Erin Norman

Nov 22, 2024 | governing.com | Jabari Simama |Erin Norman |Carl Smith |Alan Ehrenhalt

To begin with, local officials can direct more public resources into issues that affect mental health, such as enhancing public safety, narrowing health disparities and reducing poverty. Regardless of who is in charge of the federal government or at the state level, local officials working with each other across jurisdictional lines can have a positive impact on how constituents feel about themselves and their governments.

Oct 17, 2024 | governing.com | Emily Hamilton |Alan Ehrenhalt |Erin Norman |Scott Beyer

But tucked above the garage is a two-bedroom apartment, where his daughter and granddaughter live. It’s the first accessory dwelling unit to be built since the town of Newmarket, N.H., eased its housing rules last year. The idea isn’t new: For generations, some homes included extra units, sometimes called granny flats or in-law suites.

Jul 30, 2024 | governing.com | Erin Norman |Girard Miller |Jared Brey

With the Supreme Court’s recent decision overturning the 40-year precedent known as the Chevron doctrine, federal courts hearing legal challenges to vaguely written statutes will no longer defer to a federal agency’s “reasonable” interpretation of those laws. Instead, courts will now “exercise independent judgment” in these cases, leveling off the advantage the executive branch has enjoyed. Some pundits and court watchers have asserted that the ruling in Loper Bright Enterprises v.

Jul 23, 2024 | governing.com | Alan Ehrenhalt |Erin Norman |Girard Miller |Jared Brey

It’s usually impossible to find the moment when a social or political movement took off. But when it comes to historic preservation in urban America, that moment is all but indelible in the permanent record: It was Oct. 28, 1963, when Pennsylvania Station, the early 20th-century architectural masterpiece beloved by generations of New Yorkers, met the wrecking ball on orders from the railroad that owned it. That act of destruction horrified not only New York but much of America as well.

Jul 14, 2024 | governing.com | Alan Greenblatt |Carl Smith |Erin Norman |Zina Hutton

Most Republican and Democratic politicians condemned Saturday's deadly shooting and decried political violence. However, there were many exceptions. Some Republicans blamed Biden and other Democrats for rhetoric they claimed sparked the shooting. Commentators on the left lobbed attacks in response and warned the GOP would use the incident to stifle dissent. Such responses shows that politics for many is not a way to resolve differences but to keep amping them up.