Elaine S. Povich
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Elaine S. Povich covers tax and budget issues for Stateline. Povich has reported for Newsday, the Chicago Tribune and United Press International. She also covered taxes and government finances as a freelancer for The Fiscal Times, Governing, AOL Government, Kiplinger and AARP Bulletin magazine. She has written three books and is an adjunct professor of journalism at the University of Maryland.