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  Brookings: U.S. Is Literally Falling Apart

  Jeffrey Hill | Sat, Jul 26th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: jeffrey hill, economy, education, energy, infrastructure, jobs, money, democrats, politicians, oil, katrina, mccain, research, minneapolis, traffic, virginia, budget, investment, brookings, brookings institute, trains, planning, broadband, tim kaine, manufacturing, communications, technology, fcc | 0

  Next American City’s Jeffrey Hill was on hand at The Brookings Institute’s Hamilton Project panel discussion last Friday, validating his predictions over the last few months over infrastructure. As Linda Richman would say - America’s infrastructure is neither “in” nor “structured,” discuss…

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• The Daily Report

  Sprawl in D.C. is Sputtering to a Stop

  Larry Martin | Mon, Apr 21st, 2008 | Category: Report | City: Washington, D.C. | Tags: transportation, news, suburbs, economy, growth, transit, jobs, mortgage, metro, 2008, washington dc, bus, larry martin, consumers, inflation, traffic, sprawl, gas prices, virginia | 0

  Sprawl in the Metro-DC area has all but stopped.  The deflating housing bubble, price inflation and the economic downturn accomplished (at least temporarily) what slow-growth advocates were achieving at best, very slowly.  However, with a growing economy the DC suburbs are reeling not only from the sub-prime mortgage bust; there are strong indications that the region’s residents are beginning to calculate the cost of transportation to and from work into their housing selection.

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• Headlines

  State of the Rerun, California mud, Joe for John, FEMA hijinx, more

  Jeffrey Hill | Tue, Jan 29th, 2008 | Category: Commentary | City: Headlines | Tags: commentary, jeffrey hill, election 2008, florida, virginia, fema, hurricane katrina, formaldehyde, state of the union, veterans affairs, republican primaries, writer's strike | 0

  
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  State of the Union rerun: “America Faces Uncertainty”

  Because of the ongoing writer’s strike, last night’s State of the Union address was a rerun, as many viewers were disappointed that American still faces “uncertainty” and that Al Queda is “on the run.” Previously unreleased footage was added to the rerun to make it appear fresh and timely. One of these clips includes an alternate ending - instead of President Bush saying that the economy is…

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