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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Feb 25th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: Midwest, West Coast | Cities: Chicago |
One of the more important ways that new media is being used is to shed light on the process of creating government budgets. With many state and local governments struggling to deal with huge budget shortfalls (and some even facing bankruptcy), the need couldn’t be greater. (
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Ariella Cohen | Jan 1st, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Miami, New York, Philadelphia |
Hoping to staunch the financial crisis’s toll on city dwellers, cities are creating offices of financial empowerment. Aimed at cities’ low- and moderate-income constituents, these programs attempt to break the cycle of debt and aid social mobility, even in these tough times. (
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Nick Lalla | Dec 18th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
Several attempts to include cities as a category worthy of consideration for the new breed of government financial bailout packages have been made recently. Now, a new letter from a non-profit urban revitalization group is making the rounds, collecting signers and support before trying its hand at asking for state money for ailing urban centers. (
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One of the more important ways that new media is being used is to shed light on the process of creating government budgets. With many state and local governments struggling to deal with huge budget shortfalls (and some even facing bankruptcy), the need couldn’t be greater. (keep reading…)
