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Diana Lind | Next American City | Jan 30th, 2012 | Topic: Governance | Region: Midwest | Cities: Chicago |
Last week, David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Obama, announced that after the 2012 election season he’ll return to Chicago to run a political institute at the University of Chicago. The program will have a focus on “urban politics” — what should be on the syllabus? (
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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Mar 8th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: Atlanta |
As French politicians entrenched in regional elections battle over who can offer the best transport improvements to a willing public, Americans hope to avoid service cutbacks. (
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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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Grassroutes | Yonah Freemark | Feb 20th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: West Coast | Cities: Seattle |
With divergent interest groups pushing in three different directions, who will decide how Seattle’s light rail system extends into Bellevue? (
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Julia Ramey Serazio | Nov 9th, 2009 | Topic: Culture | Region: South | Cities: Austin, Dallas, Houston |
An online-only newspaper, the Texas Tribune, takes wing, focusing less on car crashes and more on the politics and policies of the Lone Star State. (
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Omnibus | Justin Glick | Nov 9th, 2009 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
With serious bi-partisan support, the Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 may prove to be a major step forward in traffic safety. (
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Ben Adler | Feb 2nd, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
Congress stripped $200 million from the stimulus spending bill that would have helped upgrade the National Mall. (
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Jeffrey Hill | Sep 4th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
So far, the Republican National Convention has succeeded in accomplishing one task – dividing the nation into two teams. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Aug 25th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Houston |
What does it look like when you connect more than 3,000 American cities with one line? Nothing like the political maps you see on
nytimes.com — but probably something like
Identically Named Places Connected (USA) . (
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Last week, David Axelrod, a senior adviser to President Obama, announced that after the 2012 election season he’ll return to Chicago to run a political institute at the University of Chicago. The program will have a focus on “urban politics” — what should be on the syllabus? (keep reading…)
As French politicians entrenched in regional elections battle over who can offer the best transport improvements to a willing public, Americans hope to avoid service cutbacks. (keep reading…)
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…)
With divergent interest groups pushing in three different directions, who will decide how Seattle’s light rail system extends into Bellevue? (keep reading…)
An online-only newspaper, the Texas Tribune, takes wing, focusing less on car crashes and more on the politics and policies of the Lone Star State. (keep reading…)
With serious bi-partisan support, the Distracted Driving Prevention Act of 2009 may prove to be a major step forward in traffic safety. (keep reading…)
So far, the Republican National Convention has succeeded in accomplishing one task – dividing the nation into two teams. (keep reading…)
