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Yonah Freemark | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Infrastructure | Region: | Cities: |
In our third post today on the State of the Union, Yonah Freemark of
The Transport Politic assess the odds of to what extent infrastructure will improve on a national level this year. What he concludes isn’t promising: The Obama administration appears to have scaled back its plans. (
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Matt Bevilacqua | Next American City | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: | Cities: |
Last night President Obama said that the federal government should do what it can to bring outsourced manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Around the country, cities have already begun creating these sorts of jobs where none existed before. And they are incorporating one crucial new component: sustainability. (
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Diana Lind | Next American City | Jan 25th, 2012 | Topic: Governance | Region: East Coast | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
President Obama’s vision for the United States updates the American Dream with old rhetoric. Isn’t it time to recognize that 21st-century values need to be different than ones of the past? (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Jul 14th, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation, Governance | Region: Urban Nation, East Coast | Cities: Seattle, Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
The Obama Administration started talking up their urban policies on Monday. (
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Urban Nation | Ben Adler | Mar 2nd, 2009 | Topic: Urban Nation | Region: Urban Nation | Cities: Washington, D.C., Urban Nation |
The President’s budget contains more funding for transit and Community Block Grants. (
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Brentin Mock | Feb 12th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
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Hamida Kinge | Jan 28th, 2009 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: |
Pennsylvania was one of the states hardest hit by the collapse of the steel industry. But in the last few years, its rust belt has been getting a green makeover, thanks largely to the wind power industry. Still, despite a new president who’s pushing to create a green economy, wind power companies like Gamesa are struggling with the economic slowdown, labor issues and, surprisingly, pollution. (
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In our third post today on the State of the Union, Yonah Freemark of The Transport Politic assess the odds of to what extent infrastructure will improve on a national level this year. What he concludes isn’t promising: The Obama administration appears to have scaled back its plans. (keep reading…)
Last night President Obama said that the federal government should do what it can to bring outsourced manufacturing jobs back to the U.S. Around the country, cities have already begun creating these sorts of jobs where none existed before. And they are incorporating one crucial new component: sustainability. (keep reading…)
President Obama’s vision for the United States updates the American Dream with old rhetoric. Isn’t it time to recognize that 21st-century values need to be different than ones of the past? (keep reading…)
