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Keeping Tennessee Auto and Advanced Industries Competitive

October 4, 2013, Mark Muro

Drive! Moving Tennessee's Automotive Sector Up the Value Chain

October 4, 2013, Mark Muro, Scott Andes, Kenan Fikri, Martha Ross, Jessica Lee, Neil G. Ruiz and Nick Marchio

Tennessee needs to complement its cost appeal with new production efficiency, top-flight workforce training, and a flare for product and process innovation.

October 4, 2013, Mark Muro, The Examiner

Metros Don't Shut Down: America's Metropolitan Areas Move Forward Amid Government Shutdown

October 3, 2013, David Jackson

What Government Shutdown? Metros Open for Business

October 2, 2013, Bruce Katz

This Week in Immigration Reform: The Government Shutdown Looms

September 30, 2013, Nicole Prchal Svajlenka

Invest but Reform: Streamline Administration of the Housing Choice Voucher Program

September 30, 2013, Bruce Katz and Margery Austin Turner

U.S. Immigrants and Prospects for Immigration Reform

September 27, 2013, Audrey Singer and Fred Dews

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Posted: September 26, 2013

The last presidential election put a lot of pressure on the Republican Party to get serious about changing the immigration policy of the country.

September 26, 2013, Audrey Singer, Christian Science Monitor

Metro Monitor - September 2013

September 25, 2013, Alec Friedhoff and Siddharth Kulkarni

This Week in Immigration Reform: Ups and Downs

September 24, 2013, Nicole Prchal Svajlenka

Why the U.S.-Mexico High Level Economic Dialogue Should Engage Sub-National Leaders

September 20, 2013, Joseph Parilla and Alan Berube

New Census Data Underscore Metro Poverty's Persistence in 2012

September 19, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Jane Williams

With D.C. Inertia, Urban Leaders Must Innovate

September 18, 2013, Bruce Katz and Jennifer Bradley

H-1B Visas and Immigration Reform: A Sticking Point in the U.S.-India Relationship

September 18, 2013, Neil G. Ruiz

How Good Export Data Inspires Action

September 17, 2013, Brad McDearman and Ryan Donahue

Export Nation 2013

September 17, 2013, Brad McDearman, Ryan Donahue and Nick Marchio

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Exports have been a critical driver of the post-recession recovery in the U.S. and its metro areas.

September 17, 2013, Brad McDearman, Los Angeles Times

This Week in Immigration: Stagnation

September 16, 2013, Nicole Prchal Svajlenka

Next Week’s Poverty Numbers: What Metro Areas Can Expect

September 12, 2013, Elizabeth Kneebone and Alan Berube

Catalyzing Manufacturing Competitiveness

September 12, 2013, Mark Muro

This Week in Immigration

September 11, 2013, Nicole Prchal Svajlenka

I think suburban poverty is here to stay, it's not going to revert back to the cities.

September 11, 2013, Alan Berube, Christian Science Monitor

Earned Income Tax Credit (EITC) Interactive

September 10, 2013