State & Local Governance

A Medical Examiner's Office employee and a unit of National Guard members walk near refrigerated trailers used as morgues on East 3oth Street near the Office of the New York City Chief Medical Examiner as the city prepares for a surge of COVID-19 cases requiring medical treatment; in New York , NY, USA on Wednesday, April 1, 2020. (Photo by Albin Lohr-Jones/Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Order from Chaos

We should prepare now to send US armed forces to help police in hard-hit areas

John Allen, Michael E. O’Hanlon, Colonel Rick Fuentes, Paul Goldenberg, and John Donohue

Saturday, April 4, 2020

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Barber Adan Covarrubias, 28, stands behind his chair, prior to California's Governor Gavin Newsom’s effective immediately statewide "stay at home order", in the face of the fast-spreading pandemic coronavirus (COVID-19), at the Chateau Barber Shop in Napa, California, U.S. March 19, 2020. Picture taken March 19, 2020. REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton

The Avenue

Cities and states are on the front lines of the economic battle against COVID-19

Joseph Parilla and Reniya Dinkins

Friday, March 20, 2020

Reports

A general view of the new PS20 solar plant which was inaugurated last month at "Solucar" solar park in Sanlucar La Mayor, near Seville, October 7, 2009. The solar thermal power plant uses mirrors to concentrate the sun's rays onto towers where they produce steam to drive a turbine, producing electricity. REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo (SPAIN ENERGY ENVIRONMENT SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY) - GM1E5A71NB401

Climate Change

Renewables, land use, and local opposition in the United States

Samantha Gross

January 2020

Cities & Regions

Transformative placemaking: A framework to create connected, vibrant, and inclusive communities

Jennifer S. Vey and Hanna Love

November 19, 2019

Children play at a newly built section of the U.S.-Mexico border wall at Sunland Park, U.S. opposite the Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, Mexico November 18, 2016. Picture taken from the Mexico side of the U.S.-Mexico border. Picture taken November 18, 2016. REUTERS/Jose Luis Gonzalez - RC13C47E2660

Immigration

How states can improve America’s immigration system

John Hudak and Christine Stenglein

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Migrants set off on foot for the border with Austria from Budapest, Hungary, September 4, 2015. Hundreds of migrants broke out of a Hungarian border camp on Friday and others set off on foot from Budapest as authorities scrambled to contain a migrant crisis that has brought Europe?s asylum system to breaking point. Hungary says it is enforcing European Union rules that it must register all migrants caught crossing Hungary?s borders, but thousands are refusing and demand they be allowed to continue their journey to western Europe from war and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and Asia. The European Union normally allows free movement between the 26 countries of its Schengen border-free zone, but its rules require asylum seekers to register in the first country where they arrive and remain until they are processed. REUTERS/Bernadett Szabo - LR2EB94125QO3

Migrants, Refugees and Internally Displaced Persons

The Global Compact on Refugees: The role of cities

Jessica Brandt and Joanna Henderson

Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Economic Development

Why we need to invest in transformative placemaking

Jennifer S. Vey

Wednesday, November 14, 2018

Blog Posts

Tashawna Green, 21, poses for a portrait with her daughter, Taishaun, 6, at her home in Queens Village, New York August 21, 2011. Green who up until recently worked 25 hours a week at Target, is on food stamps and says a good number of her colleagues are too. Green made $8.08 cents an hour working for Target. "It's a good thing that the government helps, but if employers paid enough and gave enough hours, then we wouldn't need to be on food stamps." Picture taken August 21, 2011. To match Insight USA-POVERTY-FOODSTAMPS/ REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY)

Up Front

Protecting our most economically vulnerable neighbors during the COVID-19 outbreak

Camille Busette

Monday, March 16, 2020

The Avenue

Broadband adoption is on the rise, but states can do much more

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

Thursday, October 10, 2019

Voters cast their ballots for the midterm elections in San Antonio, Texas, U.S. November 6, 2018. REUTERS/Callaghan O'Hare - RC15CE3E7D80

FixGov

States and localities are on the front lines of fighting cyber-crimes in elections

Elaine Kamarck

Thursday, August 15, 2019

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Tuesday, October 16, 2018

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Cities & Regions

How cities can thrive in the age of Trump

Bruce Katz, Jeremy Nowak, Bill Finan, and Fred Dews

Friday, February 2, 2018

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Alaina J. Harkness and Fred Dews

Friday, December 1, 2017

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Reports

US-China relations: The view from cities and states

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