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An open fire hydrant stands amidst a damaged neighborhood severely impacted by the wildfires in Altadena, California, January 9, 2025. REUTERS/Zaydee Sanchez

Infrastructure L.A. fires expose long-standing local and national water infrastructure challenges

Gregory Pierce, Joseph W. Kane, Robert Puentes

May 7, 2025

Demonstrators rally on Cambridge Common in a protest organized by the City of Cambridge calling on Harvard leadership to resist interference at the university by the federal government in Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S. on April 12, 2025.

U.S. Democracy Targeting higher education is an essential tool in the autocratic playbook

Renée Rippberger, Rachel Beatty Riedl, Jonathan Katz

May 1, 2025

Downtown Richmond Virginia Main Street station

Transportation Highway shakedown: How local road users are subsidizing state highway investments

Adie Tomer, Ben Swedberg

April 24, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump signs an energy-related executive order at the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on April 8, 2025.

U.S. Government & Politics Shakedown federalism and energy policy nationalization

Barry G. Rabe

April 21, 2025

Experts

David F. Damore Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Elaine Kamarck

Elaine Kamarck Founding Director - Center for Effective Public Management (CEPM), Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Rashawn Ray

Rashawn Ray Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Race, Prosperity, and Inclusion Initiative (RPII)

Nicol Turner Lee

Nicol Turner Lee Director - Center for Technology Innovation (CTI), Senior Fellow - Governance Studies

Dana Fisher head shot

Dana R. Fisher Nonresident Senior Fellow - Governance Studies, Center for Effective Public Management (CEPM)

Gian Claudia Sciara Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro

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