State & Local Governance

Webinar: Reopening schools in the fall amid the COVID-19 pandemic

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

Pedestrians walk through the nearly empty Downtown Crossing shopping area after Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker extended his stay-at-home advisory and his order closing non-essential businesses until May 18 because of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S., April 28, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

In the age of American ‘megaregions,’ we must rethink governance across jurisdictions

Tracy Hadden Loh and Annelies Goger

May 7, 2020

Webinar: How to reform American government

1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT

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Why the U.S. needs a pandemic communications unit

Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Ashlee Mason, 26, serves a customer at The Pottery Cannabis Dispensary, as marijuana deliveries increase amid the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Los Angeles, California, U.S., April 14, 2020. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson

‘Essential’ cannabis businesses: Strategies for regulation in a time of widespread crisis

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Webinar: Protecting elections during the coronavirus pandemic

2:00 PM - 2:45 PM EDT

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.

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

Webinar: COVID-19 and the economy

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EDT

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

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

Joseph Parilla and Reniya Dinkins

Friday, March 20, 2020

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)

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

Camille Busette

Monday, March 16, 2020

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Why the DMV should check up on older drivers like me

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

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

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

January 2020

A general view of the city of Chicago, March 23, 2014. REUTERS/Jim Young (UNITED STATES - Tags: CITYSCAPE SOCIETY) - GM1EA3O0WWG01

Cities and international lawyers need to start talking to one another

William Burke-White

Friday, November 22, 2019

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

Jennifer S. Vey and Hanna Love

November 19, 2019

[On the up-tick in U.S. subnational climate action among cities and states, following President Trump's intention to withdraw from the Paris Agreement] That was already going on, but the Trump administration really put that on steroids.

David G. Victor Los Angeles Times Monday, November 4, 2019

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

Lara Fishbane and Adie Tomer

Thursday, October 10, 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

How states can improve America’s immigration system

John Hudak and Christine Stenglein

Tuesday, September 10, 2019

Feb 1, 2019; Atlanta, GA, USA; General overall view of the Georgia State Capitol building. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-USA TODAY Sports - 12093900

Federalism as an antidote to polarization over health care policy

Stuart M. Butler

Friday, August 16, 2019

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

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

Thursday, August 15, 2019

US-China relations: The view from cities and states

9:30 AM - 11:45 AM EDT