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Aerial view of the wastewater treatment plant. Pumping station and drinking water supply. Industrial and urban water treatment for a big city. Round sedimentation tanks.

Infrastructure Exploring and improving how state water funding flows amid a surge in federal infrastructure investment

Joseph W. Kane, Anna Singer

December 5, 2024

Police officers

Crime, Justice & Safety The state of police reform: Measuring progress in each state

Rashawn Ray, Robyn Moore

December 4, 2024

Taylor, TX - 5 October 2024: Construction of massive Samsung semiconductor fab manufacturing facility near Austin in Texas

Infrastructure Sizing and seizing Washington’s $40 billion down payment on place-based industrial policy

Glencora Haskins, Joseph Parilla

December 3, 2024

Police detain a protester at a rally to protest the death of Freddie Gray who died following an arrest in Baltimore, Maryland April 25, 2015. More than 1,000 demonstrators chanting "shut it down" marched through Baltimore on Saturday to protest the death of a black man who died after being taken into police custody.

Race in Public Policy How police violence reshapes community health and trust

Rashawn Ray, Keon L. Gilbert, Alyasah Ali Sewell, Jennifer D. Roberts

December 3, 2024

Experts

Mark Muro Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro @markmuro1

Jennifer Vey

Jennifer S. Vey Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro @jvey1

Blair Levin Nonresident Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro @BlairLevin

Goger

Annelies Goger Fellow - Brookings Metro

Adie Tomer Senior Fellow - Brookings Metro @AdieTomer

Sarah Lytle

Sarah Lytle Nonresident Fellow - Global Economy and Development, Center for Universal Education

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