John Buntin

Recent Articles

• Fixing New Orleans
• Jul 30, 2010
• New Orleans Mayor Mitch Landrieu has a rare chance to turn the city around.

• California's Health Information Exchange
• Jul 28, 2010
• Cal eConnect will oversee the state health care system's move from a paper-based industry to one reliant on electronic health records.

• Down on Parchman Farm with Mississippi's Corrections Commissioner
• Jul 27, 2010
• Christopher Epps thought he would follow the path of his family members and get his Ph.D. Instead, he made a career at one of Mississippi's most fabled prisons, working his way up to state corrections commissioner.

• Readings: Growth Trends and Green Hopes
• Jul 15, 2010
• The Brookings Institution's "State of Metropolitan America" offers a look at the demographic future of America's 100 largest metro areas. In this installment: The growth patterns of the last decade don't bode well for those with green hopes.
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• Readings: The State of Metropolitan America
• Jul 8, 2010
• The Brookings Institution's "State of Metropolitan America" offers a look at the demographic future of America's 100 largest metro areas. In this post to kick off a series: the "cultural generation gap."
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• Will Washington Throw States a Lifeline, or Tell Them to Swim?
• Jul 6, 2010
• Policymakers in Washington are debating whether states need more stimulus money, or whether it's time for them to start cutting.

• The Future of Los Angeles' Police Stations
• Jun 30, 2010
• Is the LAPD misplacing something important in the process of building the next generation of police stations?
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• Brotherly Love for Immigrants, Too
• Jun 30, 2010
• Israel "Izzy" Colon is spearheading Philadelphia's efforts to become an immigrant hub.
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• Visualizing New Orleans
• Jun 29, 2010
• A striking infographic shows how New Orleans has fared since Katrina.

• A Big Week for State and Local Government
• Jun 28, 2010
• Health care action, Supreme Court rulings and justice nominations makes this week one with huge impacts for state and local government.

• Traffic Circles, Rotaries, and Roundabouts
• Jun 24, 2010
• A helpful, complete rundown by USA Today explains rotaries, roundabouts, traffic circles, and everything full circle.
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• Remapping the United States
• Jun 8, 2010
• The Brookings Institution Metropolitan Studies Program's maps offer a wonderful look into the changing demographics of the United States.

• How To Motivate Employees
• Jun 2, 2010
• A delightful animation of Dan Pink's ideas on how to motivate employees.
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• The Amazing Health Data Giveaway
• Jun 2, 2010
• HHS is putting an amazing amount of health data out on the Web for free, including Community Clash, Google Hospital Finder, and Bing Health Maps.

• LEED On
• Jun 1, 2010
• Ohio's school planning director embraces green schools.
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