Peter Harkness

Recent Articles

• The Nation's Outlook on Trains
• Jan 1, 2011
• Bullet trains may be sidetracked, but not commuter rail.
• 8 Comments

• Finding a Leader With Answers
• Nov 1, 2010
• As problems cry out for solutions, we need more Richard Daleys.
• 1 Comments

• State and Federal Immigration Policy Challenges Republicans and Democrats
• Sep 1, 2010
• The politics of immigration policy are tricky for both parties.

• Restoring the Balance of Federalism
• Jun 30, 2010
• In the recession's wake, states and localities face new realities.

• Education Reform is the New Game in Town
• May 1, 2010
• What's not to like about the Race to the Top? Plenty, it seems.

• States, Localities Face a 'Lost Decade'
• Mar 1, 2010
• Economic recovery will be slow, subduing any ambitions state and local governments may harbor to play a role in shaping national policy.

• Washington Plays Catch Up On Climate Change
• Jan 1, 2010
• States, localities and the private sector are already confronting climate change. Washington has just scratched the surface.
• 1 Comments

• The Ticking Fiscal Clock
• Nov 1, 2009
• In this state and local fiscal mess, realism may be the only option.

• Tying Federal Funding to Regional Cooperation
• Sep 1, 2009
• For the White House, the new mantra is 'metro regions.'

• Devolution? What's That?
• Jul 1, 2009
• Right now, federalism means the feds are running the show.

• When the Well Runs Dry
• May 1, 2009
• The stimulus won't last forever. That's worth remembering.

• Tackling Taxophobia
• Mar 1, 2009
• We can't keep pretending tax increases are a fatal disease.

• Obama and the States
• Jan 1, 2009
• President Bush promised governors a close relationship and didn't deliver. Can states trust the reassuring words of his successor?

• Low-Flow Revenue Stream
• Mar 31, 2007
• When some labor unions in Rockford, Ill., came out in support of an increase in the local sales tax last month, it wasn't big news....