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One urban planner's search for soundbites: "If it looks like the Louvre, you must approve." Planetizen Are state fairs in trouble? You bet ...

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One urban planner's search for soundbites: "If it looks like the Louvre, you must approve." Planetizen

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Are state fairs in trouble? You bet your trophy sheep they are. NYT

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Shockingly, the homeless don't like Atlanta's one-year-old anti-panhandling law. Atlanta Journal-Constitution

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At Maine's only racetrack casino ("racino," as the kids say), it's mo' money, mo' probems. Portland Press Herald editorial

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State legislators: "College textbooks shouldn't cost so darn much!" USA Today

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Governing columnist Otis White is all the buzz in St. Louis. St. Louis Riverfront Times

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