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Past Issues
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Read about public leaders' financial ignorance, one possible solution to California's overcrowding problem in prisons, the rail revival and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about the year's issues and legislators to watch, the corporate revival of downtown, the face-off between Diane Ravitch and Michelle Rhee over school reform, and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about the 2013 public officials of the year, whether the big build-up of Chicago's infrastructure trust is justified, what Cory Booker actually accomplished in Newark and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about states' tough-love approach to poverty, the practicality of P3s, how governments are using Instagram, and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about how Chicago is fighting gangs with Facebook, the demise of the public hearing, a surprising contender in America's urban revival, and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about how California's remaking the GOP, whether Common Core will help the cheating problem, a new caseworker model, hydropower's questionable status as a renewable energy and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about why America should be paying attention to Philly's anti-obesity efforts, three cities that used natural disaster to revitalize, what public employees have to be happy about, and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about how libraries are trying to survive the e-book revolution, whether Puerto Ricans really want to be next U.S. state, Denver's desirable public housing, the last Democrat in Dixie, Miss., and more.VIEW ISSUE