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Past Issues
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Read about how lawsuits are draining cities' budgets, the difficulties of police reform, fixing the nation's second busiest transit system, the seismic shift coming for corporate tax breaks and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about dark money's impact on state politics, voter ID laws' fate, the underappreciated value of long-term thinking for welfare recipients, Tennessee's free college program and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about the legacy of Reinventing Government, the regulatory aftermath of Flint's water crisis, the world's most important meeting for urbanism, the big-box stores' tax battle and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about rural America's endless recession, why companies are moving back downtown, a blueprint for merging health and housing, the China factor in U.S. economies and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about what Trump means for down-ballot races, the state that wants to go from worst to first on clean energy, rural America's critical condition and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about how Obama changed federalism, why North Carolina's governor couldn't have stopped the bathroom bill even if he wanted, the uber-important question of today's economy and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about Miami's method of zoning, Alabama's one-man pension show, the school choice movement and more.VIEW ISSUE
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Read about state legislatures' war on cities, the Baltimore mayor's race, an emerging and evolving drug threat, governments' struggle to root out fake minority contractors and more.VIEW ISSUE