It’s about competence. To build residents’ trust, cities need to focus on delivering core services efficiently, setting measurable standards and meeting them consistently.
Some of the region’s metros are showing surprising population numbers, a documented awakening in places that most of the country has grown accustomed to ignoring.
The departure of a community’s major employer is about more than job losses. Finance managers need a fiscal strategy.
Algorithmic price setting and wage discrimination are threats to privacy and well-being, as well as to state revenues. Some states are moving to protect workers and consumers.
GIS-based apps, imaging, sensors and other tools can significantly improve tracking and response. They need to be thoughtfully integrated with services.
A crucial deadline is looming, and local governments seeking to compete need to demonstrate an investible project pipeline with measurable outcomes. Not every project is a fit.
States need to aggressively assert their domain over the digital betting shops trying to cloak themselves as trading platforms.
It’s where some of the country’s best-known companies got their start, but in too many places regulations make running a business from home difficult or impossible. Some states and localities have begun to lower the barriers.
Public plans’ finances have been recovering, helped by changes enacted after the 2008 financial crisis. Lawmakers should resist the temptation to roll back these reforms.
Inexpensive single-room-occupancy dwellings were common in America decades ago, but overregulation has driven them from the housing market.
If artificial intelligence tools struggle to find official guidance, too often the answers they generate are wrong. Governments need to make their information readable by machines as well as humans.
If local journalism and civic information are truly public goods, their survival will require bold public interventions. It’s beginning to happen.
Too often local officials sign nondisclosure agreements that keep the public in the dark about tech companies’ plans. Policymakers need to rein them in.
Garden apartments don’t look like much, but they’ve been an important source of housing for people of modest means for a long time. Do they point the way to a residential future?
The rules vary widely from state to state, and they do little to prevent policymakers from pushing costs into the future unsustainably. A couple of states are trying to take a longer-term view.
The programs are growing and expanding. What’s needed is a focus on how well they’re working — whether they are offering students success and reflecting states’ economic priorities.
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