How Much Do Cities Know About Their Residents? - Governing
WEBAug 1, 2024 · Rain was falling steadily as the group huddled underneath umbrellas outside the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library in Long Beach, Calif., in early March, equipped with their smartphones and a mission.
Thought Zoom Would Save Local Democracy? It Hasn’t. - Governing
WEBIt Hasn’t. State and Local Politics and Policy. Thought Zoom Would Save Local Democracy? It Hasn’t. Taking public meetings online was supposed to broaden civic engagement, but little has ...
The Citizens Most Vocal in Local Government
WEBJune 11, 2014 •. Mike Maciag. Flickr/Kelby Carr. In his first few months in office, Park City, Utah, Mayor Jack Thomas has heard from quite a few constituents. His office phone rings off the ...
The Clouded Legacy of ‘Broken Windows’ Policing - Governing
WEBBernard Harcourt, a Columbia law professor, sees “a tremendous amount of disorder that erupts as a result of broken windows policing, with complaints skyrocketing, with settlements of police ...
Over Two Decades, Much of the West Has Turned Blue. Why
WEBDec 12, 2023 · Still, 2024 seems unlikely to bring about a drastic change in Democratic fortunes. Over the last two decades, the West may have become Democrats’ political promised land. But in Texas, they’re ...
The Complex Problems That Government Can’t Solve by Itself
WEBAug 2, 2018 · These are questions not of how government will address these issues, but rather questions of governance that involve all three sectors. Among many current examples of public problems where all ...
Is “All Men Are Created Equal” a Declaration, Promise ... - Governing
WEB15 30. Thomas Jefferson, speaking for the Second Continental Congress, wrote, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”. He either meant this to be a universal ...
How Did the Senate End Up With Supermajority Gridlock?
WEBIn 1975, the Senate passed a revision reducing the cloture rule to a three-fifths supermajority, or 60 votes, to override the filibuster, instead of the original two-third limit. Even with the ...
The Biggest Issues to Watch in 2022 - Governing
WEBThe Biggest Issues to Watch in 2022. State legislatures will have a lot on their plates. They’ll deal with issues in wildly differing ways. We set the context for the 2022 session with an ...
The Rise, Fall and Mutation of Political Machines - Governing
WEBA simple way of explaining what happened in south Jersey this year is that a very large cohort of blue-collar voters suddenly and unexpectedly shed their loyalties. One thing we know about ...