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Budget Battles: An Uncertain Future for U.S. Public Schools

End of Federal COVID aid, universal voucher programs, and declining enrollment are among the fiscal challenges facing school district finances.
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Summer Signals: Pressing Concerns in Climate, Housing, and Governance
Excessive heat, wildfires, and intense hurricanes dominated summer.
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Higher Education in Crisis: Financial Realities Require Urgent Reforms
Higher education is facing a challenging period as declining enrollments force schools to make difficult decisions.
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Global Temperatures for July Break Records
High temperatures in July are breaking global records, questioning potential strain on the power grid, healthcare delivery, and is this a new normal.
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Politics and Values: How Gen Z Might Influence Demographic Trends
Increasing political polarization and restrictive abortion access could lead younger generations to cluster into communities that share their beliefs.
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Time to Eliminate Madison Square Garden's Tax Exemption
Since the exemption took effect, MSG has been exempted from paying nearly $1 billion in property taxes, as measured in 2023 dollars, to New York City.
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SLG Job Recovery Momentum and Public Debt of U.S. Territories
State and local government employment continued to recover, Houston sues Texas, and forever chemicals are more commonly found in tapwater.
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New York City Budget Deal and New Reports on Building for Proximity
New York City has a $107 billion budget deal for fiscal 2024 and two recent studies look at transportation, housing, and connections to activity…
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America is Getting Older and Cryptomining's Electricity-use Spillovers
The U.S. is getting older and a new study sheds light on cryptomining's electricity-use spillovers to the local economy in Upstate NY.
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New York's Outyear Gaps and New Report on Racial Equity Impact Assessments
A new research brief by The New School and the Brookings Institution looks at six cases of innovative racial equity impact assessment efforts.
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