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ATTACKING THE CREEPING SCOURGE OF... JOBS? For decades, the chorus in California's fast-growing Inland Empire was fairly consistent: We can't ...

MAIN ST. VS. AMAZON, CHAP. MCMXXIV: A 2018 U.S. Supreme Court decision overturned the ban on governments taxing online sales. ...

UTILITY COST AND RACE: The lower a family’s income, the more that family will pay for lighting and heating the house, ...

AMERICA'S LARGEST TIF DEAL FAILS TO MEET EXPECTATIONS: Electronic medical record giant Cerner Corp. extracted billions in economic development incentives ...

TAKING A BLIGHT OUTTA CRIME: John MacDonald and Charles Branas demonstrate that neighborhood-led efforts to address blight in urban Philadelphia ...

KEEP {INSERT CITY} WEIRD: Twenty years ago, urbanists such as Toronto’s Richard Florida were telling cities they needed to develop ...

YOU SAY GOODBYE, BUT I SAY HELLO: Much ink has been spilled about the divide between red and blue states. ...

AN IDEA SO CRAZY IT JUST MIGHT WORK: Manhattan Institute Fellow Sharpel Welch reports that character building efforts targeting middle- ...

A WORM IN THE BIG APPLE’S BUDGET? Mayor Bill Di Blasio’s new budget pins all its hopes on a rosy state ...

TOUGH COMPETITION FOR THIS HONOR: Aaron Renn of the Manhattan Institute asks: Are Louisville’s bridges the biggest boondoggle of the 21st ...