Clean, Open and Fair Government
Should cities adopt ranked-choice voting?
Electoral reform is an ever more polarized topic these days, but the reform known as ranked‐choice voting, which has been...
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Cities are getting a bailout from Washington. What should they do with the money?
Cities aren't being left to fend for themselves. But smart strategies now can lay the groundwork for long-term resilience.
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20% of America’s largest cities pass ballot measures related to policing
From Los Angeles to Philadelphia, voters took policy matters into their own hands last November.
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Remembering Susanna M. Salter: The first woman mayor
Though largely forgotten today outside of Kansas, Susanna M. Salter helped women break the political glass ceiling.
Read moreBCP and Dole Institute of Politics video: Subsidies in the city
Competition to woo Amazon’s new headquarters brought national attention to economic development subsidies, but the practice is not new.
Read moreBCP and Dole Institute of Politics video: Segregation, race and city policy
For a century, state and federal policy aided segregation through housing, zoning ordinances, economic development, and urban revitalization.
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Most large U.S. cities don’t have enough money to pay their bills — report
Truth in Accounting's annual look at the fiscal state of America's largest cities has no A's -- and quite a...
Read moreBCP and Dole Institute of Politics video: Trends in municipal growth and finance
What finance and budgeting look like at the local level and how these fields have adapted with time.
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Local initiative roundup: Taxes and bonds go big
2020 saw more than 900 ballot measures in America's largest cities.
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Steps toward an inclusive economic recovery
Americans in poor communities were economically hit hardest by COVID; here's how cities can focus on a recovery that works...
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