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States offer billions in incentives to support economic development each year. Focusing on job training and other services instead of cash could improve the cost-benefit ratio, according to a new paper. -
Eighteen years of suppressed interest rates are behind us, and the demand for investment capital has swollen. States, localities and pension funds will need to take another look at their strategies as this business cycle plays out.
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A Democratic Congress would try to unravel many of President Donald Trump’s moves to change the balance of governmental power. But it would find the job frustratingly difficult.
Stories of purpose, persistence, and people behind effective government. Featuring the Public Officials of the Year and hosted by Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett.
In this episode of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Kristin Walker, North Carolina State Budget Director and one of Governing’s 2026 Public Officials of the Year. Walker shares how she is transforming the role of the state budget office by using data, evidence, and collaboration to improve government performance and ensure taxpayer dollars deliver meaningful results.
In this episode of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Santiago (Santi) Garces, former Chief Information Officer for the City of Boston and one of Governing’s 2026 Public Officials of the Year.
In this episode of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Randy Clarke, General Manager of the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), and one of Governing’s 2026 Public Officials of the Year.
In this episode of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Utah Senate Majority Leader Kirk Cullimore, one of Governing’s 2026 Public Officials of the Year.
In the first episode of the 2026 season of The Common Thread, Governing CEO Cathilea Robinett sits down with Kansas Governor Laura Kelly, one of Governing’s 2026 Public Officials of the Year.
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Rashel Mereness, co-owner of the Slip, a Redondo Beach, Calif., sports bar, joking after a record-breaking king tide flooded the Redondo Beach International Boardwalk and her bar last week. King tides are the highest tides of the year. They happen when the sun, moon and Earth line up and the moon is closest to Earth. She and her partners estimate they lost about 30 percent of their business during last week’s tide. Scientists warn that November and December tides will strengthen again. (Los Angeles Times)
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