Brian Highsmith
- Jun 27, 2023
- 6 min
Averting Local Fiscal Crises—and Resolving the “Trilemma”—by Centralizing Infrastructure Funding
Written among other purposes as a policymaker’s handbook, David Schleicher’s “In a Bad State” develops important—and timely—lessons from...
Sarah L. Swan
- Nov 11, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: Elections, foot voting, local finances, and more
City of Chester, Pennsylvania, Files For Chapter 9 Bankruptcy (bloomberglaw.com) Haywood voters elect unexperienced college student as...
Sarah L. Swan
- Sep 30, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: State high court judges weigh in on ISLT and other stories this week
‘Black Tax’ Costs US Cities Millions to Borrow on Wall Street - Bloomberg Top State Judges Make a Rare Plea in a Momentous Supreme Court...
Sarah L. Swan
- May 13, 2022
- 1 min
Swan's Picks: A mining town moves from coal to coin, pros and cons of corporate relocation, and more
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2022 Supreme Court Elections | Bolts (boltsmag.org) Mayors Face a Reckoning With Racial Wealth Gaps...
Clay Gillette
- Jan 19, 2022
- 4 min
In "Foxconned" A Cautionary Tale of Economic Development Incentives
In some academic circles, the phrase “local economic development incentives” has become an oxymoron along the lines of “military music”...