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2020 Election: A Divided Congress (with Ben Bishin)

Policy Chats

He is author of Tyranny of the Minority: The Subconstituency Politics Theory of Representation and recipient of the 2001 Jewell-Loewenberg Award for the best paper on Legislative Politics and, along with his coauthors, winner of the 2011 and 2014 Bailey Awards for the best paper on gay and lesbian politics.

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2020 Election: A Divided Congress (with Ben Bishin)

Policy Chats

He is author of Tyranny of the Minority: The Subconstituency Politics Theory of Representation and recipient of the 2001 Jewell-Loewenberg Award for the best paper on Legislative Politics and, along with his coauthors, winner of the 2011 and 2014 Bailey Awards for the best paper on gay and lesbian politics.

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California Forests Are Disappearing–And So Are Air Pollution Disparities

The Lowe Down

California wildfires, 1980-2000 and 2001-2020 Source: California Fire Perimeters (1898-2020) dataset by Conservation Biology Institute. for 2016-2020. The 2018 Camp Fire, which destroyed the town of Paradise and claimed 85 lives, was one of the deadliest and most destructive wildfires occurring in recent years.

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The Inland Empire’s Industry Resilience

The Lowe Down

So, what has changed and what has been different since 2020? The 2001 recession was concentrated in tech; the 2008-9 recession in housing. <paramname=’animate_transition’ value=’yes’ /> This graph shows the differences in industry growth and employment between July 2019 and July 2020.

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CIVIL RIGHTS/CONSTITUTIONAL LAW: Pitt Bull Owners’ § 1983 Action May Proceed

NLRG (National Legal Research Group)

2001) (Fourth Amendment interests will only be abrogated by officer immunity if the officer can establish imminent danger when shooting an individual’s pet while on owner’s property)). 6:19-CV-6780 EAW, 2020 WL 7047493, at *4 (W.D.N.Y. 30, 2020); Strong v. 17-CV-6183-FPG, 2020 WL 1445877, at *4 (W.D.N.Y. See Dempsey v.

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Policy Minute: Exclusionary Zoning

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Long Island’s housing production fell by 58 percent from the 2001-2008 period to the 2009-2018 period and in the northern suburbs, production fell by 50 percent during the same period. percent to 19.2 The median rent of a housing unit in Westchester County increased by roughly 2.5 times from 1990 to 2018.

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A History of Ohio Land Banking 2009–2021: From Legislation to Operation

Center for Community Progress

From 2000 to 2001, the number of mortgage foreclosures in Cuyahoga County went from 5,900 to almost 7,000. Although the rate of foreclosure in Cuyahoga County had declined as of 2020, much remedial work remains unfinished. Everything seemed to work as planned—until 2008. The trend continued for the next several years.

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