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DC's crime bill overturned by Congress

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

-- " Senate votes to block controversial DC crime bill ," CNN I haven't written a blog entry on this, just comments, and comments on Washington Post article. But after a 2020 election when perceptions of being soft on crime hurt many Democratic candidates, the D.C. I proudly wear my “51” hat. criminal code reform, the D.C.

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Faced with Housing Shortages, Policymakers Test New Reforms To Increase Production

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

In 1998 and 2013, Houston changed its land use laws by reducing permissible lot sizes across the city, in turn, opening up areas dominated by large single-family houses to denser development. The median townhouse on a formerly single-family lot in 2020 had an assessed value of $340,000. Reflect Land Use Policy Changes?

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In extremis: what Ukraine 2.0 tells us about reforming government and the public sector

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

DIIA launched in 2020, was the centrepiece of this effort. Turkeys, it seems, will always find it hard to vote for Christmas. But what began as a means to mollify exasperated voters quickly became part of Ukraine’s struggle for survival. The public put far more faith in civil society than in official institutions.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. Lee statue with a revisionist exhibit placed around it (" Monuments, historiography, and change ," 2020). presidential election. And there were alternatives. E.g., I thought it would be cool to reinterpret the Robert E.

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Gaps in Parks Master Planning, Part Six | Art(s) in the Park(s) as a comprehensive program

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

From the article: “Home Land Security” opened a few months after the Brexit vote and ran through the U.S. Lee statue with a revisionist exhibit placed around it (" Monuments, historiography, and change ," 2020). presidential election. And there were alternatives. E.g., I thought it would be cool to reinterpret the Robert E.