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Emotions Running High: Political Stress and Domestic Violence Reports

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By comparing the levels of domestic violence between areas that voted for Trump and Clinton, we shed light on whether political frustration leads to an increased frequency of domestic violence calls. During the 2016 election, Charleston County voted for Clinton with a slim majority of 50.6%.

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State Policies and How They Impact Us

ASPA National Weblog

Many things have sparked a renewed interest in the vetoing process as I think about accountability and holding elected officials to a higher standard while they make decisions for those who vote them in. I assumed that if I voted, the official would have my best interest in mind. Improve job, school and airport connections.

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Washington Post editorializes about Purple Line cockups, inadequately attributes them to Larry Hogan

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

And a general unwillingness by both sides to act as partners (" A Purple Line update: the downside of Public Private Partnerships" -- they are contracts, not partnerships ," 2017), ended up with the original contractor bailing out, leading to even more delays.

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COVID-19 and the Underlying Political Impact on the Public Education System

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The data were gathered from the state’s department of education websites or other state websites, and include the total number of Kindergarten students in a given county from the academic years starting 2017 to 2021. Figure 1 displays the average annual growth rates for the Kindergarten class in each state. .

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BTMFBA: maintaining arts spaces in the face of rising real estate values | Seattle, New York City

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The next stage for Equinox is to become more of a nonprofit arts community development corporation, like Jubilee Housing of Baltimore, which does both studio development and housing. Initially, he turned Equinox into a cooperative, with every tenant holding an ownership stake.

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What is government for?

Public Purpose - An Independent Advisory Company

trillion American Rescue Plan without any Republican votes. Even before that, at least 26 Republicans were touting the benefits of the measure to their constituents while neglecting to mention they voted against it. It also will move corporate taxation from the 21% established by the 2017 tax cut up to about 28%. (It

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London rejects a version of The Sphere

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Photo: ©FMGB, Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 2017. But it's hard for a locally elected Mayor to buck the people who vote, and make such a pathbreaking long term decision. The Guggenheim Bilbao is sculptural and architecturally forward. It has sparked a great deal of "architourism" to the city.

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