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Top Moments of City Summit 2022

NLC (National League of Cities)

This year, over 3,600 local elected officials, partners and municipal staff from 49 states, DC, and Puerto Rico traveled to Kansas City, MO for our first in-person City Summit since 2019. Attendees spent three days attending sessions on the most pressing issues facing America’s cities, towns, and villages.

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Vaccine Policy in a Post-COVID World

Policy Chats

Her recent Discovery Early Career Researcher Award fellowship (DECRA 2019-2022) funded by the Australian Research Council explored mandatory childhood vaccination policies in Australia, Italy, France, and California. A/Prof Attwell is a global expert in vaccine hesitancy and vaccination policies for childhood and COVID-19 vaccines.

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Katie Attwell: Vaccine Policy in a Post-COVID World

Policy Chats

Her recent Discovery Early Career Researcher Award fellowship (DECRA 2019-2022) funded by the Australian Research Council explored mandatory childhood vaccination policies in Australia, Italy, France, and California. A/Prof Attwell is a global expert in vaccine hesitancy and vaccination policies for childhood and COVID-19 vaccines.

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In Chicago, Collaboration Makes Early Childcare Better

GovLoop

First, CECIDS builds on what’s known as the Chicago Early Childhood Data Infrastructure Project, launched in 2019. Important things happen when researchers, communities, families, policymakers, advocates and elected officials are empowered with good data to take smart action,” he said.

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How AWS supports the 10th anniversary of National Voter Registration Day with digital tools for civic engagement

AWS Public Sector Blog

On September 20, 2022, Americans celebrate National Voter Registration Day with a massive cross-country effort to register voters ahead of the federal midterm elections. Since 2019, Voterly has partnered with HeadCount , a non-partisan organization that uses the power of music to register voters and promote participation in democracy.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

DC is at a disadvantage too, because unlike other jurisdictions, Congress forbids it from taxing non-residents. Metro eyes possible future stops in Georgetown, National Harbor ," WTOP-AM).

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The impact of local radio news in England

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

I can't imagine top elected officials in the US deigning to spend much time, even five minutes, with a local NPR affiliate, unscripted--leaving themselves vulnerable to real questioning. Lowry Mays, builder of radio empire, dies at 87 ," Washington Post ). It's a pretty rare practice.