Wednesday, September 24, 2008

You say "accountability," I say "longitudinal study"

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In a report released last week that did not get press other than a post on the education blog of the Journal Sentinel , the Legislative Audi...
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Monday, September 22, 2008

No Worker Left Behind: Testing job applicants not shown to harm equity

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UWM economist Marc Levine’s most recent figures (2006 data) on what he has termed “the crisis of black male joblessness in Milwaukee,” iden...
Monday, September 15, 2008

The Wire's lost sixth season: Pothole crews

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The realism of HBO's gritty series set in various Baltimore institutions is often debated . One nuance that didn't miss the producer...
Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Transportation on my mind...

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Before heading over to Marquette University Law School yesterday to watch Mayor Barrett and County Executive Walker debate Milwaukee's t...
Thursday, August 28, 2008

Windfall federal housing funds headed to Milwaukee

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What happens when a large pot of one-time federal funding becomes available to local governments? In the case of Milwaukee County and emerg...
Friday, August 22, 2008

How can state and local policies blunt the impact of the mortgage crisis? Part II of II

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The home foreclosure crisis obviously affects individual homeowners and the entire credit market, but it is also a crisis for local governme...
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Thursday, August 21, 2008

Home foreclosure crisis causes, Part I of II

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What do Ed McMahon and Eric Rosengren, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston , have in common? They've both faced foreclosure ...