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“Special districts” are government entities that exist outside of traditional forms of general purpose local and state governments. Sometimes known as authorities or quasi-public agencies,...
Apr 25, 2017 Blog Post
America spends tens of billions of dollars each year on wasteful highway projects that are unnecessary or damaging to our communities - even as crying...
Apr 18, 2017 ReportA few highlights from our work in 2016, including envisioning a new transportation future, highlighting the promise of solar energy, exposing the dangers of fracking,...
Jan 4, 2017 Blog Post
Behind the scenes, electric utilities, fossil fuel interests and powerful industry front groups have begun chipping away at the key policies that have put solar...
Dec 1, 2016 ReportTrumpism exists on the edge of the map where the dragons are. Beyond that, there’s nothing.
Nov 11, 2016 Blog PostIf you care about making social change of any kind, the inclination to worship data and analytics and to downplay vision and values is one...
Nov 9, 2016 Blog PostStarting this fall, 16- and 17-year-olds will be eligible to "preregister" to vote, so when they turn 18 they will automatically be listed on voter...
Oct 4, 2016 Blog PostStarting in the fall of 2016, 16- and 17-year-olds in California will be allowed to “preregister” to vote, ensuring that they are listed on the...
Sep 26, 2016 ReportNot one of New Jersey's biggest cities has a modern, searchable and sortable budget website to allow easy access to checkbook-level municipal spending data.
Sep 21, 2016 Blog PostMunicipalities across the country have been moving toward making their checkbooks easily accessible to the public by posting government spending information through on-line transparency portals....
Sep 14, 2016 Report
