drummajorinstitute.org - 12/12/2008
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Year In Review Good public policy has the power to move America forwrad. The Best of Public Policy scours the country for the most promising local, state and federal initiatives proposed or enacted in 2008. Clearing the Air Los Angeles has the busiest port in the nation. It supports a million ...
redstate.com - 12/11/2008
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redstate.com —
After weeks of obnoxiously promoting his support for
a taxpayer-funded automaker bailout, Rep. Thad McCotter (R-Mich.) voted...
for the bill last night. Erick has already explained why McCotter is just plain wrong and Michelle Malkin points out the ...
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Bad Policy From GOP’s Policy Chairman
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Andrea Batista Schlesinger: Reverse the Pilgrimage: Congress, Obama Should Ask Cities and States for Help
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... 2008 was a remarkable year not only because of electoral policies, and Obama administration appointments, but also because of public policy.
Here are the ten best public policy ideas of the year--some of these have already passed, others will hopefully become law in 2009. (And, yes, Congress got a few things right, too.)
- Clean Air Action Plan (City of Los Angeles)
- Helping Families Save Their Homes in Bankruptcy Act (U.S. Senator Dick Durbin)
- Preventing businesses from cheating employees (New York State executive order)
- The ...
The Best Public Policies of 2008: Broadcasting Successes
Open Left - Front Page —
... social justice, equity, safety, sustainability and a host of other progressive goals are implemented every year by cities, states, and the federal government without any sign of the woes naysayers had predicted. By celebrating these pragmatic progressive solutions, we disprove the myths that government is inherently ineffective and that progressive ideas cannot work. It can also promote the replication of good policy. Since 2003, the Drum Major Institute has been compiling its annual list of the Best of Public Policy to do just that. ...
The Best of Public Policy in 2008
Blogs | Mother Jones —
... The Drum Major Institute has a list out of the best public policy from 2008. It includes Los Angeles' attempt to clean up its ports, an executive order from pre-Hookergate Eliot Spitzer, the Second Chance Act for released prisoners, and an attempt to expand health care citywide in San Francisco. Check it out here. ...
Harry Moroz: Tracy Morgan, Glenn Beck, and Marauding Motorcycle Gangs
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... the eventual signposts of economic decline is retrograde, returning to the myth of urban decline that in the last 40 or so years Republican presidents have employed to ignore cities and Democrats have used to (attempt to) assist them.
Of course in a time of economic decline one would expect an increase in crime and homelessness. Yet, in recent years cities have been centers of economic growth and, indeed, of innovative policymaking to confront the significant economic, health, housing, and climate issues that have been ignored by the federal ...
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