Urban Edge

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National Partisan Nastiness Is Now Poisoning Local Politics

Zocalo Public Square | "Sometimes we couldn’t even agree on what to call our city."

Families with Children Are Renting More

Houston had the largest increase in families with children who rented of the 30 biggest metropolitan areas between 2006 and 2016.

This Is What Resiliency Planning Looks Like

OffCite | The Resilient by Design challenge offers lessons for resiliency planning that can address environmental crises as well as challenges in socioeconomic and racial inequity.

Urban Review: Parks versus People, Prenatal Care in Texas and School to Prison Research

This week's roundup covers a new analysis of maternal risk factors across Texas, asks whether big park projects and the communities around them can get along, looks at law enforcement referrals in schools after high-profile shootings and even a Drake reference.

Blue Needle In A Red Haystack: Why One Texas Woman Is Taking on the Odds This November

Amid a wave of women candidates, Lisa Seger of Blue Heron Farm makes a run for it.

How To Improve The Recovery Funding Process

Eleven months post-Hurricane Harvey, what lessons have been learned?

Overwhelmed With Zero Tolerance Cases, Prosecutors Have Accidentally Brought Juveniles to Adult Court

Voice of San Diego | As the government struggles to stay on top of the surge in prosecutions of those accused of entering the country illegally, prosecutors are making errors they normally wouldn’t.

Urban Review: Extreme Heat, MUDs and Rainwater

This week's roundup includes extreme heat, municipal utility districts after Harvey and a smarter stormwater management system in Los Angeles.

Study: When Looking For and Buying a House, Racial Inequality and Discrimination Compound

A new Houston area study examines how race plays a factor at each stage of the home buying process.

Where Intermarriage Is Increasing the Most

While it's increasing overall, the change varies by county.