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Urban Review: Teacher Housing, Neighborhood Effects and Why Vision Zero Is A Climate Plan
This week, the durability of neighborhood inequality, the importance of reducing traffic deaths for addressing climate change and more.
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The Disconnect Between Where Houston-Area Residents Live and Work
A new study examines commuting patterns and finds spatial mismatch burdens aren't shared equally.
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Want to Make Your City Care About A Policy Issue? Try A Dashboard.
Data scientist Jeff Reichman of January Advisors has been building a bridge between data and policymakers in Houston and beyond.
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Amid Rising Risks, Is Houston Doing Enough to Be Resilient?
The largest threat to Houston's economy is flooding, but that's not the norm around the world.
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With Various Threats, How Secure is the 2018 Vote?
Texas registrations are at an all-time high, is the state ready for a secure election day?
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Urban Review: Hot or Not Cities, Texas vs. Online Voter Registration and Smarter Disaster Spending
This week, a new map estimates increasing temperatures by 2100 across the globe, thousands of Texas voters thought they had registered to vote but the state says not so fast, a shot at more pre-mitigation disaster dollars and more.
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New Tool from the Census Bureau Maps Opportunity Gaps
Created by the U.S. Census Bureau and university researchers, the interactive map and research argues for place-based interventions to address inequality.
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Did Texas Break The Law When It Spent Less on Students with Disabilities?
Texas Tribune | Texas will argue Wednesday at a federal appeals court that its decision to decrease special education funding several years ago did not violate federal law.
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The Challenge of the 2020 Census
With a legal fight ongoing around the citizenship question, many argue trust has already been damaged.
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How Elizabeth Currid-Halkett Tracks the Creative Economy in America
The creative economy operates its business in a unique way and supporting that and the futures of artists is important for the development of a city.
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