Topic: State Government

• Maps

  Does Having Lots of Local Governments Help or Hurt Economic Development?

  The number of local governments per capita is negatively correlated with key measures of state economic performance.

  • Richard Florida
  • May 06, 2013
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• This Week in Bans

  Banned in America, 2013 Edition: Conversion Therapy, Eating Horse Meat, Plus Many More

  Grab tight your freedoms, America: The country's collective legislatures are unleashing a torrent of new regulations.

  • John Metcalfe
  • Jan 03, 2013
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• Charts

  Americans Still Trust Their Local Government, Even as Faith in Washington Crumbles

  Blame the remoteness of D.C., or its partisan rancor.

  • Richard Florida
  • Sep 26, 2012
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• The Next Metro Economy

  Empowering Regions to Reinvent Themselves

  In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo gave ten regions the opportunity to propose their own economic fixes

  • Bruce Katz and Judith Rodin
  • Jan 20, 2012
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