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Save the Historic Tax Credit, Save Buildings in Philadelphia and Elsewhere

Renovations of historic structures in Philly are an example of the nationwide importance of the historic tax credit.

November 11, 2017 - The Philadelphia Inquirer

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Corporate Leaders Ask GOP-Controlled Ohio Legislature to Preserve Renewable Energy Standards

Renewable Energy regulations in Ohio may get the axe in the state's next congressional session and corporate leaders are urging restraint.

November 14, 2016 - The Cleveland Plain Dealer

Red and Blue States

Op-Ed: Where GOP Is Strong, Cities Receive Less

When it comes to federal appropriations, urban areas in states dominated by rural Republicans are at a distinct disadvantage. In search of lobbying power, metros in affected states are banding together.

April 11, 2015 - Governing Magazine

Reaching the Limits of Passionate Defense: Time to Turn Back

Ben Brown confronts the politics of NO and finds -- spoiler alert(!) -- "to score, you need to shoot, and to shoot, you need the puck." Welcome to the waning days of Passionate D.

December 22, 2013 - PlaceShakers

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GOP Sees Error of its Ways in Approach to Cities

In his first substantive statements regarding his ticket's failings during the recent Presidential election, GOP leader Paul Ryan "is looking to the nation’s big cities" as the cause.

November 14, 2012 - The New York Times

GOP Platform Takes Aim at Community Planning

The official G.O.P. platform approved at the party's convention on Tuesday included tough language on U.N. Agenda 21, decrying it as "erosive of American sovereignty," reports Leslie Kaufman.

August 30, 2012 - The New York Times

Does Frank Lloyd Wright Set the Wrong Tone for the GOP Convention?

With their stage design influenced by the architectural icon, Christopher Hawthorne looks at the baggage the GOP inherits by riding Frank Lloyd Wright's caped coattails.

August 27, 2012 - Los Angeles Times

Obama Attacks GOP Over Transportation Bill

In a speech yesterday to the AFL-CIO’s Building and Construction Trades Department Conference, President Obama made his most pointed remarks yet on the failure of the House to take up the Senate's bipartisan transportation bill.

May 1, 2012 - Transportation Nation

It Exists: A Conservative Who Supports Transit

Seemingly as hard to find as the mythic Sasquatch or a Unicorn, we've searched high and low for a conservative who supports transit (or at least who will say so in public) and have found one, in the region around Charlotte, North Carolina.

February 17, 2012 - The Herald Weekly

How Mass Transit Became a Focus of the Culture Wars

Delving into the psychology behind the House transportation bill, Will Doig investigates the reasons why the Tea Party have turned their attention to mass transit as the next culture war battleground.

February 15, 2012 - Salon.com

House Transportation Bill Scrounging for Votes

Attacked from the left and right sides of the ideological spectrum since its release two weeks ago, Speaker John Boehner is struggling to find the 218 votes needed to pass the House transportation bill, write Russell Berman and Keith Laing.

February 14, 2012 - The Hill

Urban Issues Not Priorities for GOP Presidential Contenders

There's not a lot of talk about cities or urban issues among the Republicans running for president, according to this piece from Salon.

January 5, 2012 - Salon

Urban Design for Planners 1: Software Tools

This six-course series explores essential urban design concepts using open source software and equips planners with the tools they need to participate fully in the urban design process.

Planning for Universal Design

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100 Most Influential Urbanists

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Urban Planning Creators You Should Know

A short list of voices on social, video, and podcasting platforms.