Policy in Practice
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Human Capital and the Fight Against Poverty in Mexico
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Harris School of Public Policy alum David García-Junco discusses his career combatting poverty through the health and human capital sectors.
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Focus on Finance: Fort Worth’s Budget Balancing Act
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Fort Worth’s Assistant City Manager Susan Alanis discusses the role that city personnel, elected officials, and state funding play in the City’s finances.
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The Metropolitan Revolution: A Conversation with Bruce Katz
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Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution shares his views on cities, metros, and Detroit.
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Focus on Finance: Funding the Future of Nashville
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Nashville’s Director of Finance Richard Riebeling discusses crafting sustainable cities through financing infrastructure, incentivizing tourism, and promoting fiscal transparency.
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Focus on Finance: A Great Incubator in Memphis
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Memphis Finance Director Brian Collins explains how his city’s problems are being met with innovative solutions from the public and private sectors.
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Focus on Finance: The Restructuring of Detroit
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Detroit’s leading restructuring professional explains challenges in the largest municipal bankruptcy in US history.
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Breaking the Silence: Human Trafficking and the Struggle for Equality in Guyana
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Simona Broomes is leading the fight against human trafficking and forging a path to empowerment through the Guyana Women Miners Organization, which she launched in 2012.
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Focus on Finance: A Metropolis in the Desert
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Neal Young from the City of Phoenix talks about sustainable growth, transportation, solar energy, budgeting, and pensions in the nation’s Sunbelt.
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Policy Radio | Senator Claire McCaskill on Representing a Politically Diverse State in a Divided Congress
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This week, David Spearman speaks with Senator McCaskill about the challenges of working in a divided congress and representing a politically diverse state.
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Policy Radio | Linda Shapiro, Chief Strategy Officer of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System, on Innovations in Cook County Healthcare
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Linda Shapiro of the Cook County Health and Hospitals System speaks about innovative approaches to serving diverse populations and leadership strategies in health care.
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Buying Health Insurance in Illinois: The Other Item on Your New Year Wish List
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The Executive Director of GetCoveredIllinois, the state-federal partnership health insurance marketplace in Illinois, discusses the marketplace’s recent launch and what is next.