L.A. Tacoquoted Nicolas Duquetteof the USC Price School on Measure B, an initiative that could open the doors for a Los Angeles public bank. “I don’t think it’s as radical as people think it is,” says Nicolas Duquette, a public-policy professor at the University of Southern California. “There are plenty Read more…
EdSourcequoted Sherry Bebitch Jeffeabout the gubernatorial race. But Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a professor in USC’s Sol Price School of Public Policy, said it was oversimplifying to say that Newsom’s victory over Villaraigosa was a blow to charter schools, and that there were many other reasons to explain Villaraigosa’s third place Read more…
The House, the Senate, and the White House have all released dueling transportation spending bills – and we’re not likely to see any of them passed this election year. Each version represents competing visions for federal leadership in US infrastructure and finance in an era where trillion-dollar deficits and unemployment still weigh heavily on budgetary politics.