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Rose co-hosts 2011 Inland Empire Forecast Conference

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On Thursday September 22nd, the Rose Institute co-hosted the 2011 CMC-UCLA Inland Empire Forecast Conference at Citizens Business Bank Arena in Ontario, California. This second annual event was co-sponsored by the UCLA Anderson Forecast and Claremont McKenna College’s Inland Empire Center, a collaborative effort between the Rose Institute and the Lowe Institute for Political Economy. The conference aims to provide business and government leaders in the Inland Empire with independent economic analysis of the region and was attended by several hundred people.

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Contract Cities: An Alternative Model

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By Nathan Falk ’14 Local governments are under tremendous pressure to deliver services to their constituents with ever shrinking budgets. Many have responded by asking, “Are there other ways to provide public services?” Some are turning to other government agencies and the private sector as cost-effective alternatives. These contracting partnerships take many forms, and while… Continue Reading

Suit filed against Redistricting Commission’s maps

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On September 29th, 2011, former Republican Congressman George Radanovich, along with four others, filed a petition with the California Supreme Court arguing that the California Citizens Redistricting Commission racially gerrymandered the 37th, 43rd, and 44th congressional districts in order to favor three black incumbents in Los Angeles. Continue Reading

“What’s Next California” Deliberative Poll

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On June 24, 2011, 412 registered voters from across California participated in “What’s Next California?” – the state’s California’s first ever statewide deliberative poll on governance reform, led by Stanford University’s Lane Center for the Study of the American West.

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Maine redistricting update

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The heated partisan controversy regarding the redrawing of Maine’s two U.S. Congressional districts was brought to an end on September 27th when the Maine House of Representatives approved a compromise redistricting plan.

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