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Apr 25 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: America's $900 Billion Water Crisis State & Local Finance

Apr 12 2024 Past Event Economic Opportunity for Everyone: The Role of CDFIs in Advancing and Building Opportunity Urban Development

Apr 09 2024 Past Event Vibrant Cities: Advancing Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Urban Development Urban Development

Podcasts March 28, 2024 Special Briefing: America's Hot Growth States Western and southern states including Idaho and Florida were among those growing the fastest from the eve of the pandemic in 2019 through 2022. But there were some surprises as well, with Delaware, Maine, and New Jersey also joining the Census Bureau’s hot growth list. While the ability of many Americans to move to low-tax states and work from home played a large role in the population shift, other factors may have been at play as well. Meanwhile, rapid population expansion will pose challenges in many of these states as they cope with enlarging school systems, updating infrastructure, and preparing communities for the impact of extreme weather conditions. Our expert panel will explore these issues and what they may portend for state and local finances. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Philip D. Murphy Alex Adams Tom Doe Torsten Slok Dr. Shatakshee Dhongde State & Local Finance

Mar 28 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: America's Hot Growth States State & Local Finance

Podcasts February 29, 2024 Special Briefing: State Tax Cuts With their revenues and cash reserves at record highs after unprecedented federal aid to offset the impact of COVID-19, dozens of states embarked on the biggest wave of tax cuts in decades, slashing levies by at least $124 billion on everything from personal income to groceries and gasoline. Join our next Special Briefing as the authors of the forthcoming Volcker Alliance issue paper, State Tax Cuts after the Pandemic: Strategies to Sustain Fiscal Health, and an expert panel discuss whether these reductions can be sustained as revenues have begun to weaken despite the strong US economy. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Can Chen Alex Hathaway Geoffrey Buswick Natalie Cohen State & Local Finance

Feb 28 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: State Tax Cuts State & Local Finance

Podcasts January 25, 2024 Special Briefing: 2024 Fiscal Outlook for States and Cities For America’s states and municipalities, 2024 is likely to bring long-awaited relief from inflation and higher interest rates while presenting challenges—and not just because it’s a presidential election year. States, cities, and counties will have to contend with the imminent end of $350 billion in federal pandemic budget aid even as the revenue boom of recent years cools and the need for increased spending to ameliorate the risks of a changing climate put pressure on infrastructure spending. Join our panel of experts as they discuss strategies that state and local governments are adopting to meet these challenges. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Clarence Anthony Kim Norton Mark Ferrandino Eric Kim Mark Zandi State & Local Finance

Jan 25 2024 Past Event Special Briefing: 2024 Fiscal Outlook for States and Cities State & Local Finance

Podcasts November 30, 2023 Special Briefing: Public Pensions - Still a Crisis? Many states, counties, and cities emerged from the COVID-19 pandemic and resulting recession with record cash reserves following the US government's injection of $5 trillion to revive the economy and prop up local government budgets. But even after the unprecedented federal support, states and municipalities have been left with more than $1.3 trillion in unfunded liabilities for public employee pension benefits that were promised but are not fully funded. Join our panel of experts as they discuss strategies that state and local governments are adopting to reduce this pension burden and whether they may have to reduce spending for education, infrastructure, and other critical public services to make room for increasing retirement contributions.Our panel of experts will include Liz Farmer, public finance journalist and co-host of the Public Money podcast; Vedanta Goenka, senior municipal strategist, Citigroup; Merl Hackbart, professor emeritus, Martin School of Public Policy and Administration, University of Kentucky; Shoaib Khan, director, New Jersey Treasury Division of Investment; Anthony Randazzo, executive director, Equable Institute; and Les Richmond, vice president and actuary, Build America Mutual. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Liz Farmer Vedanta Goenka Dr. Merl Hackbart Shoaib Khan Anthony Randazzo Les Richmond State & Local Finance

Nov 30 2023 Past Event Special Briefing: Public Pensions - Still a Crisis? State & Local Finance

Article November 13, 2023 SDSN Global Commission for Urban SDG Finance Looks Ahead to COP28 Climate Change & Resilience State & Local Finance

Podcasts October 19, 2023 Special Briefing: Rolling Out the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act—What’s Being Built and What’s in the Pipeline The Volcker Alliance and Penn Institute for Urban Research invite you to an online Special Briefing on how the rollout of the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) is proceeding. A critical part of legislation passed by Congress to combat the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and enhance the durability and sustainability of the nation's infrastructure, the bipartisan deal promises thousands of new jobs and billions of dollars for roads, bridges, public transportation, water systems, and broadband access. Through July, the value of highway and bridge construction work was running 24 percent ahead of the 2020-2021 pace, American Road & Transportation Builders data show. But there are bottlenecks as well, and the process of applying for federal grants is confusing, especially for smaller governments. Our panel of experts will sort this out and explain where infrastructure construction is headed. William Glasgall Susan Wachter Earl Blumenauer Dr. Alison Premo Black Leah Brooks Jessica Jennings Vikram Rai Samantha Silverberg State & Local Finance

Oct 19 2023 Past Event Special Briefing: Rolling Out the $1.2 Trillion Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act—What’s Being Built and What’s in the Pipeline State & Local Finance

Article October 12, 2023 SDSN Global Commission on Urban SDG Finance Forges its Agenda at NYC Meeting State & Local Finance

Sep 21 2023 Past Event Special Briefing: Recession? Soft Landing? . . . Impact on States and Cities State & Local Finance

Affiliated PhD Student Rachael Stephens

PhD Candidate, Anthropology, School of Arts and Sciences

Affiliated PhD Student Heidi Artigue

Doctoral Student, Applied Economics, Wharton

Housing State & Local Finance

Sep 14 2023 Past Event Advancing Homeownership Opportunity: An Update on Recent Innovations Housing

Jul 27 2023 Past Event Special Briefing: The Future of Mass Transportation as US Pandemic Aid Nears an End State & Local Finance Urban Development

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