Harvard’s Voluntary Tax Payments Spur Ailing Providence to Pressure Brown

Bloomberg News

February 08, 2012 09:00

Brown University, the Ivy League school whose endowment grew to $2.5 billion last year, may boost voluntary tax payments to Providence, Rhode Island, ...

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Rethinking the future of North Texas development

Dallas Morning News

February 07, 2012 09:00

A Tale of Two Taxes: Property Tax Reform in Ontario, is a compelling case study

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Tomlinson offers case for phasing out the freeze in Columbus

Columbus Ledger-Enquirer

February 06, 2012 14:02

Our city has accomplished much and demonstrated its ability to tackle tough issues. Now is no different. We must acknowledge a structural defect in ou...

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Conservation's time in ND has come

Grand Forks Herald

February 06, 2012 09:00

For most of the 20th century, North Dakotans didn’t have to worry much about conservation. The state’s slow growth posed little threat to ...

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North Texas’ sprawl sprang from pro-growth policies

Dallas Morning News

February 06, 2012 09:00

At current growth rates, the North Texas suburbs will reach the Red River someday. Cheap land, good schools and other strengths have fueled an era of ...

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Property Taxes Reach the Breaking Point

Bloomberg BusinessWeek

February 03, 2012 09:00

It really costs to own a home these days. Not only have home values fallen, leaving nearly one-quarter of residential mortgages under water, but also,...

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The Greening of Houston

The Atlantic Cities

February 03, 2012 09:00

After many years, Buffalo Bayou is finally coming on its Nixon in China moment. Or, perhaps, a little bit of Paris in Texas. The 10-square-mile Brownf...

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Petro arma un 'dream team' de expertos

El Espectador

January 30, 2012 09:00

Martim Smolka and others associated with the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy provided specialized expert advice to the new city administration in Bog...

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The Tea Party, planning, and democracy

The Berkeley Daily Planet

January 30, 2012 09:00

Progressive observers treat the Tea Party’s forays into land use planning as the work of paranoid reactionaries. The March-April 2011 issue of M...

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Minnesota's tax-share program receives scrutiny

Minneapolis Star-Tribune

January 30, 2012 09:00

Rising impatience in tax-rich Twin Cities suburbs over a regional program that takes millions from their budgets and awards it to less affluent commun...

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'Water, water everywhere' is not the question

The Tuscon Sentinel

January 30, 2012 09:00

"Water, water, everywhere, nor any drop to drink." That famous phrase from "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" is anything but the riddle of modern Ariz...

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Land use in the urban century

Land Use Prof Blog

January 24, 2012 09:00

Last year we had the announcement of the birth of the seven billionth person on the planet, and 2008 was the first time in human history that the worl...

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Harvey Jacobs: Property rights a simmering global issue

Nelson Institute News

January 24, 2012 09:00

From local commercial development to national political upheaval, issues of property rights are widespread and growing, according to Harvey Jacobs. "W...

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Statewide Water Experts Meet Tuesday at UA

UA News

January 23, 2012 09:00

The Water Resources Research Center and ASU's Morrison Institute will discuss Arizona's future water issues and growth during a daylong symposium. Whe...

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Apartment owners pay more than their fair share

Iowa City Press-Citizen

January 23, 2012 09:00

At first glance, taxing apartments as non-commercial property may seem to be an unjustified loophole. But first glances can be deceiving, and the issu...

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Hostile and Notorious: The Conditions of Private Property

San Francisco Bay Area Independent Media Center

January 13, 2012 09:00

Following the recent four-day occupation of an empty bank building at 75 River Street in Santa Cruz and the attempted occupation of an empty warehouse...

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A Boston Museum's Deft Attempt at Balancing Old and New

The Atlantic Cities

January 13, 2012 09:00

Over the next few days, Boston's Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum will take center stage as a case study in how such institutions, and more broadly cit...

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The Tricky Second Wave of Urban Highway Removals

The Atlantic Cities

January 09, 2012 09:00

After the dismantling of urban freeways in Portland, Boston, San Francisco, Milwaukee, Seoul, and Madrid, and will still more targeted in New Orleans,...

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The Filene's pit

The Callie Crossley Show on WGBH

January 05, 2012 09:00

Four years ago, the original Filene's Basement department store was closed and the building was demolished to make way for big-money development. Four...

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ProUrbana magazine highlights urban issues in Chile

El Mercurio

January 04, 2012 09:00

ProUrbana magazine highlights urban issues in Chile (en Espagnol)

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