Comments from PA’s Yonghong Wu were featured in WalletHub’s “Ask The Experts” segment on federal funding disparities. When asked what the current presidential administration could do to reduce state revenue shortfall, Wu states…
Amanda Lewis, director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy, professor of Black studies and sociology, and distinguished professor of liberal arts and sciences, is quoted in a Washington Post…
Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, joined NPR Illinois’ “Statewide” to discuss her assertion that state and local money in the new COVID-19 relief law is needed.
The National Interest magazine quotes Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, in a story on declining ridership and revenue facing the nation’s transit agencies, particularly the Washington’s Metro system, due…
As digital technologies continue to remake urban planning and its engagement with the city, planners themselves must remain thoughtful about how these tools change and aid their work. Of course, the increasing datafication…
A Streetsblog Chicago story recapping discussions of new Amazon facilities in Chicago held during a recent South Side transportation summit includes perspectives from event panelist Kate Lowe, UIC associate professor of urban planning…
Governing magazine published a co-authored piece from Amanda Kass, associate director of the Government Finance Research Center at UIC, that addresses the need for more federal aid to state and local governments.
A WBBM Newsradio online story details findings from the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy’s new report on the wealth gap among the Chicago area middle class. Univision Chicago also interviewed report co-author Iván Arenas,…
The Daily Herald interviewed Joshua Drucker, UIC associate professor of urban planning and policy, in a story about the prospective sale of the Arlington Park racetrack and potential redevelopment prospects for the 326-acre site in…
Nik Theodore, UIC professor and head of urban planning and policy, director of the Center for Urban Economic Development and fellow at the Great Cities Institute, was a featured expert during a WTTW-TV…
