"Boosting pensions “would do something” to keep workers, said David Schleicher, a Yale Law School professor who studies state fiscal systems, “but it’s not clear to me that it is the most or even a mildly efficient method for doing so.”
This is potentially a huge deal for construction costs @brianpotter.bsky.social @stephenjacobsmith.com www.nytimes.com/2026/02/04/b...
this is so embarrassing. why is @justinbrannan.bsky.social endorsing our fuelgrannie retweeting local NIMBY gadfly for city council when she literally stood with Vickie Paladino and Curtis Sliwa at a protest against the affordable housing ballot measures
Michelle Wu seems like kind of a disaster for housing in Boston – very little progress on land use reforms, and supporting a quite draconian statewide rent control regime (rent hikes that can be below inflation, vacancy controls, only a 10-year exemption for new construction)? Yikes
Every homeowner should be barred from future votes on housing since the potential for gain is far higher than Jesse Zwick's piddly ass nonprofit salary.
America’s governance crisis is rooted in weak state and local capacity, so reformers should target state and local elections, procedures, and budgets, argue @profschleich.bsky.social of Yale Law School and @nbagley.bsky.social of @umichlaw.bsky.social. www.theregreview.org/2026/04/15/h...
The end of last year was also really low, with the days long no murder streak and a 38% decline in December (from the previous December)
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✨Schrödinger’s Crosswalk ✨, joint work with a terrific interdisciplinary team, under submission to law reviews now. It’s a bit unconventional (6,600 words, including a table, plus maps) but, we hope, appealing for the right journal.