B&G REPORT.

Much of the coverage about the concerns that beset states and localities tends to focus on specific areas like budgetary shortfalls, the need for better technology and a shortage of people to fill many vital positions (where have all the accountants gone?) But, increasingly, in conversations we’re having about all these topics and more, the problem that seem to keep our sources awake at night can be expressed in a single word: “Uncertainty.” “ Uncertainty is not generally wel

by Dr. Carolyn Bourdeaux, Senior Visiting Scholar, University of Georgia; Board Member of the Concord Coalition; Former Member of...

In the tension-filled political week before the midterm elections, we were particularly grateful for a relatively new podcast called “You...

There’s been a great deal written about the ways in which states and localities are spending the federal dollars they are receiving from...

by John R. Bartle, University of Nebraska at Omaha and Can Chen, Georgia State University John Bartle ...

We like to think that we’re pretty sophisticated in most things pertaining to states and localities. But when we drive through our little...

We’ve written repeatedly over the years about the many challenges that confront workforce development programs. Back in the early 1990s,...

Picture this: You’ve gotten off the interstate highway, and are trying to get to your destination of choice. Your car runs into a big...