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Opinion

The Key to Representative Democracy? Persuasion

I’m lucky enough these days to be in regular touch with young people — students — who are interested in public service. I find hope in their quality, energy, and motivation, and they press me to think more deeply about what it takes to pursue a life in the public realm. In trying to answer that […]

Advocating for People with Disabilities

It was less than 30 years ago when the Americans with Disabilities Act passed Congress and was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush. The law prohibits discrimination and guarantees that people with disabilities have the same opportunities as everyone else. Since that time, many changes have been instituted and gradually, access and technology

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To Improve, Congress Needs to Look Inward

There are many reasons why Congress finds itself hamstrung in Washington, D.C. and discounted by the people it serves at home. These include long-term trends over which it has little control — the political polarization of the country; the oceans of money that get dumped into the political process; and, the push by successive presidents

Labor market reaches almost 50-year unemployment low

The Trump economy continued to roar ahead with 263,000 jobs created in April 2019 — 236,000 of those jobs in the private sector. The unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percent to an almost shocking 50-year low at 3.6 percent.  When coupled with the just-announced first-quarter Gross Domestic Product (GDP) estimate of 3.2 percent inflation-adjusted, annualized growth, the

What Would Make Congress Better?

[Recently], I was speaking to a group of students and decided to start with a point-blank question: Is Congress doing a good job? About 100 people were in the room, and not a single one raised his or her hand. So, I asked the question a different way: Is Congress nearly or completely dysfunctional? Most

Lead with Intention to Create Great Companies and Communities

As I shared with the nearly 1,200 attendees at CenterState CEO’s annual meeting on April 24, there is something exciting happening in this community, a rare and remarkable momentum and convergence of economic opportunities. It is coupled with a tangible shift in attitudes, a renewed commitment to collaboration, and perhaps more importantly, a sense of

New York State’s Linked-Deposit Program Benefits Economy

In 1994, the state began the Linked Deposit Program (LDP) to assist and encourage firms, manufacturers, and small businesses to make investments. This program offers reduced-rate financing to makes it less expensive to borrow money.  Under this program, qualifying businesses can obtain loans through commercial banks, savings banks, savings and loan associations, farm credit institutions

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