The race for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination is fixing to get, as we Southerners tongue-in-cheekly say, about as slippery as a greased pig in a hog wallow. Nasty as a old possum in a ...

Regionalism is a big buzzword in urban policy and economic development circles. For decades, it wasn’t a concept Indianapolis had to focus on because of Unigov and limited suburbanization. Today is a ...

In one of his recent meetings with residents of Hartford’s suburbs, Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin observed, as many have before, that if Connecticut were created today, it almost assuredly would not be ...

I was intrigued for several reasons by the recent comments from Democratic candidate for governor, Mary Burke. Most surprising was her courage in finally taking a stance on any topic related to ...

Columbus Mayor Andrew J. Ginther stressed regionalism during his State of the City address Tuesday night, especially when it comes to housing. “When we work together as a region, all of us benefit, ...

(WJHL) – As he reviewed an array of less-than-stellar data about the region at an economic summit in September, East Tennessee State University professor Jon Smith warned against comparisons between ...

Blog posts represent the views of CFR fellows and staff and not those of CFR, which takes no institutional positions. The following is a guest post by my colleague Miles Kahler, senior fellow for ...

The Hartford skyline Credit: Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress The Hartford skyline Credit: Carol M. Highsmith / Library of Congress First of three articles. “It’s time for regional cooperation ...

Regionalism is the idea that cities and counties should work with their neighbors as a unit that thrives from collective strengths. The reasons for thinking about regionalism are strong and compelling ...

African-Americans, for understandable reasons, tend not to be “regional” people. And given their history, I can understand fully why a resident of South Phoenix might feel closer to Harlem or the ...

With second homes and short-term rentals driving soaring housing costs, a workforce of long-distance commuters and dramatic downvalley growth, fluctuating demographics necessitate a reexamination of ...