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CSG East’s Council on Communities of Color (CCC) presents…
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The 2021 Annual Meeting & Regional Policy Forum was held virtually August 16-20, 2021. Recorded presentations and conversations…
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For more information, please contact Uldis Vanags, director, Northeast High-Level Radioactive Waste Transportation Project.
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During the next five years, the nascent offshore wind industry is poised to become a major supplier of…
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Latest News and Updates
Many of America's densest cities call the eastern region home. This @nberpubs working paper explores what Work From Home might mean for these cities and surrounding metro areas: https://www.nber.org/system/files/working_papers/w28461/w28461.pdf
Summary article from @routefifty: https://www.route-fifty.com/smart-cities/2021/09/highly-skilled-workers-may-be-moving-toward-permanent-remote-work/185422/
Interested in Transportation? Work on transportation issues? Check out this recorded roundtable discussion from our annual meeting, featuring @TSnyderDC with a Washington update and Alphecca Muttardy on the proposal for a National Infrastructure Bank:
https://youtu.be/0b_HwfHPs1c
Announced this week: ALL of our eastern region states will resettle Afghan refugees from the nearly 37,000 person group of first arrivals, with #NewYork and #Maryland taking in over 1,000 each.
https://interactives.ap.org/embeds/5nF9C/7/
More from @AP here: https://apnews.com/article/alabama-united-states-district-of-columbia-fd1e154e2f6ea092e2689b7e7f654aa4
Four of this year's #20Under40 Leadership Award recipients are from the East!
These young leaders exemplify strong leadership skills and are committed to working across the aisle to #servethestates. See the winners: https://csgovts.info/2040
More here: https://csg-erc.org/20-under-40-2021/
States are struggling to fill school bus driver shortages.
In MA, @MassGovernor Charlie Baker is calling in the National Guard to fill the gap. One district in NJ is staggering dismissal times.
Read more:
How is your state dealing with the shortage?
Deploying the National Guard to Fill a School Bus Driver Shortage
Schools across the country are finding it difficult to recruit and retain school bus drivers.
www.route-fifty.com
A federally appointed panel is recommends $117 billion investment to cover over 150 projects, including fixing the biggest chokepoints In the NE Corridor.
Read more about the 15-year vision, dubbed Connect NEC 2035, or C35, here:
A commission has a $117 billion plan to modernize the Northeast Corridor. Here‘s how it improves passenger rail.
Northeast Corridor Commission Executive Director Mitch Warren spoke to The Washington Post about the plan and how th...
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The number of jobs is down about 9% in #Connecticut and #Vermont from pre-pandemic levels as of July, and down significantly in HI (8.1%), IL (6.9%), MD (6.7%), NJ (6.1%) and RI (6.1%), according to a Stateline analysis of Bureau of Labor Statistics data.
In-Person Workers Are Slow to Return to Jobs, Data Shows
“You can’t pay somebody enough to show up at work when there’s a kid at home.”
www.pewtrusts.org
We were lucky to only lose an office on #September11, but we know how many of our friends and neighbors in lower Manhattan cannot say the same.
Still located near the World Trade Center today, we remember those lost in the towers, at the Pentagon, and in PA on 9/11/2001.
"From the ashes of the attacks, the stories of countless every day Americans performing extraordinary acts of service emerged. The nation came together, united in compassion and resolve." Read the #September11 statement from @CSGovts_CEO David Adkins: https://csgovts.info/sept11
States like #Maine and #Vermont are using #apprenticeship programs and incentives to fill key workforce shortages in an expanding list of professional fields.
These programs and all things #workforce development in the Eastern region are covered here:
https://youtu.be/bxLdmOgpEkg
Today, @WhiteHouse and @USTreasury
will be hosting a discussion on best practices for administering Emergency Rental Assistance.
@JayInslee and others are participating in the discussion. Join the conversation at 1:30 p.m. EST
Register here:https://pitc.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_SY-uBjK3QyOmcMwQZn7AG
TOMORROW at noon @onWURD:
"The Value of #HBCUs in the 21st Century" presented by @1890foundation, @CSG_ERC, @Learn4Life.
Register to join the conversation at https://tinyurl.com/CCC-HBCUs
#HBCUweek #WeAre19Strong @WHI_HBCUs
All month long, we'll be sharing the full recordings of several discussions held at this year's Annual Meeting.
If you missed any of the policy sessions or roundtable discussions, or if you want to view them again, find them here and on YouTube:
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