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Chicago Caught In a “Brutal” Reordering Of Global Cities
We’ve heard a lot in the past few weeks about Chicago and its place among global cities. On Thursday, Mayor Rahm Emanuel set forth his proposal for a “new Chicago” that involves a wide variety of...
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How We Think About Public Transportation Is Changing
Chicago is experiencing record ridership of the CTA, and it’s on a drive to spruce up 100 stations. Cleveland has high speed buses from downtown to the Medical Center. In Canada, Toronto has streetcars...
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Midwest Memo: Detroit Has A Deal, Chicago Has Crippling Debt And Ohio Has...
Detroit’s deal Last night, the Detroit City Council voted to approve a consent agreement with the state to avoid takeover by an emergency manager. That means, as long as the governor signs the deal as...
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Midwest Memo: Detroit Assembles A Team, Indiana’s Accounting Errors And...
Detroit looking for accountants Detroit has a deal to avoid state takeover. Now, the Detroit Free Press reports leaders have to pick the members of the new panel that will oversee the city’s finances....
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Midwest Memo: Fixes For The L, Strapped Schools In Indiana And Selling The...
Loop repairs The Loop’s elevated rail in Chicago will get $39 million worth of repairs starting in April. The Chicago Tribune reports about half of the total track on The Loop will be replaced....
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Chicago Finally Gets A Longer School Day
Chicago has been notorious in the education community for one thing: its short school day. Elementary school students spend only five hours and 45 minutes a day in class, the shortest of any major...
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Midwest Migration: The Appeal Of Portland
Carla Danley / Credit: Chris Lehman If you wanted to start life over in a new place, would you choose somewhere with a chronically high unemployment rate and struggling schools, or one that’s known as...
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Where Did Everybody Go? – A Changing Gears Special
Former Detroiter Alex Ozark on the Hyundai-Kia proving grounds in California / Credit: Charla Bear Many of us have friends or family members that have moved away from the Midwest. In the Changing Gears...
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Midwest Memo: Rahm’s In Charge, Ohio Steel Bounces Back And We’re Hosting A...
Tune in Today at 3 p.m. ET/2p.m CT, Changing Gears is hosting a live call in show on “Hidden Assets” of the Midwest economy. Michigan governor Rick Snyder will be joining us for the show, and we’ll...
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Gloomy News For Our Cities In A Housing Forecast
Big cities around the country are finally seeing the bottom for their dropping house prices, according to Zillow, Inc. The only problem is that it isn’t happening in two of our big cities – Home prices...
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