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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · 12d

1/2 The DMV Monitor, a new data interactive from @brookings.edu and MWCOG tracks real-time changes in the regional economy to help inform policymakers and the public of the impacts of federal spending and staffing cuts.

Why trustworthy data is so important

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 28

2/2 New @BrookingsMetro report shows how this uniquely affects Native Americans. It’s a case study of how bad data leads to bad governance—and a worrying signal of what may be to come if federal government data is further compromised.
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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 28

1/2 Good and reliable data is under threat as the Trump administration removes federal data sets and scrambles the people and agencies responsible for collecting accurate statistics.

New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina | Brookings

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 20

3/3 The series provides local leaders with tools to mitigate future disaster risks for the most vulnerable communities. Read more here -->
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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 20

2/3 In this new series, @brookings.edu Metro and the Data Center examine the New Orleans metro area across key policy areas including housing, community safety, and flood adaptation.

One step forward, three steps back: Criminal legal reform and community safety in New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures | Brookings

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 20

1/3 Hard to believe it was 20 years ago that Hurricane #Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, especially New Orleans. Katrina reshaped the nation’s understanding of disasters, equitable recovery, and resilience to future climate events.

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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 14

2/2 @brookings.edu new piece with the Data Center explores reforms that help communities thrive beyond relying solely on criminal legal systems.
www.brookings.edu/articles/one...

This report explores the community safety ecosystem in New Orleans, the criminal legal system that shapes it, and how the criminal legal system operates as a catch basin for broken social systems.

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 14

1/2 Despite violent crime at 30-year lows in DC, Trump deployed National Guard citing 'violent gangs.' This retreat from evidence-based community safety ignores proven local solutions.

Opinion | Firing the BLS commissioner will come back to haunt Trump

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Brookings Institution @brookings.edu · Aug 5

Politicizing federal statistics compromises the ability of policymakers to properly analyze the state of the economy and develop the best policies to ensure prosperity, write former chairs of the Council of Economic Advisers Cecilia Rouse and Gregory Mankiw. Read their new op-ed:

It will compromise policymakers’ ability to analyze the economy and ensure prosperity.

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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 5

New from @brookings.edu Prez Cecelia Rouse: Federal statistics make it possible for business & policymakers to plan for the future. And that is something everyone should care about.
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Firing the BLS commissioner will come back to haunt Trump

It will compromise policymakers’ ability to analyze the economy and ensure prosperity.

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The fast-growing demographic groups driving US population growth

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Aug 5

Bill Frey @BrookingsMetro shows Hispanic, Asian American, multiracial populations were 93% of US population growth 2023-4. #Immigration remains essential to stem the decline of America’s youth population.
connect.brookings.edu/the-fast-gro...

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Metro Blueprint | Brookings

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jul 31

The season finale of @brookings.edu new podcast is up! It features Xav Briggs convo w Melanie Allen (Hive Fund for Climate & Gender Justice) & RJ McGrail (Lincoln Land) on local communities & the clean energy transition.

Click here for all the eps! www.brookings.edu/tags/metro-b...

On Metro Blueprint, Brookings Metro scholars and a guests discuss ideas and actions to create more prosperous, just, and resilient communities in America.

New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina | Brookings

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andreperryedu.bsky.social @andreperryedu.bsky.social · Jul 28

How has New Orleans recovered and adapted in the two decades since Hurricane Katrina? In a new @brookings.edu and The Data Center research series, authors dive into how the metro area is building greater resilience. Read more--> www.brookings.edu/collection/n...

New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina | Brookings

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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jul 28

2/2 In this new series, @brookings.edu Metro & The Data Center examine the New Orleans metro area across key policy areas including housing, safety, and flood adaptation. It provides local leaders with tools to mitigate future disaster risks.
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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jul 28

1/2 Its been 20 years since Hurricane Katrina devastated the Gulf Coast, especially New Orleans. The storm reshaped the nation’s understanding of disasters, equitable recovery, and resilience to future climate events.

Southeastern Pennsylvania market assessment for growing opportunity industries and economic mobility | Brookings

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jul 21

ICYMI: check out this new @brookings.edu analysis by @markmuro1.bsky.social @shriyared.bsky.social mapping the #AI economy. Among others they find high concentration in a limited number of metro areas, but numerous other regions are home to meaningful AI activity
www.brookings.edu/articles/map...

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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jul 9

This new @BrookingsMetro market assessment reviews industry performance in Southeastern Pennsylvania:

www.brookings.edu/articles/sou...

Southeastern Pennsylvania is strongly positioned to become more economically prosperous, resilient, and inclusive

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jul 9

Philly needs a shared strategy that leverages its immense economic, innovation, & human capital assets to create more middle-class jobs in industries where the region is well positioned to compete in the global economy.

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jul 9

But the region’s tradeable industries are not at pace w national growth/stifling wages. Meanwhile, the region lacks a unified, tactics-level strategy and workplan to guide economic and workforce development efforts.

Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jul 9

Nearly 350 years after its establishment as a colonial center for global trade, agriculture, early manufacturing, and shipbuilding, the Philadelphia region is now viewed as a national hub for life sciences, health care, education, and professional services.

House Republican Reconciliation Bill Would Harm Rural Households, Communities, and Economies | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities

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Gbenga Ajilore @gbenga-ajilore.bsky.social · Jun 10

I have a new piece out about how the House reconciliation bill will harm rural households.

Not only will it rural folks lose health coverage & food access, hospitals are more likely to close and businesses will struggle.

All for a tax cut skewed towards the wealthy.
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The bill continues the pattern under this Administration of hurting the people the President pledged to help.

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Robert Puentes @robpuentes.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚦NYC’s congestion pricing is cutting traffic & cleaning the air. Could it be a model for other cities?

🎙️ New @brookings.edu Metro Blueprint episode w/ Adie Tomer & Polly Trottenberg dives into the early wins, challenges & what’s next.

🎧 Listen: www.brookings.edu/articles/wil...

#CongestionPricing

Will New York's congestion pricing program pave the way for broader adoption?

Experts explore how New York City created a successful congestion pricing plan that has so far reduced traffic and increased transit ridership while retaining a bustling downtown. Adie Tomer, senior f...