The Lowe Down

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Since 2012, a majority of California citizens have voted by mail in US presidential elections, and most California counties offer a mix of in-person and mail-in voting options to cast one’s ballot. For instance, at a given level of mail-in voting, turnout was highest in 2008 and far lower in 2016 and 2012.

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Public Policy Blog

AUGUST 1, 2013

2012, April). Until the government runs more like a business than a nonprofit, it is my belief that we will see continued pension, borrowing and bankruptcy issues in a more widespread manner in years to come. Sources: Anonymous. Headlee Rollback and Headlee Override. Retrieved from [link]. 2013, July 18).

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Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

MAY 17, 2022

Only the General Assembly is authorized to create property tax exemptions, and when that legislative body creates exemptions they must apply uniformly across the state. Neither cities nor counties are free to make their own property tax exemptions or modify those that are created by the General Assembly.

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Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

JUNE 19, 2023

In 2010 and 2012 I wrote about such initiatives for the Detroit Zoo (actually located in Oakland County) and the Detroit Institute of Arts, which were caught up in the city's bankruptcy. Brooks Patterson (" The rise of Oakland County is built on Detroit's Fall ") died).

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Public Policy Blog

JUNE 16, 2013

Approximately one year ago, on June 13, 2012, Representative Lisa Brown (D-Bloomfield) uttered the word that runs ice through the veins and casts fear into the hearts of male elected officials: Vagina. State Legislatures: Power in general has been notoriously difficult to pin down at even a conceptual level.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 10, 2023

Not surprisingly, the two companies highly prioritized protecting those subsidies, which meant maintaining political support in Congress to ensure no legislation was passed to take them away. During much of conservatorship (specifically 2012 to 2019), strangely, capital was depleted by design. Also, the 0.10

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The Lowe Down

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Figure 1 displays the growth in business applications in each state from 2012-2020, where one can observe the varying growth in business applications across the United States. From 2012 to 2020, Wyoming and Mississippi had the largest annual growth in new business applications while North Dakota and Kansas had the lowest. p-value).

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

7] Because Congress had set up the GSEs through legislation, the Obama administration believed it was up to Congress to develop revisions to that legislation to eliminate these defects. Q3: Why was Congress unable to expeditiously pass legislation to correct those business model defects as a key step to ending conservatorship?

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

JANUARY 7, 2025

Will GSE reform, including conservatorship exit, be accomplished through congressional legislation? Question #4: Will GSE reform, including conservatorship exit, be accomplished through congressional legislation? When might we learn what Trump II has actually decided about its position on GSE conservatorship exit? See [link] ). [3]

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Counter the so-called “deep state” by eliminating GSE programs which were approved by government officials without clear authorization from congressional legislation. 11] While one can see a lot of support for this pricing policy in the industry and among working families, this was done without any specific legislative authority.

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The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

MARCH 31, 2025

An exit from conservatorship can occur through legislation or administrative means. Part 4 covers the many issues where policymakers need to address dozens of significant and generally well-regarded market-changing reforms made by the FHFA starting in 2012. [4]

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