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What’s the deal with rural land banks? A Q&A with West Virginia Land Stewardship Corporation Executive Director Taylor Bennett

Center for Community Progress

Land banks are a powerful tool to address vacant properties in rural communities, and West Virginia passed land bank enabling legislation in 2014. Bennett has served as the Executive Director of WVLSC since 2021. CP: You played a key role in advocating for West Virginia’s land bank-enabling legislation.

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State of Land Banking: 2023 Survey Highlights 

Center for Community Progress

The State of Land Banking survey, first conducted in 2021, serves as an opportunity for the land banking field to tell its story with comprehensive data. As was reported in 2021, residents and local institutions are still the most frequent recipients of land bank properties. This post highlights some of the key findings and analysis.

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Why Data Leaders Are Talking About Outcomes

GovLoop

If faced with skeptical leaders or legislators, you won’t win them over by talking data standards and policies. That alignment is one of the objectives of the State Department’s 2021 enterprise data strategy, titled “ Empowering Data Informed Diplomacy.” You need to talk impact.

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Evidence-based budgeting in New Mexico: Part 2 interview with Charles Sallee, Deputy Director, Legislative Finance Committee, New Mexico – Episode #190

Andy Feldman's Gov Innovator podcast

New Mexico state government is a leader in the use of evidence, lead by its Legislative Finance Committee (LFC) that has been a catalyst for evidence-based budgeting , including through its participation in the Pew MacArthur Results First Initiative.

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Voting and Campaign Transparency w/ Asm. Sabrina Cervantes

Policy Chats

Assemblymember Cervantes earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside and completed an executive education program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Kennedy School of Government.

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Asm. Sabrina Cervantes: Voting and Campaign Transparency

Policy Chats

Assemblymember Cervantes earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science from the University of California, Riverside and completed an executive education program at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. Kennedy School of Government.

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Fostering Financial Literacy in New York State: How's It Going?

Barrett & Greene

The average household in New York was carrying $53,830 in debt at the end of 2021; although less than the national average of $55,810, it is a new high for the state. New Yorkers’ per capita student loan debt of $6,180 was 11th in the nation in 2021 and marks an increase of 335% since 2003. A few of the alarming findings: ​.