Five Things We’re Reading This Week

Liz Gullett

Jan 31, 2017

Below are some of the articles that the MLC lobby team has been reading this past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do.

Does a Protest’s Size Matter? – Since the Inaugural and the Women’s March, there has been conversations and speculation as to the lasting effects of Trump’s supporters and his opponents, given the ability of both to turn out a crowd. Is this crowd building power an early indicator of the 2018 election dynamics?

Why 'Cardominiums’ Should Be in Our Driverless Future – How are autonomous vehicles shaping the future of transportation, from individual ownership to service transportation?

A Relic of the Recession: Fewer Local Government Workers – What have the changes been to government employment since 2008? What areas have seen the biggest decrease in the government workforce?

50 Years After Apollo Disaster, Memorial for 3 Men, and for Era – A little-known memorial for the three killed in the Apollo1 disaster and the family members who remember the men each year.

What Makes Good Government Leaders – An interesting Q&A about characteristics of good federal government leaders.

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