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Springtime in Washington means it's time for another round of federal privacy legislation
2+ hour, 21+ min ago (182+ words) The Republican discussion draft begins a new debate and establishes a maximal starting position. The committees will hold hearings on the bills and seek to move to subcommittee and full committee markups. The discussion draft also contains no version of…...
Where rising climate risks and insurance costs will hit hardest
6+ day, 23+ hour ago (106+ words) However, these correlations do warrant deeper analysis. In particular, future research should examine the extent to which prospective homebuyers in vulnerable ZIP codes will be impacted by housing price fluctuations and how that intersects with race and ethnicity. This analysis…...
An immigration slowdown led to widespread declines in population growth in America's major metro areas
1+ day, 20+ hour ago (498+ words) The final portion of this analysis focuses on highly dense urban core counties and cities within major metro areas. With few exceptions, reduced immigration has led to lower population growth or greater population declines in these places, requiring greater emphasis…...
What are community college bachelor's degrees and how much do their graduates earn?
3+ week, 2+ day ago (345+ words) As these degrees grow in popularity, however, the critical question of efficacy remains: Are these degrees currently delivering on their promise of expanding educational access while maintaining strong labor market returns? Importantly, we find that aggregate statistics mask significant variation…...
Carbon pricing and inflation expectations
3+ week, 2+ day ago (34+ words) Monica Di Leo, Glenn D. Rudebusch, Jens van "t Klooster Michael D. Bauer, Eric A. Offner, Glenn D. Rudebusch Climate Change Climate Policy Joyce Chen, David Wessel Benjamin L. Collier, Benjamin J. Keys, Philip Mulder...
Survey shows alarming drop in working conditions for teachers: What are we doing about it?
4+ week, 2+ day ago (393+ words) The pandemic also caused persistent changes to school operations. Among the more notable changes is a greater emphasis on students" mental health, which has led to, among other things, teachers giving students less homework and allowing students to retake exams,…...
Event recap'Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk
1+ mon, 2+ day ago (32+ words) Brookings Event recap'Reimagining homeowners insurance amid growing climate risk Joyce Chen Senior Events and Outreach Assistant - Economic Studies, The Hamilton Project David Wessel...
Metro Monitor 2026: The relationship between immigration and regional economic performance over the past decade
1+ mon, 5+ day ago (402+ words) This analysis accompanies Metro Monitor 2026, a data interactive that provides decisionmakers in the nation's 196 largest metro areas with a roadmap to understand how their individual places performed between 2014 and 2024. The first year of the second Trump administration has been characterized…...
Analyzing the passage of state-level AI bills
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (337+ words) For this blog, we deepen the lens to better understand the characteristics of the various states that have successfully passed AI legislation, given the relatively low number of bills that have been passed. Our team used tracking from the Brookings…...
Reduced immigration slowed population growth for the nation and most states, new census data show
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (639+ words) National population growth declined from 0. 96% in 2023-24 to 0. 52% in 2024-25. The former year was the highest national growth rate in almost two decades, while the latter, although not as low as the 2020-21 pandemic year growth rate of 0. 16%, is among the smallest in…...