Scholar-practitioner seeking to fill info gaps that limit regional economic competitiveness
Joined April 2009
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This report is crucial for tracking credentials across various education and training systems in Alabama. This is @credengine's first state-level report following a national credential count that found more than 1M credentials in the U.S. ow.ly/cMzl50Neguj
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DC leaders can realize data as a strategic asset and build data capabilities
CREC staff, Allison Forbes, testifies in support of education and employment data systems in DC. Read the full testimony.
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27 Apr 2018
Big business tax breaks may worsen income inequality.
CURS Faculty Fellow & @DCRPcarolina Associate Professor T. William Lester talks to @GOVERNING about tax increment financing and tax incentives.
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10 Feb 2018
27 of US's biggest businesses have already spent about $100 billion buying back stocks from shareholders in 2018, showing new Republican tax law is primarily benefiting wealthy washingtonpost.com/news/wonk…
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Her ticket to a life she loves: An #IBEW apprenticeship ow.ly/gqrJ30iiRIV
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10 Feb 2018
California’s #paidleave policies for men and women relieves some of the financial pressures on working families across the state. bit.ly/2DR3ddT
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9 Feb 2018
Hooray! The #Olympics are back! We give this duck a gold medal for best ice landing. x.com/AMAZlNGNATURES/status/…
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24 Jan 2018
Highlights the idea that there are a variety of employment practices available in the labor market.… s.hbr.org/2DkyHcn
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17 Jan 2018
No real democracy could survive it, because there can be no equal dignity and opportunity while the richest nation in history crushes the life prospects of so many of its kids. -Gene Nichol, following UN report on US poverty and inequality apple.news/A9h8P0Ev9ROeVIAeK…
10 Jan 2018
NC congressional districts struck down as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders - News & Observer. Gerrymandering has got to go! apple.news/A3giM8dGORqOuYuGr…
10 Jan 2018
NC loses out on Toyota plant in spite of impressive auto supply network. unclear these types of industrial recruitment deals deliver strong ROI but sad to see Toyota miss out on NC location! Their loss. apple.news/Avfqh3kPxTYaxpv8v…
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8 Jan 2018
6.8 percent unemployment may be a historic low for black Americans (an achievement years in the making), but it's very high by most any measure & not a level that would considered acceptable, let alone laudable, for almost any other group: theatlantic.com/business/arc…
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3 Oct 2017
Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees nyti.ms/2jFudrd
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8 Sep 2017
WH claims dreamers take jobs away from Black & Latinx workers. Here’s the truth. (This isn't happening) #DefendDACA wapo.st/2gOYKOE
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15 Aug 2017
Remember that time LGBTQ people got together and plunged America into bloody civil war so they could own straight people as property? x.com/rawstory/status/897512…
Fox guest says LGBT rainbow flag is just as offensive as Confederate flag: They ‘represent the exact same thing’ rawstory.com/2017/08/fox-gue…
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Allison Forbes retweeted
15 Aug 2017
I cannot sit on a council for a President that tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism; I resign, effective immediately.
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15 Aug 2017
I'm resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative because it's the right thing for me to do.
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15 Aug 2017
Confederate monuments: intimidation, not commemoration. x.com/kevinmkruse/status/897…
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15 Aug 2017
I love our country & company. I am stepping down from the council to focus on inspiring & uniting through power of sport. - CEO Kevin Plank
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