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- American Cities Project
Many Major Cities Gain Population Faster Than The Rest Of Their Metro Areas
Recent Census data shows that America's largest cities are growing more rapidly than their surrounding regions, and the nation as a whole.
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- American Cities Project
City vs. Metro Population Growth
This interactive shows recent changes in city and metropolitan populations for biggest city in the nation's 30 largest metro areas.
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- Stateline Story
Best of #StateReads: Florida Closes TB Hospital as Outbreak Spreads
This week’s extraordinary journalism about state government, tagged to #StateReads on Twitter. more
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- Stateline Story
Food Stamp Fight on Capitol Hill
Congress is considering dramatic changes in the way states administer their food stamp programs. more
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- Stateline Story
Why Are Welfare Rolls Flat, While the Food Stamp Program Grows Rapidly?
Advocates for the poor say welfare programs are ill-designed for hard economic times. Some Republicans, however, don’t see welfare as broken, but instead as a model for other social initiatives. more
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- Stateline Story
New Food Laws Go Into Effect, Others Blocked
Some new food and tobacco laws went into effect July 1, but others have been blocked. more
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- Stateline Story
Court Lets States Opt Out of Medicaid Expansion
Some states are worried about the cost of the health law’s expanded Medicaid coverage. Now they can choose not to participate in it. more
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- Stateline Story
What Happens to Health Law Money Already in State Coffers?
If the high court overturns all or part of the health law, Congress could seek refunds of the nearly $14 billion in federal money already sent to states to implement it. more
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- Stateline Story
How the Recession Changed School Funding
Shifts in who paid the bill for education hurt poorer districts more, experts say. more
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- Stateline Story
States Seek Medicare Data to Keep Fraudulent Providers Out of Medicaid
The nation’s two giant health programs have many good reasons to share data with each other. But they aren’t doing it. more
