Short-term rentals continue to make headlines. “The ‘negative trend’ of problematic short-term rentals is destroying Destin’s heritage and way of life.” Read on to learn how this city is responding —> bit.ly/2JCHyNF

UM is hiring! The University of Miami political science dept. invites applications for a full-time tenure-track position at the rank of Asst. Professor in the field of domestic or comparative public policy. Contact me of Prof. Jon West ([email protected]) for more info or with questions.

Excited to share a study co-authored w/@LeticiaBode & Jennifer Connolly "Explaining the Varying Levels of Adoption of E-Government Services in American Municipal Government," now available! Interesting findings abt why cities offer different types of e-gov services. journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.117…

ICYMI: This is the first round of projects the city wants to pursue with money from the voter-approved Miami Forever bond hrld.us/2UgbpND w/Alex Harris

Good piece in recent GOVERNING article by colleague Kevin Desouza and ASU School of Public Affairs PhD student David Selby on how fragile cities become fragile. Alliance for Innovation💡 ICMA Urban Affairs Association ASPA SIAM governing.com/gov-institute/…

Thanks to PAR for sharing my article on city manager turnover. I enjoyed working on this one!

My article w/ UM Arts&Sciences colleagues Casey Klofstad, @JoeUscinski, and Jon West is now available online JPublicPolicy. Travel warnings, education, and research funding are the most popular policies to address Zika, and the federal govt is the most popular actor. bit.ly/2BTfYWH

We find the public prefers local govts spray insecticides and fine for standing water. Republicans are significantly more likely than Democrats to support state level policy action on Zika, but partisanship has no impact on public preferences for federal or local policy action.

Newly published on the JPublicPolicy FirstView page is work by Jennifer Connolly, Casey Klofstad, @JoeUscinski and J. West, "Public preferences for Zika policy and responsibility in the absence of partisan cues". Read it here: ow.ly/v2NE50lTweP Enjoy!

Studying ethics? Be sure to check out Kimberly L. Nelson (Kimberly Nelson) and Whitney Afonso’s study on early view that examines municipal corruption. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

Economic development again tops the chart of issues mayors discuss in their “state of the city” address. What issues are most important to you and your city? (Read national report here: bit.ly/2KjbUVc) #FLMayors

To support the international community of PA, the journal is now publishing abstracts in a second language! When a manuscript is accepted, authors will be invited to add an abstract in their native language to appear on the journal's website.

Hello News & Record - is it possible to buy a print copy of the Sunday July 11 edition. A loved one’s obituary ran that day and we would really like a copy. Thank you.

Across the Jackson Health System hospitals, we currently have 327 patients who have tested positive for COVID-19. Of those, 187 patients – or 57 percent – are admitted to the hospital primarily for non-COVID reasons.

When the World Health Organization and UNICEF said not to mask kids under 6, the CDC and American Academy of Pediatrics said... we will do it anyway. Apparently, we prefer to fire up a culture war with no credible data, and harm toddlers in the process tabletmag.com/sections/scien…

Excited to see this article published online. I enjoyed the opportunity to collaborate with two talented coauthors: state and local fiscal performance scholar Kate Yang and labor economist Laura Connolly (who is also my sister).

Update from the Fargo, North Dakota masking study: Two neighboring K-12 districts (same community) both with around 12,000 students 🔵 Mask mandate 🟡 Masks optional (<5% masking) Y axis= % of students positive for covid Green vertical line: when🔵 went masks optional

Short thread: Concerned public-school parent and UC Berkeley Ph.D. in poli sci here. We should all support approaches driven by sound data science. So it's a big problem that the evidence American Academy of Pediatrics' uses to recommend absolute indoor masking (fn 4) is a This is not the CDC study 1/2

Women city managers face a glass cliff as local governments are more likely to hire them when budgets are collapsing find Kate Yang @jconla and Laura Connolly bit.ly/3Drz3NX