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A look into the Minneapolis city government and how it has responded to the COVID-19 crisis.

Class essay

A description of the government structure in Minneapolis and its impact on the municipal response to the George Floyd uprisings

This paper serves as an overview of commission style city government in Portland, Oregon, with a focus on its use within a larger city and during the COVID-19 pandemic.

This essay was created for Professor Lesley Lavery's POLI 204 US Metro and City Politics class this module. In the attached paper, I talk about the early days of COVID, and how Denver responded by proactively implementing policies. I encountered an…

I, along with Macalester President Suzanne Rivera, and 46 other members of the Saint Paul Community was appointed to Saint Paul's Community First Public Safety Commission by Mayor Melvin Carter. The group was convened to study and create…

This paper explores the digital divide in Baltimore - 40.7% of the city lacks access to home broadband, making it difficult during the COVID-19 pandemic to attend class, work, health care appointments, and participate in government.

Baltimore's current mayor, Brandon Scott, ran his 2020 campaign in part on a promise that he would defund the police. Citizens and activists were confused however when his proposed FY2022 budget actually increase the Baltimore Police Department…

This paper is an account of the structure of the Oakland city government and its response to Covid-19.