Democratic Municipal Officials Digest
Week of 3/28/2022

DMO Update

• Chris Roberts awarded DMO President’s Susan Burgess Award

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Quick Links

• The Big Local Transit Projects the Biden Administration Wants to Fund

• How Architects Are Building Refugee Centers for Ukrainians Fleeing War

• Why Pretrial Detention May Be Worse for Public Safety

Ideas for Cities

• Democracies Thrive When Cities Vote

• Bronx Tenants Celebrate Step to Becoming ‘Self-Landlords’

• A Virtuous Cash Grab: Albion Shows How Small Towns Can Thrive

News for Democrats

• Biden Administration Launches COVID.gov, a New One-Stop Shop Website for Vaccines, Tests, Treatments, Masks, and the Latest COVID-⁠19 Information

• White House vows to block abortion bans as Idaho signs 6-week ban into law

• Lynching is now a federal hate crime after a century of blocked efforts