News and Issues
CAP's 20 New Jobs Ideas, Meeting the Jobs Challange
Launch a rehab-to-rent program to turn tens of thousands of government-owned foreclosed homes into affordable rental housing, stabilize neighborhoods, and put construction workers back on the job: 20,000 new jobs a year. Protect funding for community health centers over the next five years to provide health and related services at clinics and in the local business communities: 300,000 new jobs. more »
Eva Zeisel, The Shape of Life Exhibit: 'Look! Our dishes!'
"Eva is perhaps best known in the design world for bringing warmth and feeling to the cold formalism of Bauhaus, and what is most remarkable about her work in general is the emotional connection." more »
Rancho Bernardo Heart and Disease Study Observes 40th Year
“We studied the reasons for gender differences in heart disease and diabetes — our first questions — plus chronic arthritis, headaches, lung disease, liver disease, kidney disease, cancer, and cognitive, mental and functional health.” more »
Short-staffed and Budget-bare, Overwhelmed State Agencies are Unable to Keep Up
After years of budget cuts, layoffs, furloughs and hiring freezes, the everyday work of state government is piling up. This Stateline series examines what causes backlogs, who is hurt by them and how states can dig themselves out. more »
