Allison Forbes
@allisonfo
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Scholar-practitioner seeking to fill info gaps that limit regional economic competitiveness
Washington, DC
Joined April 2009
This report is crucial for tracking credentials across various education and training systems in Alabama. This is @credengine's first state-level report following a national credential count that found more than 1M credentials in the U.S.
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DC leaders can realize data as a strategic asset and build data capabilities CREC staff, Allison Forbes, testifies in support of education and employment data systems in DC. Read the full testimony. https://t.co/p4WqhXrije
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Big business tax breaks may worsen income inequality. CURS Faculty Fellow & @DCRPcarolina Associate Professor T. William Lester talks to @GOVERNING about tax increment financing and tax incentives.
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27 of US's biggest businesses have already spent about $100 billion buying back stocks from shareholders in 2018, showing new Republican tax law is primarily benefiting wealthy
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Twenty-seven of America's biggest businesses have spent nearly $100 billion buying back stocks from shareholders in 2018, they said.
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California’s #paidleave policies for men and women relieves some of the financial pressures on working families across the state.
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Hooray! The #Olympics are back! We give this duck a gold medal for best ice landing.
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Highlights the idea that there are a variety of employment practices available in the labor market.…
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There’s been a ripple of excitement of late as some big companies have unveiled (fairly modest) raises and bonuses for workers. But with unemployment at record lows, yet inequality at record highs,...
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No real democracy could survive it, because there can be no equal dignity and opportunity while the richest nation in history crushes the life prospects of so many of its kids. -Gene Nichol, following UN report on US poverty and inequality
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In December, as Congress enacted a gigantic tax cut for the richest Americans, moved to increase the taxes, over the next decade, of those making under $70,000, and reduced the health care coverage...
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NC congressional districts struck down as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders - News & Observer. Gerrymandering has got to go!
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A panel of federal judges struck down North Carolina’s election districts for U.S. Congress on Tuesday as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders and gave lawmakers until Jan. 29 to bring them new...
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NC loses out on Toyota plant in spite of impressive auto supply network. unclear these types of industrial recruitment deals deliver strong ROI but sad to see Toyota miss out on NC location! Their loss.
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North Carolina has lost out on landing the much sought-after Toyota-Mazda joint auto manufacturing plant, which would have brought 4,000 jobs to the state and invested $1.6 billion, The News &...
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6.8 percent unemployment may be a historic low for black Americans (an achievement years in the making), but it's very high by most any measure & not a level that would considered acceptable, let alone laudable, for almost any other group:
theatlantic.com
President Trump lauded them and then claimed credit for their positive developments in the past year. He was doubly mistaken.
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Trump Administration Rejects Study Showing Positive Impact of Refugees
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WH claims dreamers take jobs away from Black & Latinx workers. Here’s the truth. (This isn't happening) #DefendDACA
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There's no evidence that undocumented immigrants take away jobs from citizens.
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Remember that time LGBTQ people got together and plunged America into bloody civil war so they could own straight people as property?
Fox guest says LGBT rainbow flag is just as offensive as Confederate flag: They ‘represent the exact same thing’
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I cannot sit on a council for a President that tolerates bigotry and domestic terrorism; I resign, effective immediately.
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I'm resigning from the Manufacturing Jobs Initiative because it's the right thing for me to do.
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I love our country & company. I am stepping down from the council to focus on inspiring & uniting through power of sport. - CEO Kevin Plank
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