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Robert Puentes
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Vice President and Director of Brookings Metro. Formerly President & CEO of the Eno Center for Transportation.
2/2 In accompanying research, Amy Liu, Tracy Hadden Loh, and Glencora Haskins offer key takeaways from the data, including insights on the labor market, real estate, well-being, and more. Check it out -->
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DMV Monitor | Brookings
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September 27, 2025 at 3:51 PM
2/2 New @BrookingsMetro report shows how this uniquely affects Native Americans. It’s a case study of how bad data leads to bad governance—and a worrying signal of what may be to come if federal government data is further compromised.
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Why trustworthy data is so important
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August 28, 2025 at 5:52 PM
3/3 The series provides local leaders with tools to mitigate future disaster risks for the most vulnerable communities. Read more here -->
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New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina | Brookings
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August 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
2/3 In this new series, @brookings.edu Metro and the Data Center examine the New Orleans metro area across key policy areas including housing, community safety, and flood adaptation.
August 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
2/2 @brookings.edu new piece with the Data Center explores reforms that help communities thrive beyond relying solely on criminal legal systems.
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One step forward, three steps back: Criminal legal reform and community safety in New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina and the levee failures | Brookings
This report explores the community safety ecosystem in New Orleans, the criminal legal system that shapes it, and how the criminal legal system operates as a catch basin for broken social systems.
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August 14, 2025 at 10:00 PM
2/2 In this new series, @brookings.edu Metro & The Data Center examine the New Orleans metro area across key policy areas including housing, safety, and flood adaptation. It provides local leaders with tools to mitigate future disaster risks.
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New Orleans 20 years after Hurricane Katrina | Brookings
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July 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This new @BrookingsMetro market assessment reviews industry performance in Southeastern Pennsylvania:

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Southeastern Pennsylvania market assessment for growing opportunity industries and economic mobility | Brookings
Southeastern Pennsylvania is strongly positioned to become more economically prosperous, resilient, and inclusive
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July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Philly needs a shared strategy that leverages its immense economic, innovation, & human capital assets to create more middle-class jobs in industries where the region is well positioned to compete in the global economy.
July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM
But the region’s tradeable industries are not at pace w national growth/stifling wages. Meanwhile, the region lacks a unified, tactics-level strategy and workplan to guide economic and workforce development efforts.
July 9, 2025 at 3:34 PM