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Inland Valley Daily Bulletin Discusses Proposed Inland Empire Center for Economics and Public Policy

Posted 12 January 2010 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Press | No Comments

The Inland Valley Daily Bulletin reported on a proposal by Rose Institute and other Claremont McKenna College professors to create the Inland Empire Center for Economics and Public Policy.  The Center, while still in the conceptual phase, would expand on the work done by the Rose Institute and the Lowe Instiute of Political Economy (also [...]

Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson in USA Today

Posted 23 December 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Press, Redistricting | No Comments

The Rose Institute’s Douglas Johnson, a Consulting Fellow at the Institute, was quoted in a USA Today article about the demographic data that was released by the Census Bureau on Wednesday.  Johnson discussed what the report showed about California:
“California’s Golden State image has certainly collapsed,” said Douglas Johnson, a fellow at the Rose Institute at [...]

Inland Empire Outlook’s Detailed Analysis of the Inland Empire’s Housing Crisis

Posted 22 December 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: inland empire outlook | No Comments

As the Inland Empire continues to grow in size and economic and political influence, the Rose Institute of State and Local Government and the Lowe Institute of Political Economy have partnered together to publish the Inland Empire Outlook, a newsletter analyzing economic and political trends shaping the region. This post is the first of a [...]

Rose Institute Director Quoted by United Press International

Posted 21 December 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Press | No Comments

The United Press International quoted Dr. Ralph Rossum, the Rose Institute’s Director, in an article about all of the Justices on the current Supreme Court.  Dr. Rossum discussed Justice Antonin Scalia.
In “Antonin Scalia’s Jurisprudence,” author Ralph Rossum says, “Respecting the original meaning of the constitutional text is, for Justice Scalia, the only way of making [...]

The Washington Post Online Cites Rose Institute Study on Louisiana Redistricting

Posted 04 December 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Press | No Comments

The Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza cited the Rose Institute’s study on Louisiana redistricting on his “The Fix” politics blog on Friday.  Cillizza’s post was the latest in his series “Friday House Line” which every few weeks describes the ten most competitive House races in 2010.  In discussing the 2010 Congressional election in Louisiana’s 3rd district [...]

Rose Institute’s Louisiana Redistricting Study Referenced on Taegan Goddard’s “The Political Wire” on CQPolitics.com

Posted 04 December 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Press | No Comments

“The Political Wire” by Taegan Goddard (featured on Congressional Quarterly’s website) ran a story on the Rose Institute’s Louisiana redistricting study on Thursday.  The Rose Institute analysis was on the front page of cqpolitics.com for most of the day Thursday.
The Rose Institute has a very detailed analysis of the impact of Hurricane Katrina on 2011 [...]

Lungren’s Reelection Gets Harder, Bilbray’s Gets Easier

Posted 03 December 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Press | No Comments

The status of the 2010 Congressional elections in California’s 3rd district (currently represented by Republican Dan Lungren) and 50th district (currently represented by Republican Brian Bilbray) have changed since our post last month about potentially competitive Congressional elections in California in 2010.  A Democratic challenger has dropped out of both races.

Louisiana Redistricting: An Ugly Post-Katrina Partisan Mess (The Complete Analysis)

Posted 24 November 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Redistricting | 1 Comment

Simply put, 2011 redistricting in Louisiana is likely to be ugly.  A combination of factors make the 2011 redistricting a high stakes situation for both parties and will likely make the process a partisan fight.  This article will detail Louisiana redistricting with a general overview of the state followed by a close examination of each current [...]

Louisiana Redistricting: Solidly Republican for the Next Ten Years?

Posted 24 November 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Redistricting | 1 Comment

Today’s post concludes our weeklong series on 2011 Congressional redistricting in Louisiana by looking at possible redistricting scenarios.
There will be many different plans for Louisiana redistricting in 2011.  Many different maps will be drawn that divide up the districts in many ways.  While Democrats have some power in the state legislature because they control the [...]

Louisiana Redistricting: What Happens to Baton Rouge?

Posted 23 November 2009 | By Mike Whatley | Categories: Redistricting | No Comments

Even though the population of New Orleans and Louisiana as a whole has declined significantly since Hurricane Katrina, the 6th district, which includes Baton Rouge, has gained population since 2001. The population of the 7th district, situated to the West has grown. Yet, because the state as a whole will likely [...]