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The Center for Strategic and International Studies held a forum on the global economic and national security implications resulting from the forced migration of refugees due to armed conflic…

In this portion of U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) talked about the demographic and economic challenges affecting local communities and the investments n…

Speakers in the opening plenary session of the U.S. Conference of Mayors annual winter meeting focused on the future of the workplace and entrepreneurial investment. Speakers included the CE…

Dallas Mayor Michael Rawlings spoke by phone about the city’s preparations for evacuees from Tropical Storm Harvey.

Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson (R) and the mayors of Oklahoma City and Dallas talked about the ways cities and states intend to work with the incoming Trump administration. They focused on…

President Obama spoke at an interfaith memorial service for the five Dallas police officers shot and killed during a July 7 protest. He emphasized the need for unity and better relations bet…

Mayor Mike Rawlings gave the commencement address to the 2014 Southern Methodist University graduating class. The Dallas mayor spoke about what he’s learned as mayor, and gave leadership, li…

Education Secretary Arne Duncan talked about education policy with members of the U.S. Conference of Mayors' Education Reform Task Force chaired by Mayor Michael Hancock. Topics included rec…

On the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy’s assassination in Dallas, Texas, the city honored the president with a commemorative ceremony, including speeches by historian David McCullough an…

Historians, authors, journalists and religious leaders talked about how Dallas has been affected by President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963, and what the city has done to move…

The mayor of Louisville, Kentucky spoke about education strategies aimed at promoting innovation and job creation. He spoke about the city’s 55,000 Degrees program, an initiative to add 40,0…

Mayors of Baltimore and Hartford talked about local initiatives that serve at risk-youth. Among the issues they addressed were education programs, youth employment, and economic opportunity.…

Mayors talked about programs in different communities to improve their cities' employment rates and boost the local economy. They responded to questions from the audience.

Panelists talked about business development and employment programs at the local level. This program was a panel from the U.S. Conference of Mayors winter meeting.

Mayors spoke about the need for investment in education initiatives for at-risk youth in their communities. Among the issues they addressed were education programs, youth employment, and eco…

Labor Secretary Hilda Solis talked about her department’s jobs programs. The programs include the Worker Innovation Fund, which helps low wage, low skill, dislocated, and long-term unemploye…