State Government
State-level policy models: Medicaid, data centers, public pay, and the fiscal fallout.
The Only Way to Start Is by Starting
A short paper on how a state or local agency can get real value from AI in ninety days with one accountable owner, a handful of paid licenses, and one well-chosen piece of real work.
2026-09
Pricing the Fear of Data Centers
A town that says no to a data center gives up tax revenue, not jobs, and how much depends on the local tax regime. Opposition is not partisan, legislatures are choosing conditions over bans, and blocked projects go quiet more than they resurface. A national map of restrictions and conditions, a calculator for what one campus pays a town, and the terms to demand if the answer is yes.
2026-08
High Floor, Low Ceiling: How Public-Sector Wage Compression Erodes Public Service
Public pay is compressed: a high floor and a low ceiling. Government holds its own at the bottom of the labor market but falls far behind at the top, exactly where elite private pay has soared — software, law, finance, engineering. A data piece tracing the public-sector pay gap by skill, by domain, by level of government, and over time, built from ACS PUMS microdata, BLS/BEA/Census series, and city and state payroll files.
2026-06
These 5 Million People Are About to Lose Their Medicaid — But They Don't Have To
Starting in 2027, the new federal Medicaid work requirement will end coverage for 5–10 million people. Most of that loss is a state operations problem, not a policy outcome. A nationwide bottom-up model of who's at risk, where they live, and what each state's verification capability looks like. Built for state Medicaid directors with seven months to get the operational pre-work done.
2026-05
NYC Property Tax: Who Pays, Who Doesn't
An interactive parcel-level map of New York City's effective property-tax rates — plus the long answer to why two identical brownstones across the street from each other can pay wildly different bills.
2026-04
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