Alan Berube

Relocating agencies to struggling cities not entirely without merit, researcher says

Alan Berube is a senior fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution.

Federal Drive

FILE - In a Monday, April 5, 2004 file photo, riders wait to board an arriving train at the D.C. Metro Center, in Washington. Metro’s largest union has overwhelmingly authorized a potential transit system strike, just as thousands of tourists arrive in the nation’s capital for the July 17, 2018 Major League Baseball All-Star Game. Union leaders said they would wait on Monday’s expected response from Metro’s management after Sunday’s vote authorizing a strike. (AP Photo/Lawrence Jackson, File)

Feds: What’s so great about D.C. in the first place?

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