Muninet Guide – General Topics

U.S. State Crime Rates – Comparing Types of Crimes Across the States

Jan 5, 2018 | Featured Article, Muninet Guide – General Topics, Public Safety

Report - U.S. State Crime Rates by Type for All 50 States, D.C., and Puerto Rico This report gives researchers and citizens an opportunity to look at U.S. state crime rates, what crimes are being committed and in what frequency, for all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and...

Who Watches the Watchdogs? Be Your Own Media Bias and ‘Fake’ News Analyst

Jan 6, 2017 | Featured Article, Muninet Guide – General Topics, News Organizations

The Best Armor Against Media Bias, Fake News, and Other Disinformation is Your Own Education and Ability to Identify It MuniNet takes a look at why bias matters, the difference between bias, spin, and truly 'fake' news, and provides you with tools to...

Are Public Libraries Still Relevant in American Communities?

Apr 14, 2015 | Citizen Participation, Featured Article, Infrastructure, Muninet Guide – General Topics, New & Noteworthy, Planning & Development

by Mardee Handler Founded in 1833, the Peterborough Town Library in Peterborough, New Hampshire is the oldest tax-revenue supported library in the nation. If you visit its website, you’ll be greeted by an offer to follow the library on Facebook, attend a workshop to...

Do Sports Teams and Venues Have a Significant Impact on Local Economies?

Aug 5, 2014 | Cities, Demographics, Economic Development, Muninet Guide – General Topics

by Mardee Handler The economic benefit of major league sports teams, international mega-events and sport venues has become a particularly contentious public finance issue over the past few decades, according to Robert Baade, Ph.D., Professor of Economics and Business...

The Tug-of-War between Cities and Suburbs

May 7, 2014 | Muninet Guide – General Topics, Urban Planning

by Mardee Handler, managing editor From the nation’s most densely population urban centers to outer-ring suburbs, the U.S. population continues to shift, while the concepts of urban sprawl and smart growth remain hot topics in municipal circles. Well into the second...

Five Handy Online Calculators for Municipal Research

Apr 30, 2014 | Muninet Guide – General Topics, Resources

by Mardee Handler, managing editor We’ve come a long way from the abacus. The online world is not flat, which continues to increase the power of the Internet. Certainly, we can access vast amounts of information online. We can also, in a growing number of examples,...

Reflections from the Editor: Guiding the Municipal-Minded through the Internet Evolution

Apr 11, 2012 | Melange, Muninet Guide – General Topics

This year, MuniNet Guide celebrates its 15th anniversary. In March of 1997, after a year of research and development, the first issue of MuniNet Guide & Review was published as a 12-page hard-copy newsletter. At the time, the Internet was in its infancy, and...