State And Local

Fighting Crime in Downtown Oakland: A Public-Private Partnership

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When crime threatens to undermine revitalization efforts in downtown Oakland, California, local corporate leaders and merchants propose a seemingly simple idea to a fiscally strapped city government. Their proposal: that additional municipal...

Building the "Super 7" Expressway in Connecticut (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

This case tracks the efforts of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to gain the necessary environmental approvals to build a major new highway. The long, drawn-out process has attracted an array of community and environmental opponents...

Building the "Super 7" Expressway in Connecticut

Publication Date: January 1, 1991

This case tracks the efforts of the Connecticut Department of Transportation to gain the necessary environmental approvals to build a major new highway. The long, drawn-out process has attracted an array of community and environmental opponents...

Groundwater Regulation in Arizona

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, increasing demands for water threatened to lead to a crisis in Arizona. The growth of the desert state's cities posed a conflict with its agricultural and mining interests. Its main source of water--groundwater...

Court Reporting in Kentucky (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When a shortage of court reporters threatens to delay trials and back up the appeals process, Kentucky's Administrative Office of the Courts considers new technology as a solution to its problem. Video "transcripts" of court proceedings hold the...

Court Reporting in Kentucky (C)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When a shortage of court reporters threatens to delay trials and back up the appeals process, Kentucky's Administrative Office of the Courts considers new technology as a solution to its problem. Video "transcripts" of court proceedings hold the...

Court Reporting in Kentucky (B)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When a shortage of court reporters threatens to delay trials and back up the appeals process, Kentucky's Administrative Office of the Courts considers new technology as a solution to its problem. Video "transcripts" of court proceedings hold the...

Court Reporting in Kentucky (A)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When a shortage of court reporters threatens to delay trials and back up the appeals process, Kentucky's Administrative Office of the Courts considers new technology as a solution to its problem. Video "transcripts" of court proceedings hold the...

Mayor Evan Sweeney's Budget Cutbacks

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

This case is one of a series of hypothetical cases about fictional "Mayor Evan Sweeney," written for executive training programs for new mayors, that frame the quintessential problems faced by municipal chief executives.This case looks at...

Civic Vision: Participatory City Planning in Cleveland in the 1980s

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

When newly elected mayor George Voinovich takes office in Cleveland in 1982, he faces the challenge of a long-declining city where development proposals have been stalled by political acrimony. Inspired by a speech by nationally-known developer...

Mayor Evan Sweeney's Budget Cutbacks (Sequel)

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

This 4-page sequel to HKS Case 1068.0 is part of a series of hypothetical sketches about quintessential municipal leadership problems facing fictional "Mayor Evan Sweeney." This case looks at tradeoffs and strategic options available to the...

Mayor Evan Sweeney: Grievances in the Public Works Department

Publication Date: January 01, 1991

This case is one of a series of hypothetical cases about fictional "Mayor Evan Sweeney," written for executive training programs for new mayors, that frame the quintessential problems faced by municipal chief executives. This case concerns labor...