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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Pittsburgh-area high schoolers try to get peers registered to vote - and stay engaged in politics

Alberto Medina of CIRCLE is quoted throughout this article on youth voting in the Pittsburgh area. CIRCLE research on the increase in youth voting since 2014 is included.

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CBS News

Why are so many young people planning to leave Boston? Here's one expert's explanation

Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, offers insights into a new Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce Foundation report finding that 25% of 20 to 30-year-olds are planning to leave the Boston-metro due in part to skyrocketing home prices.

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The Wall Street Journal

The Rough Years That Turned Gen Z Into America’s Most Disillusioned Voters

This article cites research from CIRCLE indicating that about 41 million young people ages 18 to 27 will be eligible to vote this year.

Harris plans to visit the Parkland school where 14 kids were killed in 2018

This article cites a poll from CIRCLE on the 2024 election, noting that gun violence prevention is a top issue for young voters.

WGBH

What is Healey's vision? Here are the topics she's spoken most about as Mass. governor.

In this analysis of Governor Maura Healy’s 2023 speeches, Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, says that how Healy presented her tax policies “was also about building an effective coalition.”

WGBH

Boston faces $1.5 billion shortfall from declining commercial property taxes, report warns

Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, comments on his new study that found a downward trend in Boston commercial property values that could mean a city revenue shortfall of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion over the next five years

The Boston Globe

Boston could face budget woes as office building values dip, report says

Evan Horowitz, executive director of cSPA, comments on his new study that found a downward trend in Boston commercial property values that could mean a city revenue shortfall of $1.2 billion to $1.5 billion over the next five years.

ABC11 WTVD

Voting registration drives underway ahead of Friday deadline

CIRCLE research that revealed half of voters between ages 18 and 29 voted in the 2020 general election, up 11 percentage points from 2016, is linked in this article. Data on youth voter turnout in North Carolina is also cited

CommonWealth Beacon

Tax revenues kept sliding in January

Evan Horowitz, director of cSPA, comments on Massachusetts Revenue Department data indicating tax revenue shortfalls saying, “while the evidence is far from definitive, this latest report feeds my concern that the weakness may be spreading from tax returns to the economy more broadly.”