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Nov. 30: Political science prof to appear on C-SPAN’s ‘Landmark Cases’

9 p.m. ET, C-SPAN

Carolyn Long
Carolyn Long

Carolyn Long, associate professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs, will appear in an episode of a new television series produced by C-SPAN in cooperation with the National Constitution Center. “Landmark Cases” features 12 of the Supreme Court’s most significant decisions. It will introduce viewers to the people who sparked the cases, the key lawyers and justices, the time period in which the case reached the Supreme Court, and the court’s decision and its impact. » More …

Republican Super PACs Dominate Early Ad Spending

Travis Ridout
Travis Ridout

In the heaviest advertising month yet during the 2016 presidential campaign, non-candidate groups such as super PACs and politically active nonprofits have dominated the airwaves. The October ad data represents a dramatic outsourcing of presidential campaign messaging. Not even during the 2012 Republican primaries, when super PACs first began supporting presidential hopefuls, did candidate campaigns so completely cede their paid TV messaging to proxy groups. » More …

Koch brothers gather conservative donors to hear GOP candidates

Travis Ridout
Travis Ridout

The first official debate in the Republican presidential primaries comes up later this week, on Thursday night. This past weekend was a milestone as well. New disclosures reveal the extent to which super PACs funded by ultra-wealthy donors have outraised the candidates’ own campaigns. And five of the GOP candidates auditioned before an elite set of contributors who collectively have pledged nearly a billion dollars for this election cycle. » More …

2015′s Cities with the Most & Least Efficient Spending on Education

David Charles Nice
David Charles Nice

Although free for students, public education can cost cities big. In fact, education topped state and local government spending at $869.2 billion in 2012, according to the latest finance data from the U.S. Census Bureau. Even so, the quality of education students receive can vary drastically from city to city, but why?

David Charles Nice, WSU professor of political science, provided expert insights to questions about what makes some city school systems more effective than others; what factors influence a city’s ROI on education spending; how city education budgets fared in the recession and economic recovery; and more.

Find out more about education spending and the return on investment