GO NY GO NY GO!

KNICKS BABY!

According to my data analysis; knicks are 18-3 w og anouby. We're still 8-1 w og. and no Julius randall. 10-2 w obg and julious
So .888 w obg no Julius. .833 w Julius and og
KNICKS BABY!

Pew is crazy. There's these quiet rooms. Like one w. Beanbag chIrs. One w a Foosball table. One w puzzles. One called the living room. Like nicer than mine so you're at 'work' but in a nicer living room

Watched the eclipse at the capitol w a rising sun on my head

The good: Most states ended fiscal year 2023 with surpluses.

The bad: Roughly 50% of Americans live in states projecting short-term budget gaps, long-term deficits, or both.

One culprit: Tax cuts and spending boosts as one-time COVID-19 aid flowed in. pew.org/4agfdVI

Here's my last story at Route Fifty.

Bloomberg: An 1851 law that helped reduce liability for the Titanic disaster could do the same for the ship that destroyed the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Tangled web of maritime law with billions potentially at stake for those impacted & taxpayers: bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Me and the U.S.capitol cop who yells J-E-T-S with me. Gonna miss these guys.

Interesting washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

Excited to go work for Pew. But gonna miss my Senate La-Z-Boy.

White House directs agencies NOT to commence shutdown procedures:

'OMB has ceased shutdown preparations because there is a high degree of confidence that Congress will imminently pass the relevant appropriations and the President will sign the bill on Saturday.”

The spending bills released today makes cuts in funding for cities like Seattle, Minneapolis, Denver help pay for sheltering and caring for asylum seekers. It also cuts funding to make synagogues and mosques more secure amid hate crimes. route-fifty.com/finance/2024/0…

route-fifty.com/digital-govern…

How to prevent ideas from getting lost in translation route-fifty.com/management/202… My Route Fifty story about a new book (and great writing advice) from Barrett and Greene and Don Kettl