The December edition of Advancing Urban Policy, the monthly e-newsletter of the Maxine Goodman Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University, features research and thought leadership from across the country related to Public Budgeting & Finance. It highlights articles on online access to government spending data, local government budgeting challenges and opportunities, spending on infrastructure, pensions, the federal budget and deficit, the EPA’s budget history, and more…We plan to ring in the new year with Advancing Urban Policy articles related to Economic Development (January), followed by Community Development (February) and Nonprofit (March). Your ideas and submissions are welcome. They may be sent to: [email protected]. 

—Edward (Ned) W. Hill, Ph.D., Dean