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Gina M. Raimondo Wins 2011 Urban Innovator Award

On January 5, 2012, The Manhattan Institute's Center for State and Local Leadership awarded Gina M. Raimondo, General Treasurer, State of Rhode Island, as its 2011 Urban Innovator Award winner. Raimondo's work to define long-term retirement security through extensive public-pension reforms stabilized a financial crisis and garnered national attention for her unique approach to overhauling the state-administered public-employee pension system.

A new social contract: reforming the terms of public employment in America

States continue to grapple with the three-year fiscal crisis that has involved intense battles over everything from public employee pensions and benefits to collective bargaining. On September 20, 2011, at a conference headlined by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels, the Manhattan Institute presented the first comprehensive national poll on voter attitudes on public sector unions and state budgets conducted by pollster Douglas E. Schoen.

Special events involving national figures discussing the critical issues concerning the size and scope of state and local budgets and public sector employment across the nation.