Mike Maciag

Policy research + data journalism. Past: @Governing, @GoErie, @ajc, @SunSentinel. Views are my own. Email: mike.maciag at gmail

[Alan Greenblatt @AlanGreenblatt]

In January, more than 80% of Americans will live in states with governments entirely controlled by one of the two major parties https://t.co/ok7vDrIJ03

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

@BridgetCarey Nicely done! And good job incorporating the bike rack

[@Steven Ruggles @HistDem]

Announcing a new @IPUMS tool for variable search across all microdata collections!
Look for "DISCOVER IPUMS VARIBLES" in the SUPPORT category on the left menu of any IPUMS splash page.
Here is a search for the term "mortgage." 1/

[ScienceInsider @ScienceInsider]

BREAKING: White House issues new policy that will require, by 2026, all federally-funded research results to be freely available to public without delay, ending longstanding ability of journals to paywall results for up to 1 year. Coverage coming on @ScienceInsider.

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

@danvock These are great for practicing: https://t.co/QAkbUjnagV

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

@cbgoodman A lot of this has to do w/ the availability of data. Florida has what many consider to be the best state open records law in the country. NY and CA also publish a ton of data. Not the case for Texas, though.

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

Long COVID likely contributing to lower labor force participation. Interesting new @federalreserve report: https://t.co/0tXQXuGjIk

[David Clinch @DavidClinchNews]

Choose your own adventure

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

Job openings for state and #localgov are still very high, although the rate for education jobs dipped in June

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

Here's a fascinating look at driving around DC and Arlington in the 1940s https://t.co/WfeJgzNoV1

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

@danvock Lots of good details in that GAO report. They have state level data in the appendix.

[James Medlock @jdcmedlock]

NBER should declare that the economy is “pretty weird” right now

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

This is really well done. So much great journalism has largely been lost as news orgs haven't digitized all of their archives

[Clint Smith @ClintSmithIII]

Take a look for yourself. Shout out to the entire team who made this happen.

https://t.co/TtEhv09bzj

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

If you see any national crime stats cited for last year, take them with a grain of salt. Really good @MarshallProj summary here of some of the data reliability issues https://t.co/kRo8v3VbO8

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

@andrewvandam Look forward to reading your work. You'll certainty never run out of ideas!

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

@BridgetCarey Ugh, sorry to hear.

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

Losses since before the pandemic began are likely greater than this chart showing changes since 2019. Census uses March as the reference month, so March 2020 data (not shown) likely reflect some temporary cuts. (2/2)

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

Some areas of government have incurred much larger job losses than others. Data released last month from the #Census Annual Survey of Public Employment & Payroll provide what's likely the most detailed national snapshot so far. (1/2)

[Mike Maciag @mikemaciag]

Americans view state and local governments slightly less favorably than nearly 3 years ago. Still better than the federal government, though. More from new @pewresearch poll https://t.co/cyu7mDF3NH