NewDEAL Forum Housing Task Force Co-Chairs Phoenix, AZ Vice Mayor Kesha Hodge Washington and LA Sen. Royce Duplessis joined The Rebuildhosts Tahra Hoops and Gary Winslett to discuss the task force’s culminating reporton practical, state and local solutions to America's housing affordability crisis.

The NewDEAL Forum released a new Caring For Families policy memo highlighting challenges and opportunities for state and local leaders to address rising costs associated with health care, childcare, and food insecurity.

The NewDEAL Forum released “Easing the Burden of Rising Energy Costs,”focused on policies state and local elected officials can enact to address steadily rising energy costs around the country. The ideas were largely drawn from conversations that occurred at the 2026 NewDEAL Forum Ideas Summit.

Housing affordability remains one of the most urgent challenges facing Americans. From rural communities to growing metros, hardworking families are feeling the strain of rising rents, higher mortgage payments, and a housing supply that simply has not kept up with demand.

Along with the launch of the Caring for Families Task Force, NewDEAL Forum is also releasing an initial policy memo on Expanding Access to Child Care, outlining actionable lessons for policymakers drawn from sessions at November’s NewDEAL Leaders Conference.

Artificial intelligence is no longer a question of “if” but “how.” The rapid adoption and evolution of AI technology presents extraordinary opportunities to make life better if approached responsibly. Public policymakers have a crucial role to play in establishing privacy, security, and other safeguards to ensure that the benefits of these innovations reach every community.

The NewDEAL Forum’s Housing Policy Group met virtually in July to explore housing affordability, access, and development.

The NewDEAL Forum’s Housing Policy Group met virtually in July to explore housing affordability, access, and development.

In May, elected officials, advocates, and industry-area experts gathered in Atlanta for the annual NewDEAL Forum Ideas Summit. The gathering came less than two months after President Trump signed an executive order seeking to dismantle the Department of Education and participants discussed how to navigate the rapidly changing education landscape while communicating clearly with local schools, parents, and community partners.

At the 2025 Ideas Summit in Atlanta, members of the NewDEAL Forum’s AI Task Force joined experts and policymakers to examine the implications of AI across various sectors, including education, infrastructure, employment, and more.

Elected officials, nonprofit experts, and industry leaders met in Atlanta for the NewDEAL Forum’s annual Ideas Summit, where they discussed a wide range of issues, including at the launch of the NewDEAL Forum’s Housing Task Force.

Following discussions at the 2025 Ideas Summit, the NewDEAL Forum shares insights on America’s clean energy future – from threats to opportunities.

The NewDEAL Forum’s Broadband Task Force is supporting a letter requesting that any BEAD changes be optional rather than mandatory.

In response to a February 2025 request for public comment from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy on the Trump Administration’s AI Action Plan, NewDEAL Forum AI Task Force co-chairs Dorcey Applyrs, Alex Bores, and Matt Mahan submitted the following letter.

A group of elected officials and education experts met in Washington, D.C., at the NewDEAL Leaders 2024 Annual Conference to discuss the data around learning loss as well as pragmatic strategies to move forward.

In January 2025, NewDEAL Forum reached out to five forward-thinking secretaries of state to discuss the lessons learned from the 2024 election, as well as their views on the current state and future of democracy in the United States.

The meteoric rise in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the past few years presents both opportunities and obligations for state and local policymakers.

Over the last four years, an influx of substantial federal funding has created a plethora of opportunities for state and localities to advance an “all of the above” climate strategy.