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Lab Established at the Bloomberg Center for Cities</span></span> </div> </article> <article class="card2 carousel1-entry" hovercatch> <a href="https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policy-topics/cities-communities/phillip-jones-mppmba-2021-innovating-city-hall" class="overlink1 card2-link -as:1" hoverwatch target="_blank"><span invisible><span class="-a:1 -as:2">Program for New Mayors: Learning to Innovate in Newport News City Hall</span></span></a> <figure class="img1 card2-image -rounded -z1" style="--rl: 1.25; --w: 400;"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://cities.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/11.30.22-Program-for-New-Mayors191-scaled-e1725050446888-1500x1063.jpg" alt="Newport News mayor Philip Jones and others in the Harvard classroom" data-srcset="https://cities.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/11.30.22-Program-for-New-Mayors191-scaled-e1725050446888-1500x1063.jpg 1500w, 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400;"> <img class="lazyload" data-src="https://cities.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TPL-annual-report-2024-1500x990.png" alt="woman bus driver" data-srcset="https://cities.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TPL-annual-report-2024-1500x990.png 1500w, https://cities.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TPL-annual-report-2024-1000x660.png 1000w" data-sizes="auto" /> <i class="loader1 "></i> <noscript><img src="https://cities.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/TPL-annual-report-2024-1500x990.png" alt="woman bus driver"></noscript> </figure> <div class="card2-main"> <span class="insert1-title -t:5"><span class="-a:1 -as:2">The People Lab Publishes 2024 Annual Report</span></span> </div> </article> <article class="card2 carousel1-entry" hovercatch> <a href="https://cities.harvard.edu/news/bloomberg-harvard-city-leadership-initiative-announces-eighth-class-of-mayors/" class="overlink1 card2-link -as:1" hoverwatch target="_self"><span invisible><span class="-a:1 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