{"id":798,"date":"2022-11-17T20:03:05","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T04:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ippea\/?page_id=798"},"modified":"2022-12-09T15:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-12-09T23:46:11","slug":"home-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ippea\/home-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-9fa1287e\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-cebd7bc0\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-f5c412ae\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-f5c412ae\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"686\" src=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ippea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/408\/2022\/11\/MGA_Catalyst_Benjamin-Benschneider_05-edited-1024x686.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-780\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ippea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/408\/2022\/11\/MGA_Catalyst_Benjamin-Benschneider_05-edited-1024x686.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ippea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/408\/2022\/11\/MGA_Catalyst_Benjamin-Benschneider_05-edited-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ippea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/408\/2022\/11\/MGA_Catalyst_Benjamin-Benschneider_05-edited-768x514.jpg 768w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ippea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/408\/2022\/11\/MGA_Catalyst_Benjamin-Benschneider_05-edited-1536x1028.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/inside.ewu.edu\/ippea\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/408\/2022\/11\/MGA_Catalyst_Benjamin-Benschneider_05-edited.jpg 1997w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-33c5cbe4\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-33c5cbe4\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"has-ewu-white-color has-text-color wp-block-heading\">The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-ewu-white-color has-text-color\"><\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"gb-container gb-container-7341c8e3\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-wrapper gb-grid-wrapper-32b780d1\">\n<div class=\"gb-grid-column gb-grid-column-457e9010\"><div class=\"gb-container gb-container-457e9010\"><div class=\"gb-inside-container\">\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">About Us<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis is a research institute for applied regional research that provides easily accessible community indicator data. 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