Andy Kim

Recent Articles

• Resident-Supplied Biodiesel Fuels City’s Trash Trucks
• Sep 9, 2010
• Columbia, S.C., is converting residents' used cooking oil, grease and fat into biodiesel to fuel city trash trucks.

• Cleveland Boards Abandoned Houses With Fake Doors, Windows
• Sep 2, 2010
• A program in Cleveland, Ohio, uses plywood – painted to resemble doors and windows – to keep abandoned houses free of vandals and drifters.
• 1 Comments

• Houston Schools to Pay Parents, Students to Help Improve Math Test Scores
• Aug 30, 2010
• The Houston Independent School District will soon hand out cash incentives to parents for being more involved in their child's education.
• 4 Comments

• Waste Carts Know If You're Not Recycling
• Aug 26, 2010
• Trash and recycling carts, embedded with radio frequency ID chips, will keep track of how often residents put their recycling cart out for collection.
• 1 Comments

• Shrink Stomachs to Shrink Budgets?
• Aug 23, 2010
• In hopes of achieving long-term savings on obesity-related health-care costs, South Carolina is going to spend $2.4 million on bariatric surgeries for state workers.
• 3 Comments

• Test-Driving Jobs
• Aug 16, 2010
• A program in New Hampshire allows employers and unemployed workers to test their compatibility with each other before committing to an official job.
• 2 Comments

• School’s Back for Summer
• Aug 9, 2010
• A number of Chicago public schools are adopting an alternative school-year calendar that shortens students' summer breaks.

• Keeping Roads Clear of Deer
• Aug 2, 2010
• Utah's Department of Transportation is implementing a program that uses dual-sensory deterrents to keep deer from wandering onto roads while cars are driving by.
• 1 Comments

• Pension Preparedness
• Jul 30, 2010
• When it comes to retirement systems, levels of funding and liability are all over the map.
• 6 Comments

• Planting Noise-Dampening Walls
• Jul 26, 2010
• As a possible alternative to traditional concrete sound barriers on highways, Ohio will test out the effectiveness of 12-foot-high "green" walls.

• Dumpster Diving
• Jul 19, 2010
• This summer, people in the Big Apple will be diving into Dumpsters – not to rummage through trash, but to escape the summer heat.

• Immigration and the 2011 MLB All-Star Game
• Jul 13, 2010
• Some MLB players and fans opposed to Arizona’s immigration law are protesting against having the 2011 All-Star Game in Phoenix. Come next year, how much will all of this matter?
• 1 Comments

• Late-Night Deliveries Bring Savings
• Jul 12, 2010
• To save money and time, the Big Apple is encouraging delivery companies and businesses to shift their freight deliveries to off-peak hours.

• Using Cash to Not Use Cash
• Jul 8, 2010
• In hopes of eliminating cash payments at toll stations, Florida is letting drivers add funds to prepaid electronic toll-collection accounts with cash. That way, everyone can cruise on through.

• The King Might Leave the Building
• Jul 7, 2010
• If LeBron James decides to suit up for another NBA team, will Cleveland's businesses and economy still "rock"?