• Solving Two Problems with One Program
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   May 6, 2010
• A partnership in Maine could help repair homes and provide disadvantaged workers with career training.

• Cloud-Computing Goes to School
• BY: Andy Kim   |   May 3, 2010
• Oregon's K-12 classrooms now have access to Google's cloud-computing system.

• Groceries at the Library
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   April 29, 2010
• Libraries are evolving to offer a wider variety of services, including grocery ordering and pick up.

• Help From Above
• BY: Andy Kim   |   April 26, 2010
• The days of 911 operators only knowing callers' street location are over. They now visually inspect the area of an inbound caller's location through 3-D-like images.

• Safeguarding Delivery Workers
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   April 22, 2010
• Restaurant delivery workers have a potentially dangerous job, often traveling by themselves, sometimes late at night. In New York City, there have been reports of...

• Converting Pig Poo to Crude Oil
• BY: Andy Kim   |   April 19, 2010
• What can pig poo do? Apparently, it can be turned into one of the nation's biggest imports: crude oil. At the University of Illinois in...

• Searching for Cybersecurity Talent
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   April 15, 2010
• The Obama Administration says that an unsecure digital infrastructure vulnerable to cyberattacks could pose big problems for the country's national security. To recruit individuals with...

• Using GPS to Fight Domestic Violence
• BY: Andy Kim   |   April 12, 2010
• Earlier this month, Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell announced that the state will launch a pilot program, using GPS monitors to track the movement of...
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• Blowing Up Bridges?
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   April 8, 2010
• If your county needs to demolish a major structure but doesn't have the funds to do so, where can commissioners turn? One Pinellas County, Florida...

• Green Energy Illuminates Streets
• BY: Andy Kim   |   April 5, 2010
• A hybrid-powered streetlight system, the first of its kind in a residential community, was recently installed in a Downers Grove, Illinois neighborhood. The 25 streetlights are...

• Judges and Truancy Teams
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   April 1, 2010
• Truancy, or unexcused absences from school, can be an early indicator of potential troubling behaviors. In Maryland, truants at select schools may be able to...

• Ads on School Buses?
• BY: Andy Kim   |   March 29, 2010
• In this current state of the economy, school districts across the country are trying to offset budget cuts by generating new streams of revenue. A...

• Streets Become Seats
• BY: Andy Kim   |   March 25, 2010
• Akin to many other large U.S. cities, streets and public rights-of-way take up about one-fourth of San Francisco's land area. As part of a...

• Property Blitz
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   March 22, 2010
• Selling any kind of property in this economic climate is a challenge. That's why a recent property sales blitz by Missouri's Department of Transportation is...

• The Librarian Social Worker
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   March 18, 2010
• Public libraries have long been a daytime sanctuary for the homeless. Now, they're starting to see even more of the down-and-out among the bookshelves. As...
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Columns

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• A Third Way for Public Pensions: Adjustable Pension Plans
• Defined-benefit plans put all the risk on states and localities; defined-contribution plans put it all on employees. Now there's a new approach to risk sharing.
• BY: Penelope Lemov | May 16, 2013

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• Bike Lane Battles Heat Up
• Cities like San Francisco and Chicago are running into resistance from drivers as they try to meet demand for more bike lanes.
• BY: Tod Newcombe | May 15, 2013