• Mix Sugar Beet Molasses and Salt Brine, Sprinkle Over Roads.
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   November 23, 2009
• Many roadway authorities are looking for ways to cut down on the costs to prepare and clear lanes during winter storms. Last week's Idea Center...
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• High-Tech Snow Removal
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   November 19, 2009
• Coming off two of the harshest and most costly winters in Chicago's history, the Chicago Department of Streets and Sanitation is looking to avoid budget-busting...

• Gifts that Give Back to the State
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   November 16, 2009
• Washington State is looking to narrow its budget gap and one way the state is trying to do so can be seen at malls this...

• Hand-Washing Spies
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   November 12, 2009
• Hospital-acquired infections are among the leading causes of preventable death in the U.S., accounting for 1.7 million infections annually; 100,000 deaths and $30 billion in additional health...

• Checking Newborns for Health Care
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   November 9, 2009
• A recent New Jersey mandate requires all children to have health insurance. Hospitals statewide are encouraged to enroll uninsured newborns in the state's free or...

• Employing the Fun Theory
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   November 5, 2009
• Admittedly, this is a public relations initiative by Volkswagen, but the Web site, Thefuntheory.com, has a lot of potential ideas for state and local...

• Tracking Ballots via E-mails and Texts
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   November 2, 2009
• This year, the city and county of Denver sent out 344,000 ballots for a mail-only election on school board representatives and an auto impound ordinance. To...

• Thinking in Pictures
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   October 29, 2009
• When it comes to progress in math proficiency, U.S. fourth-graders made no improvement in 2008. Not so in Orange County, California. Officials there think they've...

• Cutting Consumption at the Citywide Yard Sale
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   October 26, 2009
• Photo courtesy of C-Ali, under a Creative Commons license. This past June, Palo Alto, California, hosted its first citywide yard sale, designating a day when...

• Mayors on Playgrounds
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   October 22, 2009
• St. Petersburg, Florida Mayor Rick Baker was one of the mayors that nonprofit KaBOOM! recognized for creating and updating city playgrounds. Photo courtesy of KaBOOM!...

• One Town's Goal: Add More Years to Lives
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   October 18, 2009
• There are a few places that are recognized as "blue zones" for having a large number of centenarians -- among them Okinawa, Sardinia, and Loma...

• Tweet Advisory
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   October 15, 2009
• Need real-time road updates? Unsure if you should boil water -- just to be safe? Check the news, but you may want to check Twitter...

• Green Certification for Tourism
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   October 7, 2009
• The next time you visit Montauk, New York City or the Finger Lakes, it may be easier to dine or sleep greener. Within the last...

• Economic Competitiveness Teams in Louisiana
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   October 5, 2009
• In 2008, Louisiana was ranked #22 in Site Selection magazine's Top State Business Climate Rankings, a huge jump from being unranked in 2007. To help strengthen municipalities' ability...

• Green Economies State-by-State
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   October 1, 2009
• Many economists say that there could be a jobless recovery in the next few years, but development of green economies in the states could create...

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