• Free Phones for Paratransit Passengers
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   September 27, 2009
• Paratransit passengers in Delaware took over 850,000 rides on DART (the state's transit system) in FY 2008. Many of these riders cannot afford the costs of a...

• Cameras to Keep Track of Visitors
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   September 24, 2009
• Cameras are everywhere these days. There are red light cameras, speed cameras, parking enforcement cameras, survellience cameras and now, there are cameras that capture the...

• Trading Tourism Tips and Ad Space
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   September 21, 2009
• New York City and London receive a glut of visitors from the other's country. Last year, over 1.3 million U.K. travelers visited New York City....

• Satellites Track Water Consumption
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   September 17, 2009
• In the American West, where precipitation is scarce and agriculture is a major industry, water management is a big deal. Trying to track who uses...
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• Mediating Ike
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   September 14, 2009
• One year ago, Hurricane Ike hit the Texas coast, damaging homes and pushing homeowners to file claims with insurance companies. But filing claims also comes...

• Teaching 9/11
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   September 10, 2009
• It has been eight years since the September 11 terrorist attacks, and many of the students entering middle and high school were too young to have...
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• Roving Produce Trucks Hit Detroit Streets
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   September 3, 2009
• Detroit neighborhoods are dominated by liquor stores and corner markets that carry few, if any, fresh fruits and vegetables. This lack of fresh food is...

• Tweaking Tabs on License Plates
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   August 31, 2009
• In St. Louis, a common problem for motorists and law enforcement is the theft of license plate tabs. In the past, the state of Missouri...

• Pooling Energy Buying Power
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   August 27, 2009
• With energy costs still reasonable, now more than ever is the time to lock in prices. An innovative program in Boston helps small businesses do...

• A Teacher's Idea Puts Administrators in the Classroom
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   August 23, 2009
• Broward County Public Schools started school this week, and some surprising figures are expected to take their turn at the chalkboard. This year, administrators that...

• Small Loans for State Employees
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   August 20, 2009
• Hoping to avert the dangers of predatory lending and improve its workers' financial fitness, Virginia is giving its employees access to small, emergency loans. The...

• More Envelopes for Unused Meds
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   August 17, 2009
• GOVERNING recognized Maine's Safe Medicine Disposal for ME Program as a way for the state to prevent unused medications from entering the water supply or...

• A Civic Guard For Disaster Relief
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   August 13, 2009
• When Hurricane Isabel struck Maryland in 2003, Duck tour boats were used to evacuate residents from flooded coastal areas. In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, Wal-Mart...

• Pinpointing Billboards
• BY: Tina Trenkner   |   August 10, 2009
• Thousands of billboards stand amidst Colorado's landscapes. Ensuring that these billboards comply with...

• Bringing Broadband to Rural America
• BY: Elizabeth Daigneau   |   August 6, 2009
• Some 40 percent of U.S. households currently are without broadband access. That rate rises to 60 percent among low-income and rural sectors of the population. For...

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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