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That's how many U.S. apartment units are owned by private equity firms — about 13 percent of all apartments nationwide — with 57 percent of those acquired since 2018 and nearly half since 2021 ...
Federal prosecutors, describing the stated motivation of Gabriel Mendoza-Acoltzi, 19, of West Valley, Ariz., who is facing federal arson charges after attempting to set fire to a warehouse that Immigration and Customs Enforcement plans to convert into a 1,500-bed detention center. Court documents say Mendoza-Acoltzi drove to the warehouse, tried to cut the building's water supply, smashed a window with a hammer, and tossed a lit propane tank through the opening before the building's fire suppression system extinguished the blaze. (Arizona Mirror)
Nearly a quarter-million Hoosier children can't access the summer programs their parents want for them. The proposed elimination of a key federal funding stream could put 17,000 more kids at risk.
When the Legislature rushed through a criminal justice overhaul in 2024, no one had computed the price tag. Now, researchers predict the state's prison population could double by 2034, requiring an estimated $2 billion in new facilities.
Transit agencies are still sorting out the financial challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In some areas the decline in ridership could be permanent.
As Atlanta’s mayor puts it, a strategy for everything “means you have a strategy of nothing.”
That's how much Tennessee has already committed from its special events fund to lure Super Bowl LXIV to Nashville in 2030, on top of $500 million in direct state funding and a $3.1 billion tax capture arrangement to build the new Nissan Stadium ...
Gloria Caulfield, vice president of strategic alliances at Orlando-based Tavistock, pausing in surprise after her commencement address to the University of Central Florida's College of Arts and Humanities was met with immediate boos when she told graduates that "the rise of artificial intelligence is the next industrial revolution." The incident was one of at least three this spring in which commencement speakers were booed for mentioning AI, including former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, who pressed on over sustained crowd noise at the University of Arizona, acknowledging the response: "I can hear you. There is a fear." (Fast Company)
The former “The Hills” star is using social media savvy and anti-establishment rhetoric to shake up the race.
Washington, D.C.’s enrollment boom has intensified debates over school quality, equity and student outcomes.
Local governments face mounting costs to repair aging pipes, treatment plants and water systems.
The World Cup is expected to draw huge crowds, and it’s up to cities to figure out how to get them to the matches before kickoff.
Teams are worth a lot of money that public universities could use to fund academic priorities. It’s also an opportunity to abandon the myth of the “student-athlete.”
That's the combined shortfall Boston Mayor Michelle Wu asked the City Council to cover this week using emergency reserves on top of the $4.8 billion already allocated for fiscal year 2026 ...
Jimmie Lee, a Jersey City transit advocate and member of Hudson County Complete Streets, addressing NJ TRANSIT's board this week about the agency's notoriously unreliable bus tracking app, which is currently only 75 percent to 80 percent accurate. NJ Transit's board responded by approving a $6.4 million contract to upgrade its GPS bus tracking technology, part of an $18 million effort that also includes new locomotive modems for real-time train tracking, moves required under an executive order from Gov. Mikie Sherrill aimed at improving rider information across the system. (NJ.com)
Supporters say the program could help address rising youth suicide and mental health concerns across the state.
The state says platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket resemble illegal gambling, while federal regulators claim exclusive oversight authority.
Cities and states are struggling to keep up with road repairs as infrastructure costs outpace revenues.
Allen, Texas, put a few videos on its new YouTube channel in 2007 just to see what would happen. Today the channel has a subscriber base few local governments could match.
State policies that can unlock the affordability of home electrification, rooftop solar and battery storage could save families significant money while giving them a direct stake in the next energy economy.
People’s perceptions of whether crime is rising and how safe they feel may be influenced by their financial outlook, neighborhood demographics and other factors, according to a recent report.
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the location of the first city-run grocery store in the United States, a 20,000-square-foot market slated to open next year in Hunts Point, the Bronx ...
Carolyn Kust, an American Red Cross account manager who oversees blood drives across Oregon, describing why Latino donors, who are more likely than white donors to have Type O blood, the type doctors reach for first in emergencies, have been staying away from donation sites amid fears that giving blood could expose them to immigration enforcement. Kust said Oregon's blood supply is running dangerously thin as a result, noting that the Red Cross typically keeps only about a two-day supply on its shelves and that a single trauma patient can require 50 or more units of blood, while a typical regional blood drive brings in just 30. (OregonLive)
Camp operators say costly state regulations enacted after deadly floods are threatening their ability to operate.
More than 100 districts have lost students, with some seeing enrollment fall by as much as 40 percent.
A new report says transparency issues are complicating efforts to manage growing AI-related resource demands.
There are efforts at the state level to curtail it, but it’s not going away.
They say they’re tightening their belts. But survey optimism and budget balance tell you little about longer-term structural fiscal health.
That's the share of Americans who think artificial intelligence will have a positive effect on the country over the next decade, with more than twice as many expecting negative results ...
Larry Hogan, the two-term former Republican governor of Maryland who sought an open U.S. Senate seat in 2024 and lost to Democrat Angela Alsobrooks by nearly 12 percentage points. Vowing to never run for office again, Hogan is instead launching the nonpartisan Hogan Institute at a small liberal arts college on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, saying he’s focused on teaching leadership skills to undergraduates who he hopes can fix a “broken” two-party system. (Washington Post)
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