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Geologist Kurt Goebel, describing the transformation of a polluted former rail yard in Las Vegas. The city turned a contaminated Symphony Park site — once plagued by petroleum and arsenic pollution from a former Union Pacific rail yard — into one of downtown Las Vegas’ signature redevelopment successes. Backed by millions in Environmental Protection Agency funding and private investment, the area now includes cultural institutions, housing, retail and medical facilities, serving as a national example of brownfield revitalization. (Las Vegas Review Journal)
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Former Congressman and retired King County Sheriff Dave Reichert, reacting to a new Washington state law that would sweep nearly $4 billion in surplus funds from a pension account held by about 5,900 retired police officers and firefighters to help cover the state's budget shortfall. Reichert, who lost the 2024 governor's race to the same governor who signed the bill, is a lead plaintiff in a federal lawsuit filed April 30 arguing the move is unconstitutional and leaves retirees' benefits dangerously exposed to market risk. (Washington State Standard)
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Phil Koopman, a Carnegie Mellon University professor emeritus who studies autonomous-vehicle technology, after the California Department of Motor Vehicles introduced regulations allowing police to issue “noncompliance” notices instead of fines when autonomous vehicles break traffic laws — a move critics say lacks real consequences, even as it gives the state a new way to track violations. (SiliconValley.com)
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Gina McKnight-Smith, a pharmacist and entrepreneur, discussing a grassroots redevelopment effort in Baltimore. Along with fellow Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority members, she is focusing on West Baltimore neighborhoods where many of them grew up or still have family ties, aiming to reverse decades of disinvestment marked by high vacancy rates and population decline. Through their group, they are buying and restoring abandoned homes to stabilize blocks, attract residents and rebuild community wealth from within. (The Baltimore Sun)
