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New research calls into question the efficacy of America’s largest affordable housing program. Among working-class families, one in four renter households paid over half their income in rent in 2017.
Community and technical colleges are particularly well-suited to partnering with governments to bring broadband and digital literacy to underserved urban and rural communities.
The Biden administration’s new budget proposes to increase federal spending. While little is specifically geared toward school technology, some funds could help close the digital divide and bolster mental health services.
Severe flooding two years ago inspired some in northwest Missouri to build back differently.
The Supreme Court recently dealt defeat to Florida in its 20-year legal battle with Georgia over river water. Other interstate water contests loom, but there are no sure winners in these lawsuits.
As Congress debates the massive investment in American infrastructure, President Biden announces the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Afghanistan.
Florida’s proposed election reform bill has been watered down after pushback from voting rights groups, but there are many county election officials who oppose the changes and wonder why changes are necessary at all.
Several Congressional lawmakers are lobbying to secure funding for a high-speed train that would travel from Boston to New York City in 100 minutes or less, as well as other rail improvements.
Mayor London Breed announced that the city will aim to be carbon neutral by 2045 and the municipal electric program CleanPowerSF will provide carbon-free electricity by 2025, both are five years earlier than previously outlined.
Two federal departments are dropping Trump-era mandates which restricted states’ abilities to set their own vehicle emission standards. It is expected California will again lead the charge against climate pollution.
Gov. Kristi Noem has signed an executive order that preemptively bans any federally-mandated vaccine passports within the state. The Biden administration has said it would not implement such a system.
Advocates for disadvantaged communities want lawmakers to increase spending on transit projects in areas where driving alternatives are scarce. Paying for the proposals would require increases in taxes and fees.
While the plunge in ridership has left some wondering if commuter rail is dying, others see a rare opportunity to reinvent the suburb-to-city service into something very different. But it won’t be cheap or easy.
State lawmakers will begin using the latest census data to redraw legislative and congressional district lines in an attempt to help the majority party maintain control. New district lines will be used in 2022.
A small company in Franklinton is trying to convert old tires into oil, syngas and other commodities that could be used to power a variety of things. The company’s first aim is to use it to mine cryptocurrencies.
From 2010 to 2018, Black and Latino people accounted for 7 and 47 percent, respectively, of jail bookings in Orange County, despite being just 2 and 35 percent of the county’s population.
State Sen. Mona Das has proposed a bill that would increase the requirements of post-consumer-use recycled contents, limit the use of plastic utensils and straws and ban the use of plastic foam.
Many of them are more interested in pandering to hungry corporations than they are in making investments in their citizens.
While conservatives favor blunt language, progressives are more attuned to its potential harm, sometimes to the point of denying words their simple meaning.
An unexpected resignation has forced the Pennsylvania city to fill two IT department lead positions. The city has enacted an emergency declaration to contract directly with Bedrock Technology, which will cover IT services in the meantime.
The pandemic put thousands of employees out of work, but Amazon doubled its workforce in California’s capital city to accommodate increased delivery demands. It is now the fourth leading nongovernment employer in the area.
To maintain the revenue from the gas tax even as vehicles transition away from gasoline, a bill would require fuel-efficient vehicles to pay a fee for every mile they drive starting in 2026.
Lawmakers expected to have to make drastic cuts and enact furloughs when the session began in January. But with the $1.35 billion bailout from federal relief funds, the Legislature could approve the $31.2 billion budget.
Jessica Benham has faced disadvantages that would keep most people out of politics. She hasn’t let that stop her from getting elected to the state Legislature.
The Internet law may be the first of its kind and aims to connect the 40 percent of households that have incomes of less than $30,000 a year and the 34 percent of Black households that don’t have Internet at home.
The bill would allow consumers to sue big companies for data privacy violations and has received bipartisan support. Big businesses are those with at least $50 million in revenue and collect data from more than 50,000 residents.
Democratic and Republican states have sparred over COVID-19 regulations since the pandemic began more than a year ago. But the state competitions overshadow the fact that the nation, overall, should have fared better.
The role of Asian citizens in politics and public life is a story that will surprise a good many Americans.
The coronavirus pandemic and the 2020 elections have increased the number of states preempting local laws and ordinances, especially where cities and states were run by different political parties.
A report from WalletHub ranked the diversity of 501 cities using 13 different metrics. Houston, Texas, was the most diverse while Provo, Utah, was the least.
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