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The approximate number of voters across 43 states who have switched to the Republican Party...
Continuing our coverage of how large city transit systems are faring fiscally since the pandemic, we take a look at Philadelphia, New York City and Chicago.
The pandemic brought the weaknesses of public health data systems into plain view. A new survey of public health officials finds that fixing this is a top priority. But high costs and politics remain a problem.
Assessing a terribly broken system, a veteran analyst details the conflicting dynamics and possible solutions to America's illegal immigration dilemma.
The theme of independence has recurred throughout the history of Texas, which was a republic from 1836–45. But the Civil War established that a state cannot secede.
The U.S. National Bridge Inventory maps the location and other details of all bridges in the nation 100 years old or older. The interactive map offers data around the age of the bridge, its condition and daily traffic.
The road map for a more sustainable future that meets the President's ambitious climate goals and dramatically reduces carbon emissions starts with clean energy and fossil-fuel-free transportation.
Just as the court issued a ruling that would allow more people to carry guns in public, state lawmakers have made several proposals to tighten the state’s gun laws. But two of the biggest ones seem unlikely to advance.
The e-commerce company has struggled throughout the pandemic with building too many warehouses and not having enough workers to staff them. But a 3.8-million-square-foot expansion in upstate New York has hired 1,500 full-time workers.
From 2000 to 2019, the Maine city’s pay gap between men and women shrank 21 percent and in 2019 women made 91 percent of what their male counterparts earned, 9 percentage points above the national average.
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland, regarding the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. Garland said the Justice Department will work to protect reproductive freedoms and “will not waver from this Department’s founding responsibility to protect the civil rights of all Americans.” (NPR — June 24, 2022)
The amount that Amazon will provide to minority-led organizations to build or preserve affordable housing units in Seattle. The funds come from...
The Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade sends the abortion question back to the states. Additional red states are expected to join those with suddenly relevant bans on the books.
While a handful of the largest agencies have funding sources that don’t make the future immediately dire, others are looking at hard decisions next year as city transit ridership remains depressed, cutting into revenue streams.
Gentrification’s pressure on homeownership is threatening a rich history and culture while worsening the racial wealth gap. There are some steps governments should take to preserve as much of it as we can.
Texas Republicans aren't pulling any punches, South Dakota attorney general Jason Ravnsborg is impeached and Washington, D.C., mayor Muriel Bowser nearly guarantees that she'll win a third term in the fall.
The state’s candidates for governor are addressing jobs, transportation, education and small businesses, but some voters feel they avoid talking about the most-pressing issues, like inflation or the cost of living.
Several democratic local officials from the region have said that they won’t vote for Gov. Kathy Hochul if she doesn’t crack down on crypto mining operations across the state, for fear of the industry’s environmental impacts.
Despite input from two advisory groups, the state’s Gulf Coast Restoration Fund is failing to meet any conventional measure of success for an economic development program funded by the money BP paid following its massive 2010 oil spill.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, responding to the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a state law that restricted who could obtain a conceal-carry permit based upon proper cause. The court said the law conflicts with the Second Amendment. The law has been in place since 1913. (Associated Press — June 23, 2022)
The number of confirmed monkeypox cases in the U.S. The Biden administration has started shipping...
By most reckonings, tiny schools should be gone by now. But a few of them are hanging on in a state where the rural population has been declining for decades.
By making producers responsible for the recycling of their products, Colorado is showing the way toward improving recycling rates, reducing unnecessary packaging and lightening the burden on local governments.
The May primary saw the highest voter turnout in the last 25 years and many experts are using the numbers to gauge how the parties are growing, especially around the increasing urban-suburban-rural divide.
The City Council Finance Committee voted to increase the speeding ticket threshold for automated speed cameras to 10 miles per hour above the limit. Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls the move “unconscionable.”
South Dakota Sen. Tim Johns, regarding the successful impeachment of state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg after Ravnsborg struck and killed a pedestrian while he was driving in September 2020. The state Senate voted 24-9 and 31-2 in favor of both articles of impeachment against the attorney general; Johns voted against both articles of impeachment. Ravnsborg is the first statewide official to be impeached, removed from office and barred from ever again holding an office in the state. (NPR — June 22, 2022)
The amount that Brooklyn Center, Minn., has agreed to pay in settlement to the family of Daunte Wright...
In response to the pandemic, leading experts are calling for a reassessment of public health efforts. More money is only part of the solution.
Clerks have stolen an estimated $1.7 million from 17 towns in the past decade, according to audit reports and restitution orders. And the problem could be worse: 158 towns have gone more than 20 years without a full financial audit.
Corporate investment can be an economic boon to low-income communities. It can also be a cultural threat.
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