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Former Mayor Jenny Durkan’s phone settings were changed in July 2020 to delete texts after 30 days, and some texts with ex-Police Chief Carmen Best were periodically deleted.
An eye doctor from Cheektowaga, N.Y., filed a lawsuit when a cybersecurity company refused to cover his losses after someone hacked into his cryptocurrency account and stole $12 million.
Though the sterilization law was overturned in 1979, it wasn’t until 2014 that prison sterilizations were banned. Now the state is paying reparations to victims in amounts between $10,000 and $25,000.
The communications system will connect police and medical responders directly with teachers, students and other people involved in mass casualty events to reduce confusion and response times.
Dr. Steven Cliff, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s deputy administrator, regarding the decrease in traffic deaths, both involving and not involving alcohol, after the state changed the drunken driving threshold from 0.08 percent to 0.05 percent blood alcohol content. However, critics of the change say that the decrease in traffic deaths has been a national trend and some states saw greater reduction in fatalities without changing their drunken driving threshold. (Associated Press — Feb. 11, 2022)
The number of years since the last time the Western U.S. and Northern Mexico was this dry, according to new research. In A.D. 800, Charlemagne was crowned Emperor of Rome.
In 1963, Sarah Collins lost a sister, three friends and her right eye, when a bomb went off at a church in Birmingham.
There are successful models for leveraging natural systems to improve water quality and supplies, enhance biodiversity and blunt the ravages of wildfires. There’s even something we can learn from beavers.
Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson and the struggle for a more perfect union.
The most affordable homes face the highest risks from disasters for three key reasons.
‘Quiet Title’ laws across the Midwest can disproportionately affect homeowners who don’t speak English, like Natalia Esteban who emigrated from Mexico over 20 years ago.
With students falling behind over months or years of remote learning, online tutoring has become a popular solution, and certain design principles might help make it effective at scale for millions trying to catch up.
Republican lawmakers and business groups argue that the state’s economy is suffering from too many people collecting unemployment benefits instead of working. But the effort could remove a financial safety net.
Health experts say that some of the statements the Florida governor makes about COVID-19 and its vaccines are, sometimes, entirely incorrect, which contributes to the growing number of COVID infections and deaths.
The Bay Area regional transit system is desperately trying to recover from the plummeting ridership numbers caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Officials expect the system’s budget deficit will be $1.2 billion by 2032.
Residents had to fund the legal defense against the civil lawsuit that was filed against Auditor Roger Reynolds for bribery and corruption. Taxpayers will not be responsible for the criminal legal fees.
Erin Willoughby, director of the Clayton Housing Legal Resource Center Atlanta, regarding the Emergency Rental Assistance Program which has paid out tens of billions of dollars to help reduce eviction rates. However, some housing advocates, like Willoughby, believe that to truly reduce eviction rates more affordable housing must be made available. Many landlords have either refused the assistance funds or accepted the money and still required their tenants to move out. (Associated Press — Feb. 11, 2022)
The estimated amount of what taxpayers will have to pay each month for fare-free transit in Tucson, Ariz. Fare-free transit would save the typical transit rider $40 monthly which, some say, could make a significant difference for low-income riders.
America loves its cars and planes, but they are huge contributors of carbon to the atmosphere. What is the cleanest form of transit available?
There are an estimated 7 million Texans across the state without high-speed Internet access, though the number could be much higher. But some hope that the implementation of 5G will help increase connectivity.
A labor union has alleged that its members were harassed, ostracized and deprived of clean restrooms by officials after exposing the city’s illegitimate practices. The city has said it is committed to rooting out corruption.
With a high influx of COVID-related jobless claims, hackers found it easy to scam state unemployment benefit systems. But tracking down the illegitimate payments is a slow and frustrating process.
Hudson, Ohio, Mayor Craig Shubert, regarding his concern that setting up ice shanties for fisherman to keep warm would lead to prostitution. (Raw Story — Feb. 9, 2022)
The amount in grants that would be used to fund legal aid for renters at risk of eviction, according to new legislation proposed by Reps. Ayanna Pressley, Rosa DeLauro and Cori Bush. The bill would also require landlords to inform tenants of their rights and responsibilities and would create a national database to track evictions.
The agency is moving to incorporate mitigation into recovery efforts, with a particular focus on the needs of underserved communities and resilience in the face of climate change.
Half of public-sector workers are considering leaving their jobs. Unions have stepped up their role in retention and recruitment, but the ongoing lack of normalcy remains a serious challenge.
Tesla was just one of 74 companies that either relocated or opened a second headquarters outside of California in 2021, a trend which some economists worry may be the end of the state’s monopoly on the tech sector.
The city’s mayor has announced that three MBTA bus routes will be fare-free starting in March, the first pilot in eliminating fares across the city. The fare-free routes primarily serve low-income individuals and people of color.
The funding would help provide housing, shelter and transitional services to victims of domestic violence and help replenish funds that were depleted due to steep increases in demand during the pandemic.
The Justice Department asked a California attorney to remove tweets she had written that described what she had seen in hearings on controversial immigration policy, raising court transparency and First Amendment concerns.
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