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The number of San Francisco school board members that have been recalled, for what critics say are misplaced priorities and putting progressive politics over the needs of children during the pandemic. Tuesday’s special election was the first recall in the city since 1983, when the city failed to remove then-Mayor Dianne Feinstein.
The pandemic has presented counties with a big bill in terms of dealing with health costs, including mental health. Their workforces are strained, but luckily there’s plenty of money on tap from Washington.
Police officials claim the seizures and forfeitures are used to take down drug and criminal networks, but critics say the laws disproportionately impact poor people and make it too easy for property to be taken without evidence.
Whatcom County, Wash., officials are rethinking their urban future as population increases and climate change strains public infrastructure and prevents development into rural areas.
A majority of voters believe the state is headed in the wrong direction and are concerned about rising crime rates and the homelessness crisis. Newsom is up for re-election in the Nov. 2022 midterms.
There were 1,862 data breaches, exposures and leaks impacting 294 million people in 2021, 23.6 percent higher than the previous record of 1,506 set in 2017. Eighty-three percent of the compromises involved sensitive personal data.
Louisville mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg, commenting on his being nearly shot in his campaign headquarters. Greenberg was allegedly shot at by Quintez Brown, a candidate for Louisville’s metro council, who is charged with attempted murder and four counts of wanton endangerment. (Associated Press — Feb. 15, 2022)
The number of states that have proposed legislation that would restrict a medical board’s authority to discipline doctors for their advice on COVID-19.
The new normal is hard to predict. The economic picture is mixed while downtowns remain under peril.
The federal Emergency Broadband Benefit was supposed to help connect the unconnected. A new study shows that the program didn't achieve this goal, but local areas can help increase program participation.
To combat inflation, the central bank will be raising interest rates and shedding a big chunk of its $8 trillion bond portfolio. Its actions will ripple through the world of state and local finance.
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?
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