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The Colorado city has stated that “all options are currently on the table” to complete the long-awaited transit service from Boulder County. Officials claim the rail line proposed on the 2004 ballot is taking too long.
In both public and private organizations, chief information security officers have shorter tenures than CIOs. Why do cybersecurity heads so quickly leave jobs — or get forced out?
New Jersey is spending $190 million to revitalize Newark’s historic art deco Penn Station. One of the busiest transit hubs in the country will be restored after nearly 90 years of service.
The American Society of Civil Engineers gave our airports, roads, bridges and drinking water a C- in its latest report card, calling it a modest improvement. But the bill on progress is a long way from being paid off.
Former Stockton, Calif., Mayor Michael Tubbs, regarding the Stockton Economic Empowerment Demonstration (SEED) program, which gave randomly selected residents $500 a month for two years without any contingencies, and the benefits that the program produced over those two years. An independent study of the program found the participants were mostly spending the money on basic needs, which improved the participants’ financial, physical and emotional health. (NPR — March 4, 2021)
The proportion of parents who are “worried that my child will be behind when the pandemic is over,” according to a recent poll. Many parents worry their child is missing out on the non-academic aspects that school teaches, with one-quarter of parents concerned that their child is falling behind in “time management” and 22 percent of parents concerned about their child’s socialization and communication skills.
York, Pa., officials are looking to implement a video surveillance network to help bring down crime rates, but critics argue the technology would negatively impact minority communities.
As the Biden administration works to approve another relief funds package to states, some officials are split over whether the money is really needed. Democrats welcome the support while Republicans say it's unnecessary.
Some state residents waited for six hours to speak to someone regarding their unemployment payments, which hadn’t arrived months after filing. Hold time has since decreased, but many still await their payments.
After blackouts from wildfires and freezes, renewable energy advocates are pushing strongly to switch power generation away from natural gas and to better prepare for extreme weather events.
As represented by statues and school names, American history has long overlooked the flaws of mostly dead white males. Taking down their monuments risks a different kind of simplification.
It's true that some cities have been losing population, but it's not because of a mass exodus to escape the coronavirus. Don't look for a lot of moving vans heading from Brooklyn to Mayberry.
Rather than end our 'uncivil war,' our efforts to find a shared American identity have left us more divided than ever. In the search for unity, we should look to a revived focus on local identity.
The homeless suffer from mental illness at far higher rates than the general population. Too often, we put them in jail, which just makes things worse. We need to start with criminal justice reform.
Alisha Zucker, a recently laid-off executive editor with more than 10 years of educational publishing experience, regarding her decision to avoid discussing the fact that she’s a mother in job interviews. Working women are being impacted more significantly than men during the pandemic; more than 2.5 million women have left the workforce between February 2020 and January 2021 as compared to only 1.8 million men. (Reuters — March 4, 2021)
The number of Amazon delivery stations, totalling more than 1 million square feet, that have been added to New York City during the COVID-19 pandemic, as online purchases have increased to avoid in-person shopping. With the addition of the nine, Amazon now has at least 12 warehouses in New York City and an additional two dozen more in neighboring suburbs.
The Massachusetts city’s police department agreed to using ShotSpotter, a predictive policing program, weeks before it was discussed by the City Council, which still hasn’t decided on implementing the software tool.
Whether or not Gov. Ivey drops the state’s mask mandate, many national retail chains and federal buildings will keep mask requirements. Additionally, Biden’s executive order requires them in airports and public transit.
A new law provides temporary relief to residents who received extremely high bills for natural gas use during the February cold front. Officials are investigating the price spike with concerns about price gouging.
On Capitol Hill, the House has passed a bill that would establish nationwide standards for federal elections to counter more restrictive voting legislation introduced by Republicans across the nation.
The pandemic has devastated small businesses that employ millions of Americans. Public officials can tap the expertise of strategic partners to give these companies a chance to survive — and thrive.
The preparations for President Biden’s as-yet-unscheduled State of the Union address are haunted by a 400-year-old conspiracy to decapitate the British government. What can we learn from the Gunpowder Plot?
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States and cities are retraining technology teams for the post-pandemic environment.
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Governments are planning for seismic changes in the way employees do their jobs.
Former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions, regarding President Trump’s border strategy which resulted in thousands of children being separated from their parents. There are still ongoing efforts to reunite more than 500 children with their parents. (Reuters — March 3, 2021)
The estimated amount that it would cost the U.S. to repair its roads, bridges and airports to a safe and sustainable level over the next decade, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. The ASCE gave America a C- on its infrastructure score, only a slight improvement from the D+ it received in 2017.
California’s Future of Work Commission issued a report on how the state can eliminate work poverty through programs that guarantee work opportunities and a million new jobs in clean energy.
While some states want to prohibit the use of natural gas to curb the impact of climate change, Indiana lawmakers have proposed a precautionary bill that would prevent any specific fuel-source ban.
State legislators are developing a plan to spend the state’s nearly $4.2 billion in federal COVID-19 funding while stripping emergency powers from Gov. Whitmer and the health department’s director.
A study found that businesses in majority white areas received more money from the Paycheck Protection Program than those in mostly Latino areas, only exacerbating California’s racial and financial disparities.
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