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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.
Government organizations should proactively support and lead with good cybersecurity practices, and they can help the public by spreading the word about how to spot dangerous lies.
When presidents take the oath of office, they are expected to protect America against attack. But what about pandemics and economic depressions? Here’s a brief history of how presidents have handled different threats.
C-SPAN and its state-level equivalents have been around for decades, quietly transmitting the minutia of government. But with statehouses still in lockdown, public affairs television is more significant than ever.
Millions of worn-out K-12 educators and workers are wondering if their compensation is enough to justify the risk they are taking to teach kids during the pandemic. Vaccines will help, but it may not be enough.
New York State Assemblymember Yuh-Line Niou, regarding the apology that Gov. Andrew Cuomo provided in response to three allegations of sexual harassment. (Associated Press — March 2, 2021)
The proportional revenue increase Zoom experienced last year as opposed to the year prior. In just the fourth quarter, the video communication company experienced a revenue increase of $882.5 million.
While officials hope to see 940,000 EVs on roads by 2030, it is estimated that 1 million drivers will need to switch to EVs to achieve the state’s greenhouse reduction goals. Currently there are 33,654 EVs on Colorado’s roads.
Many COVID vaccine websites across the nation violate disability rights laws, blocking blind people from signing up or receiving information. In at least seven states, blind residents were unable to register without assistance.
State legislatures and Congress are ill-suited — and too partisan — for the task of weighing evidence when elections are contested. Judicial supervision of these disputes is the norm in most democracies.
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