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For decades, young people chose to move to cities and large metros for greater opportunity. Since the pandemic, that migration has reversed.
Local officials are sorting out the impacts from the approval of 16 propositions. Voters rejected salary increases for councilmembers, tightened term limits and streamlined pathways to sue officials.
The Texas city has just 4 percent of land left to develop, making future development above ground more appealing. The city is considering air taxis, Uber-like gondolas and other aerial solutions to further develop microtransit.
Republican Elijah Haahr, a former speaker of the Missouri House. He was explaining why state voters approved ballot measures to protect abortion rights, raise the minimum wage and guarantee paid sick leave for workers, while also voting by wide margins to elect Republicans who oppose those proposals. Haahr noted that out-of-state progressive groups spent millions of dollars to support the ballot measures. (Missouri Independent — Nov. 7, 2024)
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If it moves on Taiwan, it’s likely that China would try to distract the United States by attacking our water, power and communications systems. It’s already demonstrated those capabilities here, and we need to be better prepared.
Cybersecurity expert Chris Krebs about the integrity of the 2024 election. In an otherwise quiet day, there were roughly 10 bomb threats to polling places from the Russian (.ru) email domain. (NPR - November 6, 2024)
A half-dozen states rejected ranked-choice voting, although Washington, D.C., approved a measure. School choice fared poorly, while increasing criminal penalties proved to be popular.
Oakland voters recalled the mayor and county prosecutor, while Los Angeles voters fired their progressive district attorney. Across the country, several major cities elected new mayors.
Republicans took control of the Michigan House and will share power in the Minnesota House, blocking the home-state agenda of Gov. Tim Walz.
Like some of its Midwestern and Northwestern neighbors, it put the program on a solid fiscal foundation. California and New York show the consequences of failing.
Abortion rights advocates suffered their first post-Dobbs defeats, in Florida and South Dakota, but prevailed in other states.
Republicans have kept their 27-23 advantage, winning the year's most competitive race in New Hampshire.
The governors of Illinois, Maryland, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania have called on an electric grid operator to take “swift action” on record-setting electricity prices during times of high demand.
Some Metropolitan Police officers use Signal, a communication app known for its end-to-end encryption and disappearing messages, which raised concerns about whether the department is in compliance with the state’s public records law.
Misty Jones, director of San Diego’s public library system, who before becoming a librarian worked as both a probation officer and a mental health technician in a psychiatric ward. Like many libraries across the country, San Diego's Central Library has been plagued by overdoses, vandalism, fights and thefts as libraries have become gathering places for people experiencing issues like homelessness, drug dependence and mental illness. (New York Times — Oct. 31, 2024)
At least eight states will elect new governors on Tuesday. The outcome is a foregone conclusion in five, so here are profiles of those incoming freshmen.
After years under progressive measures aimed to reduce incarceration, California, Arizona and Colorado voters will all decide measures aimed at cracking down on crime.
After a decade of increasing popularity among endowment funds and pensions, its use in investment decisions is coming under increasing political attack. Financial analysts — and perhaps AI — may be able to point the way to a safer middle ground.
Chaz Nuttycombe started making election predictions as a kid. He's turned the pursuit into a business that pros rely on.
Arizona is the only state to require all jurisdictions to livestream ballot processing, but there are other places to watch.
Despite the fact that more than 76 million Americans had already voted in this year’s election as of Sunday, a patchwork of vote-counting rules, particularly in battleground states, will likely delay Election Night results.
Under a new executive order by Gov. Greg Abbott, hospitals that participate in Medicaid or the Children’s Health Insurance Program will be required to ask patients to reveal their citizenship status.
Faye Roberts, a Trump supporter from Whitsett, N.C. (Politico — Nov. 2, 2024)
Public service videos featuring election officials and voices from law enforcement and the military stress the importance of secure elections — and that interference will be punished.
Future in Context
Driven by personal experience and an inclusive vision, Patricia Rucker is leading the campaign for universal school choice across her state. An advocate for comprehensive legislation, she supports a range of educational options.
Cities are pulling on a variety of tools to remake post-pandemic downtowns as multipurpose neighborhoods.
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