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Jonathan Daniels, an experienced crisis manager, is getting Baltimore’s port back in business.
Lawmakers are proposing hundreds of measures to micromanage and control this emergent technology. A complicated regulatory framework could devastate America’s technology businesses and global competitiveness.
Nonprofit service providers publish plenty of metrics about their activities, but too often they don’t reflect actual success in reducing homelessness. Measuring impact would help them do more good.
The state’s primary elections were originally scheduled for Aug. 6 but were moved up a week as part of a law signed earlier this year. Voters will decide seats in the state Senate, House and a couple battleground districts.
The Chicago mayor has raised $2.6 million since his election in April 2023. Nearly half of those funds come from unions. Another large check was from Grammy-winning rapper Lil Durk.
Michigan’s Homeowners’ Energy Policy Act will take effect in October and will prevent HOAs from blocking the installation of a wide range of energy-efficient measures at their homes. Residents of mobile home communities might be next.
Ohio Supreme Court Justice Michael P. Donnelly in his recent dissent, after the state Supreme Court decided that “boneless” referred to a cooking style, rather than a true guarantee, after Michael Berkheimer, a patron at Wings on Brookwood, a chicken wing restaurant in Hamilton, sued the restaurant and its suppliers after ingesting a chicken bone. The one-and-three-eighths-inch bone tore Berkheimer’s esophagus and resulted in two surgeries. Berkheimer claimed the restaurant and the supplier were negligent for failing to warn him that “boneless” wings could contain bones. The court dismissed Berkheimer’s suit with a 4-3 verdict. (NPR — July 25, 2024)
Back to back earthquakes in the presidential race are likely to have spillover effects in state and local politics. Plus, New Jersey loses a senator and total recall in the Bay Area.
There are lawmakers who want to support news coverage but the market is not kind.
In 1976, Coloradans dismantled Denver’s Olympic torch before it could be lit. With the 2024 Summer Olympic Games now underway in Paris, it seems like a top-of-mind moment to revisit a hard lesson in the complex politics of growth.
They need meaningful, continuing relationships to carry them into adulthood. But the child welfare system isn’t set up to provide that.
Mark Twain famous aphorism, “History doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” reminds us that while exact circumstances may be unique, patterns do in fact repeat. That is true meteorologically this year as the U.S. navigates through another summer of extreme weather.
As he approaches the end of his mayorship, Francis Suarez seems to be laying the groundwork for his next political office. Yet it is uncertain if Suarez has enough political pull for a statewide office, despite his strong local support.
As the Missouri attorney general continues against those with innocence claims, critics are wondering if Andrew Bailey, who is currently up for re-election, has crossed moral lines and damaged the credibility of the office.
California Attorney General Rob Bonta comments in announcing a $50 million settlement with oil trading companies accused of manipulating California gasoline prices. The settlement brings a lawsuit filed in 2020 regarding conduct in 2015 to a conclusion. (Office of the California Attorney General — July 10, 2024)
Tom Perez, the White House intergovernmental affairs director, looks to states and localities to carry out much of the administration’s agenda.
The swing states of Georgia, Nevada and Pennsylvania are changing — and fast.
Talk instead of fight: It’s a crucial tool for police officers confronting people in crisis. But too often when it isn’t working, a reluctance to use non-lethal force leads to a shooting. Better training and a cultural shift are needed.
A study by Rand Corp. found that homeless encampment cleanups across Los Angeles saw immediate reductions but within a month or two, the numbers went back to the former level.
Companies sometimes set “personalized” prices online based on a customer’s ability or willingness to pay, using algorithms and artificial intelligence to sort through data. The FTC is investigating how widespread it is.
Texas ranked 10th in the nation for auto thefts per capita last year and Dallas had the fifth-highest number of car thefts among U.S. cities. But early data from this year reports that thefts are down by about 7.25 percent so far.
U.S. Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, responding to remarks by Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, who is among those reportedly being considered as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, taking issue with Vance’s assertion that he considers his grandparents’ native Breathitt County, Ky., to be “home” despite having been born in Ohio. (News from the States — July 24, 2024)
Joe Biden’s letter announcing his departure from the presidential race is just the latest example of a form of discourse that’s been shaping our politics and society since before our revolution. It still can.
A year after the controversial project’s completion, the Douglas County Youth Center remains empty. Even with that, there are more kids in custody than beds in the county’s controversial detention center.
Few states have laws and guidelines for such an apparent conflict of interest. A new report provides a framework for decision-making and legislation.
The company behind ChatGPT funded a three-year research program on the impacts of universal basic income. It found that the extra income allowed participants to be more selective about career choices and have more time for leisure.
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