When it comes to convenience, it’s hard to beat Amazon. And that rationale isn’t limited to consumers: Many local districts shopping for supplies with public funds apply the…
Read more Study links Amazon’s algorithmic pricing with erratic, inflated costs for school districtsSome mornings, it feels like the news is designed to make us lose faith. Another headline about dysfunction in Washington. Another reminder that systems built to serve people…
Read more Start Where You Stand: Why Local Politics Is the Most RadicalKind of HopeFlorida state lawmakers are set to meet in Tallahassee next week to consider possible changes to property tax laws, which could include eliminating them entirely. One proposal being…
Read more State lawmakers to consider potential changes to property tax laws, including eliminating themAug. 23—WILKES-BARRE — Jill Avery-Stoss, President of The Institute, this week said the financial condition of county governments in Northeast Pennsylvania reflects a mix of stable revenues, rising…
Read more Indicators 2025: Government fiscal health in NEPA — a regional overviewIn an aerial view, the remains of the Francis Scott Key Bridge are seen as salvage crews continue to work to clean up the wreckage after the bridge…
Read more $2 billion Baltimore bridge rebuild is test case for new national debate over infrastructure spendingCNN — Three police officers and two paramedics have faced juries on charges of manslaughter and criminally negligent homicide stemming from the 2019 death of Elijah McClain in…
Read more A timeline of Elijah McClain's death and the trials of the officers and paramedics accused of wrongdoing | CNNThe best way to understand last week’s unusual debate between Governors Gavin Newsom of California and Ron DeSantis of Florida is to think of them less as representatives…
Read more What the DeSantis and Newsom Debate Really RevealedThe heat—miserable and oppressive—is not abating. Today, a third of Americans are under a heat alert as temperatures keep breaking records: Phoenix has hit 110 degrees Fahrenheit for…
Read more You Really Don’t Want to Be Thirsty in a Heat WaveReading, Pennsylvania CNN — Reading, the fourth-largest city in Pennsylvania, may be most recognized for the iconic Monopoly board game’s Reading Railroad property. The railroad was one of…
Read more This Pennsylvania city hopes Biden’s infrastructure law can help revitalize its downtown | CNN PoliticsCNN — A Montana man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after his conviction on federal hate crime and firearm charges related to a “self-described mission…
Read more Montana man sentenced to 18 years in prison for shooting at and threatening LGBTQ residents in his town, officials say | CNNOn a Wednesday afternoon in March, the Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church, in Denver’s South Park Hill neighborhood, was packed. The local chapter of the progressive group Indivisible was…
Read more Colorado’s Ingenious Idea for Solving the Housing CrisisAmericans in most states will no longer receive Covid exposure notifications on their smartphones now that the U.S. public health emergency has ended. Since 2020, nearly 30 states…
Read more Americans in most states will no longer receive Covid exposure notifications on phonesThe red-state drive to reverse the rights revolution of the past six decades continues to intensify, triggering confrontations involving every level of government. In rapid succession, Republican-controlled states…
Read more The Tennessee Expulsions Are Just the BeginningCNN — Angry residents repeatedly interrupted a railroad company official at a contentious town hall in East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, with questions and concerns regarding cleanup efforts…
Read more East Palestine residents voice frustrations, frequently interrupt train company official at tense town hall | CNNHong Kong CNN — A Chinese city says it has destroyed a billion pieces of personal data collected during the pandemic, as local governments gradually dismantle their coronavirus…
Read more Chinese city claims to have destroyed 1 billion pieces of personal data collected for Covid control | CNNCNN — Three bodies found Thursday in the Detroit area are believed to be those of three rappers missing for almost two weeks, a municipal spokesperson said. The…
Read more Bodies found in apartment building believed to be those of 3 Michigan rappers missing almost two weeks, city official says | CNNCNN — Tyre Nichols’ family on Monday met with Memphis, Tennessee, officials and viewed footage of his arrest earlier this month, giving them an opportunity to see what…
Read more Tyre Nichols’ family has watched video of his arrest by Memphis police just days before his death, city officials say | CNNEl Paso, Texas CNN — One-year-old Brenda’s tiny feet are bare on the cold asphalt of an El Paso parking lot as the harsh reality starts to sink…
Read more Misery in El Paso: Hundreds of homeless migrants live in squalor amid deportation fears | CNNSALT LAKE CITY — Ludovic Michaud was driving around the scenic red rock landscapes of Utah’s Arches National Park on a windy spring day in 2020 when something…
Read more Trial begins over death of Ugandan woman killed in Utah parkVENICE, Fla. — A private airplane crashed into the Gulf of Mexico off the Florida coast Saturday night, with two people confirmed dead as authorities searched for a…
Read more Airplane crash in Gulf of Mexico leaves 2 dead, 1 missing
