This city saw a surprising benefit to fining high-polluting cars: More active kids
Four in 10 London children started walking to school a year after the city's clean air zone went into effect.
Annual naloxone distribution day expands to at least 32 states this year
The event is about 'second chances for communities, not just individuals,' one organizer says.
Why Buc-ee's is picking a fight with Gov. Ron DeSantis
Florida is one of a dozen states that have yet to issue a single RFP using federal dollars to construct EV charging stations. Gas stations see the chargers as an avenue to compete with local power companies.
As wildfires burn throughout the West, officials are turning to AI
In California, fire officials began using artificial intelligence last year to scan cameras for smoke.
Why the election may slow plans to replace lead pipes
While many cities and states have begun to replace their lead pipes, some utilities and officials say the proposed 10-year time frame is unfeasible and too expensive.
Housing The YIMBY push for multifamily housing hits a ‘nope’ from homeowners
The multifamily, 'yes-in-my-backyard' movement is already stumbling.
This governor is about to become mayor
Delaware’s current two-term governor won the Democratic primary for mayor of Wilmington, a first in modern U.S. history. Plus, highlights from this week’s other primaries.
North Carolina OKs the use of student digital IDs to vote
The narrow approval is just for students and faculty on the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus. It comes as mobile IDs and driver’s licenses grow in popularity, but also as cyberattacks continue to rise.
States weigh how to protect older adults from HIV-related discrimination in health care
More than half of Americans living with HIV are over 50. For this growing population, discrimination can compound health challenges.
Threats to election workers as November nears detailed at congressional hearing
Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said lies and misinformation about election results make election workers afraid to go about their daily activities "because we don’t know what might be lurking in the buses.”
Philly residents with opioid addiction get medication from the ‘bupe bus’—creating a path for treatment
COMMENTARY | As an addiction medicine physician and researcher, I think a lot about how to get effective treatment to the patients who need it most.
$62M available for state, local health agencies to offer free vaccines
A federal program that offered uninsured Americans COVID-19 vaccines for free just ended. But officials say more money is coming to help state and local governments fill the gap.
TSA proposes softer rollout of Real ID enforcement
Federal agencies would have the option to gradually require the secure documents after May 7, in part to avoid chaos at state DMVs when the deadline approaches.
Could permeable pavement ease flooding woes in New York City?
It can’t help cities control the weather, but by slowing the flow of stormwater, permeable pavement can lessen flooding from big storms.
Study finds prevalence of firearms is driving soaring gun deaths in U.S.—not mental illness
Researchers compared the U.S. to 40 countries and found that Americans are 20 times more likely to die by firearms, even with a similar rate of mental health illness.
Is the effort to expand broadband nationwide going well, poorly, or just right?
A House subcommittee hearing highlighted various obstacles to implementing the $42.5 billion federal program to boost internet access.
Neighboring governors knock California plan to lower gas prices
California has the most expensive gas in the country. California Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to force refineries to stockpile gasoline to prevent price spikes, but Arizona and Nevada fear becoming collateral damage.
The nation’s last refuge for affordable homes is in Northeast Ohio
There are no states left where everybody could afford to buy a home.
Fight over transmission towers for reliable energy rages across the Midwest
A proposed massive federal power transmission corridor would stretch nearly 800 miles across the Midwest.
Majority of state attorneys general seek warnings for youth on social media
A bipartisan group of 41 state attorneys general are prodding Congress to require a U.S. surgeon general warning for young people on social media platforms.
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