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Post-pandemic, downtown recoveries continue to be uneven
May 31, 2024 | News, InfrastructureFrom office conversions to bonding programs to unconventional approaches, cities are testing different ways to revive their downtowns.
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Can cash payments reduce childhood poverty?
| News, FinanceMoney may not be able to buy happiness, but observers say it could help protect some of the nation’s most vulnerable: children living in poverty.
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Universities try 3-year degrees to save students time, money
| News, FinanceAs states explore shorter degrees, some faculty say they undercut students’ education.
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Communities push to take over investor-owned utilities and make them public nonprofits
| News, InfrastructureAdvocates say public power can deliver cheaper rates and a faster, more equitable transition to clean energy. Still, the measures face long odds.
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A new tool aims to help communities spend their opioid settlement money wisely
May 30, 2024 | News, ManagementThe dashboard helps local governments estimate how much money to expect and, based on that, offers evidence-based recommendations on how best to spend it.
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To drive revenue, cities turn to tech to fix their parking problems
| News, Emerging TechParking brings in $3 billion a year for state and local governments. That's why they are using new technologies to help push parking reforms aimed at streamlining enforcement and increasing revenues and environmental friendliness.
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As hype intensifies, cities put AI to the test
| News, Emerging TechA recent gathering of local officials shed some light on how cities are using artificial intelligence today and how they plan to use it.
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Safety-net health clinics cut services and staff amid Medicaid ‘unwinding’
| News, FinanceNationwide, health centers that serve low-income communities face a financial storm created by a sharp rise in the cost of care, a tight workforce and now fewer insured patients.
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Utah’s largest teacher union files lawsuit against state’s school choice voucher program
| News, FinanceThe lawsuit argues the voucher program violates several provisions of the Utah Constitution that require the state to establish an education system equally accessible to every child. It comes amid an expansion of these programs nationwide.
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Spike in pedestrian deaths hits nearly all metros
| News, InfrastructureThe Memphis area leads the nation in pedestrian deaths, but almost all metropolitan areas have become more dangerous for walkers, according to a new report.