By the time Atlanta hosts a World Cup semifinal at Mercedes‑Benz Stadium this summer, city officials will have spent years pouring billions into a new entertainment district and transit upgrades…
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Click here for more.A federal housing program that has supported affordable housing since 1963 is being phased out, leaving “half a million rural homes at risk,” writes Brian Y. An, a public policy expert…
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Click here for more.Small counties in the coastal Southeast had some of the largest population gains between mid-2024 and mid-2025 in estimates being released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau, mostly because of…
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Click here for more.When a water-treatment plant outside Denver discovered an algae problem in its pipes, it did not call an engineering firm. It called the students, underscoring school districts’ focus on building…
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Brionté McCorkle opened her latest Georgia Power bill and started doing some math to try to understand where her money was going. As utility prices rise, the total was $233…
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Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University are pleased to announce the four winners and two finalists of the 2026 J. Anthony Lukas Prize Project.…
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In Warren County, Kentucky, the school district saved more than $2 million in utility costs since retrofitting five schools with solar panels and introducing other energy efficiencies. In Jamestown, Rhode…
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Mary Modica tried to do everything right. When a rise in digital music signaled she should reconsider a radio career, Modica decided to become a teacher — with the understanding…
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Click here for more.It’s rare in an era of partisan division to hear a veteran of the Clinton and Obama presidencies agreeing with a right-leaning economist who worked for George W. Bush. Yet…
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The greatest form of love is healthy, safe, and thriving communities, achieved first through housing security. The best way to ensure that is to secure adequate, safe, and affordable housing…
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It’s becoming markedly more expensive to run a child care business. And as public funding fails to keep up with inflation, those costs are getting passed on to families that…
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People are leaving or avoiding living in states with abortion bans, a new paper shows — resulting in lower rental prices and higher vacancies than in states that protect reproductive…
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