2015 Weekly Snapshots: Spring

As protests against police brutality and institutionalized racism continue, monuments to the Confederacy are falling across the country. One of the most recent is the statue of Confederate General Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson. According to the Richmond Times-Dispatch, city crews were preparing to remove the monument this afternoon at the direction of Mayor Levar Stoney who […]

The latest trend in municipal response to the novel coronavirus’s spread is requiring residents to wear masks in certain areas. In April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released an advisory recommending that people wear cloth face coverings in public when social distancing measures (like maintaining a six-foot distance from others) is difficult. The […]

Local government agencies across the U.S. have been forced to completely re-evaluate operations in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic and it’s been no different for us here at Montgomery County Hospital District in Texas. MCHD was established in 1977 to provide healthcare to the indigent residents of Montgomery County. In the years since, MCHD […]

Some states are slowly starting to lift their COVID-19-related restrictions, and, for many, this means moratoriums on evictions will be no more. Some experts argue this could lead to spikes in homelessness, as a record number of unemployed individuals will have no way to pay when the bill comes due. One city, however, is doing […]