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  How cities and states can benefit from Biden’s infrastructure, climate proposals
  It’s no secret that U.S. infrastructure could use some improvement. Power outages cost the U.S. economy billions annually. Cities like Jackson, Miss., and Flint, Mich., have suffered from a lack of clean water. Climate volatility has made people, property and infrastructure in states like Texas, New York and Louisiana vulnerable to catastrophic storms, while the American west has suffered from historic wildfires. Even in good weather, many urban areas suffer daily from unsafe schools, crumbling...

  
  

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  How cities are reclaiming street parking spaces for public use
  Cornelius Vanderbilt—one of the richest men in American history—famously said that the best possible investment was New York City real estate. More than 150 years after his death, his words have proven to be prescient: property prices in the Big Apple have risen to astronomical levels that even the Commodore himself could have never imagined. It’s easy to see why. Manhattan is an island, space there is finite, and demand will always outstrip supply. Buildings...

  
  

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  Report: Ransomware attacks cost local and state governments over $18 billion in 2020
  A new report from consumer tech information site Comparitech shows that cyber attacks cost American government organizations about $18.88 billion in recovery costs and downtime in 2020. Last year, U.S. government organizations suffered 79 ransomware attacks, which potentially impacted 71 million people. This marked a 35 percent decrease in the number of ransomware attacks counted in 2019. The hackers behind these attacks demanded ransom amounts from between $2,500 and $5 million. The average ransom demanded...

  
  

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