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EPA to implement national limit on “forever chemicals” in drinking water

For the first time ever, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will implement national...

2023 Crown Communities Award winner: Muscatine Organics Recycling Center

The Muscatine (Iowa) Organics Recycling Center (MORC) has a food waste depackaging operation...

Strengthening faith in democracy: 2023 Exemplary Public Servant Lisa Deeley

Spinning around in a barber chair gave Lisa Deeley a unique view of politics and community....

Innovative wastewater treatment system eliminates methane, generates electricity

For advanced and wealthy countries, conventional wastewater treatment systems are considered a necessity required to maintain good hygiene. The public health benefits far outweigh their comparatively high price tag and the environmental impact that comes with sludge disposal.  But for countries that don’t have large coffers, wastewater treatment plants pose “an expensive, unattainable pipe dream,” according to Dr. Sebastien Tilmans, executive director of the Codiga […]

Historically called in following natural disasters and during emergencies, National Guard cybersecurity units can help municipalities in the digital realm

Amid the busyness of news events this week, it might have been easy to miss that yet another massive cyberattack exposed the data of tens of millions of people. On Tuesday, T-Mobile announced that the information of nearly 48 million prospective, current and former customers was stolen.  “Some of the data accessed did include customers’ first and last names, date of birth, SSN and driver’s license/ID […]

Rural county funding program set to be extended, improved under infrastructure plan

From California’s redwoods, to the breathtaking Teton Range in Wyoming, the quaint charm of Maine’s Acadia National Park and Alaska’s whitewashed snowscape at the foot of Mount McKinley, public land is America’s crowning jewel—symbolizing the more abstract ideology of freedom claimed by the nation’s residents. Yet, for rural counties whose borders encompass swaths of acreage […]

In slow recovery, an evolved New York City could emerge from the pandemic’s shadow

At the end of last March, Americans watched in rapt attention as images of New York City’s response to the then-novel coronavirus flooded the newsfeed—an empty Times Square, the Empire State Building bathed in red light signifying a state of emergency, the USNS Comfort hospital ship anchored in front of midtown; makeshift morgues and weary hospital workers loading victims into box trucks.  Seemingly overnight, the city that never […]

2020 Census Bureau data shows U.S. population diversification, shift to city centers

In the last decade, the United States took notable steps into a new era—the share economy exploded with the rise of corporations like AirBnB and Uber; same-sex marriage was legalized in all 50 states; women’s rights advocates took to the streets for the largest women’s march in history; and, according to data released by the U.S. Census Bureau, the nation’s population became a lot more diverse. […]

Cybersecurity legislation included in infrastructure plan sets aside $1 billion for local governments

Last month, while senators were debating the recently passed $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, a ransomware attack targeting Miami-based IT security company Kaseya put at risk some 800 to 1,500 businesses.  It wasn’t the first cyberattack on a U.S. company in 2021 and, if history is anything of a guide, it won’t be the last. As the global economy plunges deeper into the digital era, local municipalities are pivoting […]

NLC, NACo laud Senate’s passage of $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending plan, call on House to do the same

In the fractured landscape of modern American politics, finding common ground seems to be increasingly elusive. But on Tuesday, Senate Republicans and Democrats found something everyone could get behind: The need to rebuild and update America’s crumbling infrastructure.  With an overwhelming 69-30 vote in favor of President Joe Biden’s historic Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, the Senate passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure spending plan along to the House, where it’s also expected to receive adequate support.  […]

UTC Center for Urban Informatics and Progress Awarded $1.37 million grant, will create Smart Corridor+

Researchers at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s (UTC) Center for Urban Informatics and Progress (CUIP) have been awarded a $1.37 million grant from the National Science Foundation. According to UTC, the funds will create “Smart Corridor+” along a section of the existing M.L. King Boulevard Smart Corridor, a 1.2-mile stretch in downtown Chattanooga used […]
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