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How Cities Are Addressing Mental Distress
Successful programs include partnerships between social workers and first responders, incorporate data and recognize larger social factors affecting health and well-being, like racism, experts say.
Counties and States Embrace Fentanyl Test Strips in Battle Against Opioids
Arlington County, Virginia announced that it would begin distributing the strips to addiction-prone people leaving the county jail, the latest in a growing number of government agencies to turn to the tests as a way to prevent overdoses.
A Pennsylvania County Goes Hydro With its Government Buildings
Allegheny County will power its facilities with hydroelectric power under a 35-year agreement with a planned plant on a nearby river.
After Years of Pollution, One County Meets Air Quality Standards for the First Time Ever
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, is in compliance with federal air quality standards for the first time in its history.
These Cities Tried to Tackle Disinvestment. Here Are Lessons From What Happened.
Local governments have made efforts to revive commerce in neglected Black neighborhoods around the country. It hasn’t always worked. But cities can learn from their experiences.
One City Rejected a Policing Algorithm. Could It Be Used For Other Purposes?
In Pittsburgh, an algorithm that deployed law enforcement officers to predicted crime “hot spots” might be repurposed to send social services to areas in need instead.
A Micromobility Experiment in Pittsburgh Aims to Get People Out of Their Cars
The Pittsburgh Micromobility Collective will create all-in-one mobility hubs near transit stops, to compete with Uber and Lyft and help commuters go car-free.
Want to Address Food Insecurity in Your Community? There's an App For That.
How a county housing authority partnered with a tech nonprofit to deliver food to vulnerable residents.
Impeachment Petitions Prompt Response From Pittsburgh Mayor’s Office
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Indiana bill would scrap child-labor rules … Pacific Northwest measles update … and N.J. offshore wind geophysical surveying.
How Some Shrinking Cities Are Thriving in the New Economy
Despite conventional wisdom, cities don’t necessarily need population growth and more jobs to be economically healthy.
Pittsburgh Awaits Trump as City Grieves ‘11 Neighbors Stolen From Us’
STATE AND LOCAL ROUNDUP | Wrong-way driving research … Calif. vaccination rate … an Ohio city’s antiquated lie detector rule … and Peoria’s budget woes.
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