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  • The UK's trailblazing advantage against climate change

    Akshat Rathi

    July 11, 2019 |

    Quartz |

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    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The United Kingdom’s Committee on Climate Change has helped the country lead the way in cutting emissions and preparing to adapt to climate change. The committee is independent – meaning it isn’t bound to who is in power – which gives its research more stature. Beyond publishing on climate related issues, the committee offers recommendations and sets goals for the country’s work to combat climate change, inspiring other countries to form similar committees.

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  • What Gun Violence Prevention Looks Like When It Focuses on the Communities Hurt the Most

    Elizabeth Van Brocklin

    July 10, 2019 |

    The Trace |

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    Response Location: United States, Oakland, California

    Across the United States, gun violence prevention initiatives are finally turning their attention to the urban communities hit hardest and supporting community-driven approaches. In the past, financial support has gone to linear, legislative approaches to gun control that often favor white communities, but the tides are turning. Funding has shifted to focus on initiatives that provide trauma recovery centers, hospital-based centers, and programs that provide communities hit the hardest with mentorship, job training, and therapy – all initiatives that have proven to help break the cycle of gun violence.

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  • Detroit Bail Project aims to disrupt the process of cash bail and incarceration

    Nina Misuraca Ignaczak

    July 09, 2019 |

    Model D |

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    Response Location: United States, Detroit, Michigan

    The Bail Project is posting bond for men and women who cannot afford to pay and haven’t been convicted of a crime. Based in Detroit, the nonprofit has locations across the country and uses a revolving fund to bail out individuals, meaning once the bond is recovered, the funding is then available for another person. Its Detroit location has bailed out nearly 200 individuals in an effort to end mass incarceration and prove that holding people – most of whom are people of color or experiencing poverty – does not diminish recidivism.

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  • Myriad ideas exist to solve Hartford's high property taxes and unequal tax system

    Matt Pilon Gregory Seay

    July 08, 2019 |

    Hartford Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    The complex issue of structural inequalities in Hartford, Connecticut's tax system has proven difficult to solve. But community members on all sides agree that a collective approach - one that learns from failed town halls and group brainstorms - is the only way to address the city's imbalance of income opportunities. The town's mayor has led several focus groups with local business owners to get local opinions and perspectives, but the town has to keep working to fuse this local ownership with passable legislation.

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  • Hartford's largest nonprofits contribute more

    Matt Pilon

    July 08, 2019 |

    Hartford Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Hartford, Connecticut looks to Boston as an example of a city that has succeeded in establishing a connection between nonprofits - who can donate payments to the city that are exempt from property taxes - and the local government. With a massive number of successful hospitals and colleges, Boston has created a system in which it can use donated money from these highly profitable institutions to work toward city planning without paying property taxes on the donations; Hartford hopes to create a similar relationship in its own city limits.

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  • A ‘Second Chance' After 27 Years in Prison: How Criminal Justice Helped an Ex-Inmate Graduate

    Erica Green

    July 08, 2019 |

    The New York Times |

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    Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

    Since 2016, the Second Chance Pell program has been providing financial aid for those experiencing incarceration to pursue a college education. Started under the Obama administration, it has gained bipartisan support and traction in the Trump administration as well. Considering 90% of incarcerated individuals will be released, the Second Chance Pell program serves as a demonstrated commitment to reduce recidivism and mass incarceration.

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  • What about city spending?

    Matt Pilon Greg Bordonaro

    July 08, 2019 |

    Hartford Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Hartford, Connecticut has made significant cuts to city spending in an effort to ensure the revenue they get from taxes goes further. The mayor ensured tight spending by working with local union groups, ceasing new borrowing projects, and cutting the number of unnecessary full-time positions in the city. With the frugal spending, the city has lowered its deficit while not burdening residents with high tax rates.

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  • Energy audit inspires Virginia yogis to ‘stand up for something that's important'

    Elizabeth McGowan

    July 08, 2019 |

    Energy News Network |

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    Response Location: United States, Yogaville, Virginia

    A self-imposed audit of energy resources aimed at reducing a Virginia community's carbon footprint and utility bill resulted in a move towards solar power. The community now partners with other surrounding entities to teach solar bootcamps and raise awareness about the need for renewable energy sources.

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  • Alternative revenue sources could bolster city budget, lower mill rate

    Matt Pilon Gregory Seay

    July 08, 2019 |

    Hartford Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Boston, Massachusetts

    Hartford looks to local governments nearby that have found success in the adoption of creative taxation, from restaurant meal taxes to taxes levied on hotel stays. Massachusetts, which has raised significant funds from these taxes as well as from taxation of recreational cannabis, uses this unrestricted revenue to distribute for local operating budgets.

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  • Fully fund the state's PILOT program

    Matt Pilon

    July 08, 2019 |

    Hartford Business Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, Hartford, Connecticut

    Connecticut's PILOT program was created to partially reimburse cities and towns for state-owned, tax-exempt properties and take some financial burden off smaller towns. The PILOT program, however, is voluntary, making it easier for state legislators to disregard the reimbursement requests in tough financial times. Now, state officials are urged to make the PILOT program mandatory to keep the response working for the small individual towns and cities around Connecticut.

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