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  • Kauai became a clean energy leader. Its secret? A publicly owned grid

    In an effort to lower electric rates and move toward more renewable energy, Kauai residents raised funds to acquire and turn the area’s for-profit utility company into a locally owned cooperative, the Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC). When it was formed in 2008, KIUC pledged to reach 50% renewable electricity by 2023, and last year it was already generating 60% of its energy from renewables like solar power.

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  • Asheville nonprofit reduces energy burdens in North Carolina

    Energy Savers Network helps people cut down on their energy waste by making home improvements like tightening air seals, insulating hot water heaters and replacing lightbulbs. The Network has helped more than 1,000 homes since forming in 2017 and, on average, the improvements have helped cut energy use by about 15%.

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  • What the Pentagon Has, Hasn't and Could Do to Stop Veterans and Troops from Joining Extremist Groups

    A new standard was implemented in 2021 requiring all U.S. service members to receive training on extremist movements that target troops and veterans. But soldiers describe the briefings, which were largely left to individual commanders to develop, as haphazard and lacking crucial information about preventing radicalization.

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  • Feedback Machines Challenge Ugandan Public Officials to 'Do Better'

    Feedback machines installed at government offices such as hospitals and police stations allow Ugandan citizens to offer anonymous thoughts on the quality of the services provided, creating data that is analyzed to highlight areas for improvement. More than 50 machines have been deployed throughout the country with nearly 260,000 people sharing feedback each month in Kampala alone.

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  • New South Dallas tech hub at ICDC offers face-to-face help with digital connections

    At the first Connected Dallas anchor site, South Dallas residents can get access to high-speed internet, technology education from trained professionals, help applying for local and federal benefits, and more. Since opening in August 2023, the site has served 47 residents so far.

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  • City gathering input on federal pandemic aid to combat homelessness

    Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act is being used to combat homelessness and housing insecurity by using federal dollars to provide affordable rental housing — like Desert Hope apartments — rental assistance for tenants and other supportive services for those experiencing homelessness.

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  • 'We could start to move the needle': Iowa offers model for fixing Mass. child-care crisis

    After the COVID-19 pandemic weakened an already fragile child-care industry, Iowa created an incentive program offering grants to help businesses build their own child-care centers or purchase slots in existing facilities. So far, the state has awarded more than $75 million, which has helped create nearly 11,000 new child-care slots.

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  • Portland Youth Exercise Power through Participatory Budgeting

    Through Youth Voice Youth Vote, nearly 800 young people in Portland took part in a participatory budgeting process to decide how to spend $500,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funding. The winning projects, including a paid internship program, expanded access to menstrual products, and a job resource fair, are now in the process of being implemented.

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  • Mar Menor: cleaning Europe's largest saltwater lagoon

    Local authorities in Spain are introducing restoration measures to clean up the Mar Menor lagoon, which is suffering from years of nitrate and phosphate contamination. Their methods include mandating hedges are planted as barriers on farmland, collecting rain on farms so it doesn’t flow into the water, and limiting fertilizer use.

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  • Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.

    Schools operated by the United States Department of Defense, which serve the children of military members, are well-funded compared to most public schools, share a centralized structure and curriculum, and have diverse, integrated student populations. Amid pandemic-era learning loss, these schools saw standardized test scores improve while scores in public school districts have for the most part declined.

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