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Our Rivers' Keepers: How the Ohio River's trash collectors transformed the waterway

Céilí Doyle

April 22, 2022 |

The GroundTruth Project |

Multi-Media |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Cincinnati, Ohio

A nonprofit with a barge and a 10-person crew picks up trash and plastics across seven rivers in the U.S. Midwest. In one year, Living Lands and Waters collected over half a million pounds of trash. Over the years, they’ve attracted hundreds of thousands of volunteers to help their operation. “No matter who you are, where you’re from, how old, young or what political party you belong to – it doesn’t matter, because no one likes seeing garbage in the river,” said the cofounder.

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'Ten years to save the planet': Kansas City metro's small-town mayors take up the climate fight

Barbara Shelly

April 22, 2022 |

KCUR Radio |

Multi-Media |

1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Kansas

A wide range of elected officials and community groups came together to form Climate Action KC to work together to combat climate change across Kansas and supply information for those not in the group to do the same.

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Inside Nebraska's Surprisingly Effective Covid Strategy

Kathy Gilsinan

April 22, 2022 |

Politico |

Text |

Over 3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Nebraska

Although Nebraska’s governor never ordered a statewide shutdown, shuns mandates, and the state’s vaccination rate is not high, the state has had an efficient and effective response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Nebraska has fared among the best in the country when it comes to health, economic, social, and educational factors. The success is due to a combination of solid pre-existing medical infrastructure, particularly in infectious disease, and efficient state government that allowed the state to function logistically without relying on the federal government.

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La recolección y exportación de textiles logra desviar 9 millones de libras de ropa de los vertederos

Laura M. Quintero Gerardo E. Alvarado León

April 22, 2022 |

El Nuevo Día |

Multi-Media |

800-1500 Words

Response Location: Puerto Rico

La Asociación de Coordinadores de Reciclaje Municipal en Puerto Rico ha logrado desviar 9 millones de libras de ropa a través de dos métodos—poniendo contenedores de recolección en varias áreas de diferentes comunidades de la isla, y también a través de la exportación.

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Why a dry Chilean lagoon matters to the future of the Great Salt Lake

Amy Joi O'Donoghue

April 22, 2022 |

KUER Radio |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Chile

Burdened by extreme drought, water diversions, and a lack of regulation, Lake Acuelo in Chile dried up. Now, researchers are learning from this slow-moving ecological disaster to help other lakes in trouble, like Utah’s Great Salt Lake.

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How Michigan police agencies are training to respond to 911 calls with autistic people

Susan Vela

April 22, 2022 |

Hometown Life |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Northville, Michigan

The Northville Township Police Department and Michigan State Police (MSP) are adapting new autism awareness techniques by participating in the Action For Autism program. The program helps officers better understand people with autism to interact with them without making quick judgments that can result in violence. Officers who go through the training have begun gathering profiles of members of the area’s autistic community to be used in 911 calls and have begun carrying calming bags in their patrol cars. The MSP alone has trained about 1,500 MSP troopers and department personnel.

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New Orlando clinic helping identify, support children with fetal alcohol syndrome

Karla Ray

April 21, 2022 |

WFTV-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

3-5 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Orlando, Florida

The Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children works in partnership with the Florida Center to identify children with fetal alcohol syndrome disorders and helps family members create care plans for the lifelong effects of the disorder.

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Easy E-Bike Rider

Henry Houston

April 21, 2022 |

Eugene Weekly |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Corvallis, Oregon

The Corvallis-Benton County Economic Development Office provides $1,200 rebates for people to buy electric bikes at four local stores. E-bikes cut down on greenhouse gas emissions and are a more affordable option than cars. To qualify, household income must be less than 80 percent of area median income and the household must be a customer of Pacific Power, who helped fund the rebates. E-bike sales have increased with over 30 vouchers handed out, which also serves as a stimulus to the local bike shop economy.

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Schools are struggling to hire special education teachers. Hawaii may have found a fix

Dylan Peers McCoy

April 21, 2022 |

NPR |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: United States, Hawaii

In 2020 Hawaii public schools started paying special education teachers $10,000 more per year to address a severe shortage of teachers. The program cut the number of vacancies in half.

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Giving a Voice to All Americans

Simone Leeper

April 21, 2022 |

Democracy Decoded |

Podcast |

Over 15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Washington, District of Columbia

Washington D.C.'s Fair Elections program provides a lump sum grant to candidates who reach a certain threshold of small-donor support, and those who qualify can then raise matching funds from the community that are matched with public funds at a rate of 5:1. The program has contributed to a more diverse candidate pool for local races and increased the number of small donors across the city, with the biggest increase in small donations coming from D.C.'s low-income zip codes.

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