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  • Seattle Renews Its Unique Approach to Public Campaign Financing

    August 08, 2025 |

    Bolts |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Seattle’s democracy vouchers program provides residents with four $25 vouchers to donate to local political candidates of their choice, with the goal of making it easier for citizens to participate in local elections while also leveling the playing field for a wider range of candidates. Research on the program found that it has helped increase the number of unique donors and made local elections more competitive.

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  • Rooftop Solar Power Is Struggling to Take Off in Hong Kong. What Went Wrong?

    August 08, 2025 |

    The Xylom |

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    Response Location: Hong Kong

    The Hong Kong Feed-in Tariff (FiT) Scheme is an ongoing government program that incentivizes rooftop solar adoption by allowing individuals and organizations to sell solar-generated electricity back to utility companies at rates higher than what customers pay for regular electricity.

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  • Lost your USAID funding? These aid matchmakers have a solution.

    August 06, 2025 |

    The Christian Science Monitor |

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    Response Location: Nigeria, Vinikilang

    Following the closure of USAID and the loss of funding for its projects around the world, Project Resource Optimization was formed to help match projects in need of support with potential funders. Though the organization is not able to make sure every USAID-funded project is able to continue, it has helped secure roughly $26 million for 24 projects so far.

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  • How an NYC Suburb Is Actually Managing to Bring Rents Down

    August 05, 2025 |

    Wall Street Journal |

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    Response Location: United States, New Rochelle, New York

    To help increase housing stock, New Rochelle, NY streamlined the development approval process and made it easier to approve many housing units at once, allowing the city to add roughly 4,500 new housing units over the last decade. However, local residents worry about being priced out of the area as people move from Manhattan in search of more affordable housing.

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  • Recicla Ricaurte detiene la muerte antes de que llegue al mar

    August 03, 2025 |

    El Turbión |

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    Response Location: Colombia, Ricaurte

    Recicla Ricaurte por la Paz es una asociación comunitaria liderada por mujeres que desde 2017 ha desarrollado un sistema integral de recolección, clasificación y comercialización de residuos plásticos y cartón, creciendo de procesar 800 kilogramos cada tres meses a 7-8 toneladas mensuales, evitando así que estos materiales contaminen el río Güiza y lleguen al océano Pacífico, mientras genera ingresos económicos para sus integrantes en un territorio afectado por el conflicto armado y la falta de oportunidades laborales.

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  • Alaskans work to analyze and reduce risks of glacial outburst flooding

    August 02, 2025 |

    Alaska Beacon |

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    Response Location: United States, Juneau, Alaska

    In response to recurring glacial flooding outbursts, Juneau has implemented an early warning dashboard, $8 million temporary flood barriers, and ongoing scientific research. The solutions are too new to demonstrate measurable flood damage reduction, but increased community participation in preparedness activities is one promising impact.

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  • The warning labels that could be coming for your crisps

    July 31, 2025 |

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    Response Location: Chile

    In 2016, Chile implemented warning labels on food packaging to alert consumers when a product was high in sugar, salt, saturated fat or artificial sweeteners as a way to warn and deter them from purchasing unhealthy foods. After implementing these labels, locals bought less unhealthy products, and manufacturers began using less unhealthy ingredients, inspiring other countries, like South Africa, to implement similar practices.

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  • Federal cuts to AmeriCorps could make it harder for recent graduates to find jobs

    July 30, 2025 |

    The Hechinger Report |

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    Response Location: United States

    The AmeriCorps program places students and recent graduates in community service positions across the country, helping to fill local needs for everything from tutoring to wildlife management while also allowing participants to build valuable professional and academic skills. But recent federal cuts to the program's funding have put its future in jeopardy, with some participants being forced to leave their positions early.

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  • Just two visits a year: Longer ARV scripts, shorter clinic lines

    July 28, 2025 |

    Bhekisisa |

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    Response Location: South Africa, Cape Town

    South Africa's implementation of 6MMD (six multi-month dispensing) allows stable HIV patients to collect their antiretroviral medications only twice a year instead of monthly. The program aims to reduce clinic congestion and improve patient retention and consistent medication use.

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  • 'It is not too late': How some middle schools are improving English ILEARN scores

    July 28, 2025 |

    Chalkbeat Indiana |

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    Response Location: United States, Indiana

    To help shore up learning gaps in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, two Indiana middle schools doubled students’ instructional time in English and math, dedicating two class periods to each subject each day. The state also made it easier for schools to test students throughout the year instead of just once at the end of the year, providing checkpoints for educators to measure their progress and tailor instruction accordingly.

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