AI-trained cameras are putting eyes on land across the state. They're spotting fires before the 911 calls come in.
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The Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma has been desperately trying to keep their wealth and avoid prosecution through a bankruptcy settlement. Hopefully a reckoning is now closer.
Michigan’s first-in-the-nation chief growth officer is working to refresh the state’s brand with help from partners whose survival depends on attracting more workers.
Climate and weather disasters are more frequent and more costly. What can be done to keep insurers viable and property owners protected?
Election skeptics haven’t taken their eyes off Georgia since the last presidential election. Officials there are working to make sure 2024 outcomes are as bulletproof as its 2020 results have proved to be.
Across the U.S., there’s not a single state where firearms are taxed as much as alcohol and tobacco. But starting in July, California will tax firearms at about the level of alcohol.
Automakers rely on non-union plants in the South to drive down wages across the country. A UAW victory in Tennessee and an upcoming vote in Alabama could change that.
New EPA rules will require years for testing and even more years for final removal of PFAS chemicals from water systems. But there are things we can do to protect our homes now.
Recent events highlight the fact that water systems are targets for cyber attacks. There are ways of strengthening defenses at little to no cost, but more needs to be done to implement them.
A virtual power plant allows a utility to harness the collective power from private batteries to shave electric demand when it spikes rather than calling for more generation.
New Jersey is the only state to commission an independent review of its COVID-19 actions. The report recommends changes to prevent the state from being blindsided in the future.
The course examines the long history of hoaxes, frauds and deliberate conspiracies in American history, stretching back to the Illuminati, anti-Catholicism and antisemitism.
A group of American cities are working to reverse practices that have held down Black homeownership—and the generational wealth it brings—for nearly a century.
Biden warned, Trump’s campaign slogan, “Make America Great Again,” is a resurrection of southern-style white nationalism and the age-old disregard for equal rights.
Is crime out of control? The homicide rate went down 12 percent last year. Still, there’s more than one kind of crime, more than one data set and more than one way to spin things.
Better pay for legislators is on the table in several states. It’s a sticky subject, even when their work is compensated below the minimum wage.