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@lemmy.sdf.orghttps://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/education/article278868324.html
https://prospect.org/environment/2023-09-01-big-ag-opens-another-vein-of-public-funding/
Money from the Climate-Smart Commodities program, designed to reduce agriculture emissions, is going disproportionately to multinationals.
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-appeal-insurance-denials-too-complicated
I spoke with more than 50 insurance experts, patients, lawyers, physicians and consumer advocates about building a tool anyone could use to navigate insurance appeals. Nearly everyone said the same thing: Great idea. But almost impossible to do.
https://www.propublica.org/article/they-were-promised-mortgage-help-then-they-got-foreclosure-notice
Homeowners enrolled in Nevada’s mortgage assistance program have received foreclosure notices when the money fails to make its way from the federal government to the loan providers on time.
https://www.stoppopulationdecline.org/silicon-valley-pronatalists-against-wfh/
Silicon Valley's loathing of remote work is at odds with the concerns voiced by several tech tycoons about dwindling populations.
https://www.levernews.com/the-campaign-to-keep-electricity-bills-high/
As voters in Maine decide whether to buy the state’s electric utilities, Democratic consultants rake in corporate cash while residents face shut-offs.
https://prospect.org/power/2023-08-24-construction-bids-electric-vehicles-georgia-brian-kemp/
Under an obscure program, state and local authorities got to pick construction firms for Rivian and Hyundai plants. They chose non-union firms that have contributed heavily to Republicans.
https://www.propublica.org/article/despite-reform-to-military-justice-system-navy-leaves-public-in-dark
A new law enacts sweeping changes to make prosecutions for serious offenses like sexual assault or murder more fair. The Navy is still fighting a ProPublica lawsuit to make those court cases public.
https://www.stoppopulationdecline.org/california-fertility-rates-show-surprising-trends-during-the-pandemic/
In the thick of 2020, when COVID-19 was unearthing vast unemployment and breeding global uncertainty, the U.S. saw a peculiar trend. Instead of the anticipated sharp decline, fertility rates dropped only marginally. Key takeaways from a new study, The COVID-19 baby bump in the United States (Martha J. Bailey,
https://prospect.org/economy/2023-08-17-how-state-capacity-can-help-america-build/
A new paper shows underinvesting in government comes at a staggering cost.