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Florida’s proposed property tax amendment will require trade‑offs – and some residents could end up with higher costs
Amendment 3 would mean most homeowners pay less in property taxes – but that may not end up significantly lowering their costs.
Detroit wants to elevate youth voices in leadership – that means giving them real power
Building relationships and creating equitable opportunities are critical to engaging Detroit’s young people in safe and positive activities.
Philadelphia’s criminal justice fines and fees fall hardest on poorest neighborhoods
New research maps where legal financial obligations are concentrated – and finds they overlap with poverty, violence and racial inequality.
What Allegheny County’s new court‑ordered mental health treatment program can and can’t do
Allegheny County can now order treatment for people with serious mental illness. But what’s driving results – the order itself or the services behind it?
Most Americans support conservation – here’s how the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative got politicians from both parties on board too
An analysis of one major effort shows how to get Democrats and Republicans to agree to spend billions of dollars on a decades-long environmental restoration project.
Cuba’s future remains in limbo while Trump’s unpredictable foreign policy offers no clear path forward
Cubans are living in a state of limbo, and it’s not clear that US military intervention would revitalize the Cuban economy.
How a 22‑year‑old George Washington learned how to lead, from a series of mistakes in the Pennsylvania wilderness
Washington’s fundamental character as a military leader was forged in the Ohio River Valley, where he also inadvertently helped ignite the French and Indian War.
Why Colorado replaced its AI discrimination law with a transparency requirement that the feds might challenge anyway
Colorado watered down its AI legislation but may still face litigation from the Department of Justice.
Florida’s proposed property tax cuts rely on a population boom that has slowed dramatically
Florida’s population boom has fizzled to just 0.9% growth as domestic migration slows to a trickle.
Why the DOJ is investigating Philadelphia after police stripped gun permits from Black Panthers‑inspired group
Philadelphia police revoked the carry licenses of five members of the Black Lion Party for International Solidarity, citing ‘good cause.’ Is that constitutional?