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States Begin to Address Media Literacy Through Legislation

New Jersey becomes the latest state to sign a bill centering media literacy in schools, raising further awareness of the need for widespread media literacy policies. But more needs to be done, say experts.

The evidence on school vouchers that’ll please nobody

School vouchers, or school choice as it’s known among advocates, is public funding for children to attend private schools. It’s a controversial policy — some say it undermines the public school system, others say it gives parents the ability to choose the best school for their children.

Next Frontier Capital’s 2023 Annual LP Meeting Recap

We expect many companies of global impact will be founded in the Rocky Mountains over the coming decade, as more and more people choose this region as their home and place of work. 

One stat that could spur a compromise on the child tax credit

Congress is closer to giving cash to the poorest kids than you think.

Creating hyper-local food supply chains

One startup is eliminating middle-mile food emissions with its local micro-factories

Top VC Firms Sign Voluntary Commitments for Startups to Build AI Responsibly

The new guidelines are part of an effort to enact some guardrails for potentially thousands of startups across the AI industry.

Why the Fed should be worried about commercial real estate

Foreclosures are surging in an opaque and risky corner of commercial real-estate finance, offering one of the starkest signs yet that turmoil in the property market is worsening.

Census projects U.S. population bust by 2080

America will enter the 22nd century with a shrinking population unless immigration increases, according to new U.S. Census Bureau projections released Thursday.

 The Big Sky Passenger Rail Authority (BSPRA) has been awarded a $150,000 grant through the Pacific Northwest Economic Region’s Regional Infrastructure Accelerator (PNWER-RIA) to further high-performance rail across the region.

“These funds will further our work both in southern Montana and also along the Empire Builder route, to the benefit of both freight and passenger operations,” said BSPRA Chairman Dave Strohmaier. “This is a great example of how working together at a regional scale, with the sweat equity and financial support of partners, is moving this train down the tracks.”

Now Is The Time To Get Transportation Right

With record amounts of federal funding for transportation projects underway, a new NRDC scorecard ranks the states on their transportation priorities.

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