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New Resource: How to Submit Challenges to the FCC Broadband Map

With good reason, many are confused about the information shown in the map, the challenge process, and why we should care about helping the FCC make corrections. 

Senator Thune (R-SD) Launches Nationwide Broadband Oversight Effort

Sen Thune seeks input on the current broadband regulatory structure from a diverse group of stakeholders, including broadband associations, public interest groups, and free market think tanks.

Airbnb Is Running Riot in Small-Town America

The company sent cities scrambling to clamp down on short-term rentals. Now resort towns are feeling the pinch.

Top Websites for Urban Planning – 2022

Every year, Planetizen collects the websites breaking new digital ground in the world of planning and related fields.

‘It Takes a Village:’ Social Support Proves Crucial for Female and Minority Hunters

On a star-filled, late-October morning, Ada Smith and three fellow hunters zipped up their top layers of hand-me-down camouflage. The small group gathered that day on Smith’s family land in rural Montana for an outdoor sport none of them were brought up with and an event that research had lead them to create: Burnt Fork Ladies Hunting Weekend. 

How To End Homelessness: The Houston Model

While the numbers of unhoused people in other major U.S. cities grow, Houston has managed to effectively end veteran homelessness and house more than 26,000 people since implementing a ‘Housing First’ approach a decade ago.

Montana’s American Prairie Distributes More Bison to Tribal Nations

45 Bison Transferred to Tribes in Montana and Washington State

ISPs Large and Small Push for Tax Exempt Broadband Grants

After years of efforts, the telecom industry and a range of independent broadband experts are making progress in a quest to make broadband grants tax exempt, a move industry players large and small say is necessary if the federal government wants the historic round of new federal broadband funding to benefit as many un- and under-served Americans as possible. 

‘Hidden’ Leverage Poses $65 Trillion Economic Challenge As Experts Worry What Could Trigger Next Market Collapse

The growing load of hidden leverage has swelled to a massive $65 trillion in a largely obscure corner of the foreign exchange market, economists at the Bank for International Settlements warned Monday—making it more difficult to levy the risks lying in the financial sector as experts worry about possible triggers for another global financial meltdown.

Rethinking the Workweek – Can work become less about the when, the where, the how much?

Work-life balance is a long-running quest for workers. Employers also need to focus on productivity. Our longtime labor and economy writer sees gains that aren’t mutually exclusive. 

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