Illinois becomes eleventh state to allow recreational marijuana ~news usa.il law politics.usa Article 609 words 25 votes
How the Swedish town of Eskilstuna became the world capital of recycling ~enviro recycling Article 2355 words, published Jun 18 2019 5 votes
Canada passes Bill C-68, overhauling the Fisheries Act and banning import and export of shark fins ~enviro conservation Article 405 words 9 votes
Florida city to pay $600K ransom to hacker who seized computer systems weeks ago ~tech security.cyber Article 5 votes
Trump's latest government overhaul aims to cut advisory panels by one-third ~news usa politics.usa Article 3 votes
Michigan authorities drop all criminal charges relating to Flint Water Crisis ~enviro pollution.water Article 1144 words 6 votes
Maine Governor signs strictest internet protections in the US ~tech internet Article 839 words, published Jun 7 2019 8 votes
New York is one step closer to becoming first state to ban cat declawing ~life.pets Article 469 words 11 votes
West Virginia Senate passes sweeping education bill to ban teacher strikes ~news usa.wv politics.usa Article 545 words 11 votes
Oregon restricts solar development on prime farmland ~enviro energy.renewable Article 895 words, published May 23 2019 5 votes
Colorado becomes first state in nation to cap price of insulin ~health healthcare medicine Article 249 words 11 votes
Defeating the voters: Across the United States, state autocrats are spurning democratic majorities ~humanities Article 2142 words, published May 14 2019 15 votes
Las Vegas is about to take a gamble on Elon Musk’s Boring Company ~transport Article 815 words 11 votes
The history of the Black radical group MOVE and its infamous bombing by police ~humanities.history Article 464 words 9 votes
San Francisco has banned government and police use of face surveillance technology ~tech privacy Article 304 words 25 votes
Statehouses, not the sun, drive solar energy gaps ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1927 words 3 votes
One in five Americans now live in places committed to 100% clean power ~enviro energy.renewable Article 661 words 9 votes
Amid measles outbreaks, states consider revoking religious vaccine exemptions ~health Article 904 words 14 votes
Maine is the first state to ban styrofoam ~enviro pollution plastics.single use Article 848 words 11 votes
After overthrowing its government and changing its name, North Macedonia faces up to the urban crisis in Skopje ~design architecture urban planning Link 8 votes
Facebook releases Q1 2019 earnings, expects to be fined up to $5 billion by US government ~tech facebook Article 13 votes
Is prison necessary? Ruth Wilson Gilmore might change your mind. ~life Article 7886 words, published Apr 17 2019 20 votes
Report: Twenty-six states now ban or restrict community broadband ~tech internet Article 826 words 9 votes
Silicon Valley-funded privacy think tanks fight in DC to unravel state-level consumer privacy protections ~tech privacy Article 1381 words 5 votes
Colorado could be the next state to let its employees collectively bargain ~life work Article 811 words 8 votes
How Atlanta plans to get to 100% green energy by 2035 ~enviro energy.renewable Article 1148 words 6 votes
Last summer, Foxconn announced a barrage of new projects in Wisconsin, but an attempt to check up on them found little except empty buildings and secrecy ~finance business Article 6807 words, published Apr 10 2019 10 votes
California National Guard defies Donald Trump on transgender troop ban ~lgbt transgender Article 461 words 12 votes
House OKs 100 percent clean energy in Washington by 2045 ~enviro climate change energy.renewable Article 385 words 15 votes