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  • 'You bring your gun, we ask no questions': The history of gun buybacks in Kansas City and Missouri

    August 05, 2019 |

    KSHB-TV |

    Broadcast TV News |

    3-5 Minutes

    Response Location: United States, Kansas City, Missouri

    As Kansas City tries to decrease violent crime in the area, it looks to a decades-old initiative that may have worked in the past: gun buybacks. Such a response was first tried in 1994, and saw a decline in homicides the following year. While the new mayor looks to try this in the city, they face state legislation prohibiting gun buybacks and pushback from critics who say such responses don’t actually work.

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  • In Seattle, A Move Across Town Could Be A Path Out Of Poverty

    August 05, 2019 |

    NPR |

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    800-1500 Words

    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    Pioneering research has indicated that encouraging low-income families to move to "higher opportunity" neighborhoods improves long-term outcomes for their children. A pilot program in Seattle aims to put this to the test, providing services and support for families who have managed to land a housing choice voucher and move to what researchers have deemed high opportunity neighborhoods. Early results are promising, although questions about longer-term impacts and questions about those "left behind" in lower-opportunity neighborhoods remain.

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  • As News Deserts Encroach, One City Looks At A New Way To Fund Local Journalism

    August 05, 2019 |

    Wyoming Public Media |

    Multi-Media |

    1500-3000 Words

    Response Location: United States, Longmont, Colorado

    A local community member in Longmont, Colorado looks to creative public financing in order to keep the news media alive in his town. Looking to libraries as a successful model of special improvement districts, which act as independent government districts to raise funds for operation, the Longmont Observer aims to bring news back into the hands of locals after the regional newspaper shut down.

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  • The UK now consumes as much energy as 50 years ago—with an economy three times larger

    August 05, 2019 |

    Quartz |

    Multi-Media |

    Under 800 Words

    Response Location: United Kingdom

    The UK is well on their way to reaching their goal of net-zero-greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, already reducing their emissions to that of 50 years ago. Although there are more improvements to be made, the country's move away from energy-intensive industries and fossil fuels to renewable energy and energy-efficient appliances has shown success.

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  • Counselors engage new parents before vaccine hesitancy hardens

    August 05, 2019 |

    STAT |

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    Over 3000 Words

    Response Location: Canada, Sherbrooke, Quebec

    In a handful of hospitals throughout Canada, vaccination counselors are helping to relieve new parents' trepidation toward infant and child vaccinations. By engaging in a "motivational interview" immediately before the child is born rather than waiting until the two-year check-up, doctors are finding that parents are increasingly willing to go through with the vaccinations as opposed to those who did not have an in-person conversation.

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  • When Arizona catches fire, prisoners step up

    August 05, 2019 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Arizona

    As the cost of fighting wildfires rises and the number of firefighters declines, Arizona found a solution: paying incarcerated men and women to do the same job for just five percent of the standard rate for firefighting. Arizona’s Inmate Wildfire Program, while fundamentally exploitative, is seemingly more complex. Those that go through the program find a sense of meaning and are given the opportunity to learn leadership and teamwork skills – things they can translate in life upon release.

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  • America has a housing segregation problem. Seattle may just have the solution.

    August 04, 2019 |

    Vox |

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    Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

    A group of economics researchers and county officials in the Seattle area teamed up to create a more comprehensive approach to housing vouchers. Rather than simply provide a rental voucher, the city piloted a program that included information about the city's areas of economic and social opportunity, increasing the number of families that moved into higher-economic regions of the city.

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  • These Brilliant Nets Don't Just Glow in the Dark — They're Saving Sea Turtles' Lives

    August 02, 2019 |

    NationSwell |

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    Response Location: United States, Hickam Field, Hawaii

    Fishermen are attaching LED lights to the gillnets they use to trap fish to ward off unintended captures like turtles, dolphins, and sea lions. The lights warn the wildlife that something is there so they don’t get caught and has led to global decreases, as much as 60%, in the amount of sea turtles accidentally trapped. In order to increase accessibility to this response, organizations like the World Wildlife Foundation and governments are partnering with scientists to create subsidies.

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  • Chicago remade its 127-year-old rapid transit system. Are there lessons for Metro?

    August 02, 2019 |

    The Washington Post |

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    Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

    Officials who want to improve Washington D.C.'s unreliable metro system look to the Chicago Transportation Authority to find examples of success in rebuilding a subway system. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel prioritized upgrading tracks and stations and has seen a large increase in daily riders and overall satisfaction with the system since the renewal took place. Now, Washington officials invite advice and collaboration in their quest to revamp the region's metro system.

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  • Colorado to allow medical marijuana for pain instead of opioids

    August 02, 2019 |

    NBC News |

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    Response Location: United States, Colorado

    States are looking for solutions to the nationwide opioid crisis, and marijuana may be one answer to that search. Two states, with a third on the way, are recommending medical marijuana in place of opioids to both reduce addiction and "normalize the conversation around the issue."

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