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Converting Offices to Tiny Apartments Could Add Low-Cost Housing
Los Angeles and Houston could add thousands of low-cost housing units to their downtowns by converting vacant office buildings to “tiny apartments” with shared kitchens, bathrooms, and living rooms, ...
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New Report Proposes Ways to Sustain ‘Public Impact’ Research
A report released in October 2024 by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (APLU) and The Pew Charitable Trusts looks at ways to enhance structural support for public impact research ...
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In Western Canada, Abalone Recovery Creates New Opportunity for Indigenous Management
Northern abalone, or gálgahl’yaan in the Skidegate Haida language, have long been an important cultural symbol to the Indigenous community of Haida Gwaii, an archipelago 450 miles northwest of ...
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Tennessee Workplace Savings Program Would Help 1,200,451 Workers Save for a More Secure Financial Future
Retirement security depends on individuals saving for their future, but millions of Americans lack access to an employer-provided savings plan that might help them do so. Research shows that workers ...
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Scientist Seeks to Combat Illegal Fishing by Increasing Transparency in Senegal's Seafood Supply Chain
Illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing is a critical global problem that not only threatens ocean biodiversity and sustainable fisheries but also puts coastal communities’ livelihoods and food ...
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Pew Applauds Bureau of Land Management for Conservation of Public Lands in 'Oregon’s Outback'
WASHINGTON—The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) on Jan. 17 issued a record of decision and final resource management plan covering 3.2 million acres in the relatively sparsely populated high desert ...
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With Cities Facing Fiscal Challenges, a Few Try Tax Reform
Many cities will face fiscal challenges in 2025 despite having relatively strong economies—a result of several factors, including revenue dips due to new commuting patterns and the coming expiration ...
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Hospitals May Miss Opportunities to Identify More People With Suicide Risk
Suicide claimed more than 49,000 lives in the United States in 2022, the highest number ever recorded. Research shows that health care providers can play a key role in preventing suicide, given that ...
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Together, Broadband Deployment and Digital Inclusion Programs Support Increased Internet Adoption
Research shows that access to broadband correlates with greater economic opportunity and workforce participation as well as improved health outcomes. But the mere presence of networks is not enough—to ...
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Federal Opportunities Can Help States Improve Public Health Data
Like a doctor taking a patient’s pulse, public health scientists read their communities’ vital signs every day to help people stay healthy. They analyze trillions of bytes of data from health care ...
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‘We Are Known As the Salmon People’
The people of Pabineau First Nation (PFN) have lived along the banks of the Nepisiguit River since time immemorial—as they say—in what is now the province of New Brunswick, Canada. And this year, PFN ...
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Cutting-Edge Technology Could Transform Pancreatic Cancer Treatment
The past few decades have brought forth a renaissance in cancer research. New technologies and breakthrough findings have transformed how scientists and clinicians understand and diagnose the disease, ...