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Sep 24, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Beth Hawkins
Skip to Content Sign up for Route Fifty Today Your daily read on state and local government emailConnect with state & local government leadersInsights & Reports Connecting state and local government leaders This story was produced by The 74, a non-profit, independent news organization focused on education in America.
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Sep 24, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Matt Vasilogambros
This story was originally published by Stateline. This five-day series explores the priorities of voters in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as they consider the upcoming presidential election. With the outcome expected to be close, these “swing states” may decide the future of the country. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Kaitlyn Levinson
If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, help is available. Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. The country saw a in suicide rates from 2007 to 2021 among people ages 10 to 24, according to federal data. In the face of a nationwide mental health crisis, agencies at every level are trying to connect more young people with the treatment and resources they need. It could be an uphill climb.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Eric Katz
Congressional leaders have reached a deal to keep federal agencies funded through mid-December, announcing plans to vote this week on a bill to avert a shutdown that would otherwise take place next week. The agreement, announced by House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday, comes after House Republicans for weeks suggested they would not back a short-term funding measure unless congressional Democrats and the White House agreed to certain partisan demands.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Anna Keleher |Maddie Hansen-Connell
To achieve ambitious decarbonization targets, states need more people to install heat pumps—about 4.5 million more units over the next three years. Today, just 16% of homes use heat pumps. Heat pump usage is most common in the Southeast, where winters tend to be milder. This leaves huge swaths of the U.S. in need of smart promotion strategies, especially states in the Upper Midwest, which have the fewest heat pumps installed.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Delaney Dryfoos |Elise Plunk
This story was originally published by the Louisiana Illuminator. Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital last week to announce a cooperative agreement among the working river’s ports. In town for the annual Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative meeting, the mayors also called upon the next U.S. president to prioritize several federal policy changes to support the 105 cities represented by the initiative.
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Sep 23, 2024 | route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Delaney Dryfoos |Elise Plunk
This story was originally published by the Louisiana Illuminator. Mayors from 10 states along the Mississippi River convened in Louisiana’s capital last week to announce a cooperative agreement among the working river’s ports. In town for the annual Mississippi River Cities & Towns Initiative meeting, the mayors also called upon the next U.S. president to prioritize several federal policy changes to support the 105 cities represented by the initiative.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Arthur Allen |Daniel Chang |Sam Whitehead
Skip to Content Sign up for Route Fifty Today Your daily read on state and local government emailConnect with state & local government leadersInsights & Reports Connecting state and local government leaders This story was originally published by KFF Health News.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Daniel C. Vock |Dan Vock
You're reading Route Fifty's State and Local Roundup. To get the week’s news to use from around the country, you can subscribe here to get this update in your inbox every Saturday. In the meantime, be sure to read to the end as we've rounded up headlines from the week. ***Former President Donald Trump’s false rumors about Haitian immigrants have upended everyday life in Springfield, Ohio.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
route-fifty.com | BedLock Safety |Elizabeth Daigneau
This year's group of Rising Stars isn't one of promising newcomers. Instead, it is a cadre of seasoned early-career leaders with responsibilities for nine-figure budgets, key cybersecurity projects, online voter registration and much much more.
