Inci Sayki

1 week ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! Public funding in a pivotal mayoral race rises to the top, protesters crash Trump’s party, concert tickets are slightly more affordable, and consumer product safety is safe in court. At a time when the world’s richest man recently said the president wouldn’t have won the election without him and super PACs representing special interests can shower candidates with unlimited funds, grassroots fundraising is making a comeback, including in a high-profile mayoral race.

3 weeks ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! One less state will sell your every step, red states are green-lighting paid family leave, Tulsa reckons with its brutal history, and Illinois puts a higher price on sports betting. Oregon became the second state to prohibit the sale of a person’s precise location, especially for minors, boosting the state’s privacy and consumer protections. Mobile devices like cell phones and smart watches automatically track your location wherever you go with them.

4 weeks ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! Farmers restore public climate change information, striking workers get covered, a court saves the Education Department, and wildfire prevention could save paradise. Following a lawsuit by farmers and environmental groups filed earlier this year, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has agreed to reverse course and restore climate change-related information scrubbed from several of its websites when President Donald Trump took office.

1 month ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! Sesame Street chases the clouds away, more states hold Big Oil’s feet to the fire, the data center boom faces pushback, and a judge saves peacemakers. It’s a sunny day on Sesame Street. Amid corporate mishandling and federal funding attacks, the iconic children’s program has found a new home that will allow it to freely air its episodes nationwide, while many of its workers just scored new labor protections.

1 month ago | levernews.com | Inci Sayki

Good things are happening! TSA checks get checked, unemployment benefits score a raise, water contamination victims find justice, and Big Tech data trackers lose in court. Most people don’t realize they can opt out of increasingly common facial scans when they go through airport security. But a bipartisan bill introduced on May 8 will require Transportation Security Administration officers to notify passengers that such scans are optional and scale back the TSA’s facial recognition program.