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Paris votes to ban electric scooters

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From " Parisians vote to ban rental e-scooters from French capital by huge margin ," Guardian: Parisians have voted to rid the streets of the French capital of rental electric scooters, with an overwhelming 90% of votes cast supporting a ban, official results show. Photo: Alamy. Reckless driving.

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A 21st-Century Education in Ohio Prisons

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When Sanders became superintendent in 2019, she and ODRC leaders agreed that they needed to educate inmates for 21st-century opportunities, with 21st-century tools. This article appeared in our guide, “ State and Local: Making an Impact.” But in reality, corrections is a people industry,” said Sanders. “We

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London rejects a version of The Sphere

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From the Barron's article, " Sphere Gives CEO Jim Dolan Options Grants Worth $17 Million ": The Sphere was Dolan’s baby, with the CEO conceiving the idea for a music-focused arena that has over 17,000 seats with a state-of-the-art sound system. Another rendering of the proposed Sphere in London.

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Capital One Arena, Wizards and Capitals may move to Alexandria | Why not the RFK campus?

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"), and that often means suburban locations where adjacent land is more easily acquired and controlled by the team, it was announced that Monumental Sports is negotiating with Virginia for a Potomac Yards location (" Lawmakers vote in favor of plan to bring Capitals, Wizards to Virginia ," Washington Post ). Flickr photo by Ken Lund.

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Local Government Support for Privately Owned Affordable Housing

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According to 2019 census data, over a million North Carolina households are “cost burdened,” meaning they spend more than 30% of their income on housing. North Carolina Constitution, Article VII, Section 1. 153A-149, unless the same is first submitted to a vote of the people as therein provided.” Chapter 157).

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Revisiting what I wrote about in 2010/2012 back to the fore: regional cultural funding in Greater Detroit

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The Detroit News has an article, " 2 Detroit museums seek same financial lifeline DIA, zoo got ," about how two cultural institutions based in Detroit, but serving the metropolitan area, The Charles H. I am not sure it passed, because there is a vote in August on a property tax levy for the Detroit Institute of Arts. Conclusion.

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Income Inequality and Democratic Backsliding

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Article by Meghna Pamula. Democracy is made up of factors such as voting rights, freedom of the governed, and minority rights. The number of democracies across the globe has decreased from its peak in 2019. Democratic backsliding is the state-led debilitation or elimination of the institutions sustaining democracy.

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