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‘Replace short haul flights with high speed rail’ say citizens around the world

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

While sustainability factors may not drive how people travel – only an important factor to 14% – the research does show that respondents back green legislative interventions. A significant majority (64%) of respondents stated they would support banning short-haul flights where high-speed rail alternatives exist.

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Big omission in blog series on advance hospital/health and wellness planning, public health planning: addiction services

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

Legislators haven’t seriously considered measures to discourage drinking, and voters expanded access to alcohol in grocery stores. Part 2: Colorado has some of the lowest alcohol taxes and highest drinking deaths.

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The Alliance for Cannabis Equity release Manifesto, a resource for Black and Brown Entrepreneurs, Social Equity Applicants, and Minority Workers in the Cannabis Industry

The Whistle Post

The Social Equity Council and the legislation are attempting to ensure the opportunity to prosper for marginalized groups that have been disproportionately harmed by the War on Drugs,” said Fred McKinney, Ph.D., Founder BJM Solutions. “This Manifesto provides the first vital step towards that goal.

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Current GSE Guarantee Fees Are Too Low to Be Consistent with Regulatory Capital: Does This Mean a Large Increase Is Coming?

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

Not surprisingly, the two companies highly prioritized protecting those subsidies, which meant maintaining political support in Congress to ensure no legislation was passed to take them away. 27] See Freddie Mac 2019 Full-Year Earnings press release, page 6, [link]. See their press release.

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Vermont Chapter Councilor Report – LibLearnX 2023

Librarian.net

This is not my usual ALA report because the Council meetings at LibLearnX were brief and I was occupied with some legislation I’d been working on. This is the Core Values press release. Here are some important notes for those who are interested in ALA topics. American Library Association Updates Core Values This was a 2.5

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Federal government research hub development initiative

Rebuilding Place in Urban Space

The legislation also called for spending $10 billion to create 20 Regional Innovation and Technology Hubs over the next five years that would research, develop and commercialize a wide range of advanced technologies. The funding for the hubs comes from last year’s $54.2 billion CHIPS Act. manufactured semiconductors.