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What are tech companies doing to stop distracted driving?
Apr 27, 2016
Distracted driving is a public health crisis. But there are no easy fixes.
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Parking apps under scrutiny from city governments
by
Molly Wood
Jun 25, 2014
The city of San Francisco wants to ban a parking space auction app.
Detroit deli owner on bankruptcy: 'It's a disease or cure scenario'
Jul 19, 2013
A small business owner shares his take on the bankruptcy and his hopes for Detroit's future.
Economic power shift: From the coasts to central states
by
Adriene Hill
Jun 7, 2013
Investment analyst and author Meredith Whitney says the new geography of American prosperity is changing.
Where do taxpayer dollars go, anyway?
Apr 12, 2013
When lawmakers decide where our tax dollars should go in a tough economy, how exactly do they prioritize spending our hard-earned cash?
The challenge of governing a bankrupt city
Oct 11, 2012
Since San Bernardino declared bankruptcy this summer, tensions have been rising and elected officials have been struggling to agree on a big idea to fix the city's problems.
San Bernardino struggles after bankruptcy
Sep 27, 2012
Long struggling, San Bernardino couldn't weather the storm of the 2008 recession. The city of more than 200,000 has declared bankruptcy, and that's just one of the big problems it's facing.
For public good, not for profit.
City bankruptcies trend troubles bond investors
by
Eve Troeh
Jul 26, 2012
If debt-ridden municipalities begin walking away from their financial obligations the way homeowners once did, such strategic defaults could wreak havoc for municipal bond holders.
Harrisburg implodes -- what other municipalities are in danger?
by
Paddy Hirsch
Oct 12, 2011
When I was a lad I decorated my room with a poster of a nuclear mushroom cloud, with "Harrisburg is Everywhere" written in big letters across the...
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