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Federal Infrastructure Money Meets Local Capacity Limits
Cities across the country have the funds and are short the engineers to spend them.
By Charles Whitfield · 4 min read
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A Census Undercount Still Shapes How States Divide Money
Statisticians warn that decisions made in 2020 will price public services for a decade.
By Nadia Haddad
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Immigration Courts Face a Backlog Measured in Years
Judges, lawyers and families describe a docket that has outgrown the buildings that hold it.
By Charles Whitfield
The Nation
The Freight Bottlenecks Slowing American Shelves
Rail, port and trucking capacity are misaligned, and consumers feel it unevenly.
By Rebecca Storm
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Rural Hospitals Close as Insurers Consolidate
Nearly a hundred counties now lack a maternity ward within an hour's drive.
By Nadia Haddad
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States Diverge Sharply on Public School Funding Formulas
Two neighboring districts, one state line, and a $6,000 gap per pupil.
By Thomas Ferreira
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Disaster Insurance Retreats From the Coasts
Underwriters are repricing risk faster than statutes can respond.
By Rebecca Storm
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Union Elections Return to Sectors That Had Written Them Off
Warehouse and service workers are filing petitions at rates not seen since the 1970s.
By Thomas Ferreira
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Federal Judges Weigh the Reach of Emergency Powers
A quiet body of case law is deciding how much a president may do alone.
By Charles Whitfield
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The Border Economy Few Politicians Describe Accurately
Trade, agriculture and family ties bind towns that national debate treats as a frontier.
By Nadia Haddad
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Broadband Reaches the Last Ten Percent, Slowly
Subsidies laid the cable; billing and digital literacy are proving harder.
By Rebecca Storm
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Veterans' Benefits Modernization Runs Into Its Own Paperwork
Claims are decided faster and appealed more often than at any point on record.
By Thomas Ferreira
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Drought Compacts Force Western States to the Table
Water allocation agreements written in wetter decades are being rewritten under duress.
By Rebecca Storm
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Housing Costs Become a National Political Question
For the first time in decades, candidates in both parties are running on rent.
By Charles Whitfield
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Public Trust in Institutions Falls, but Not Uniformly
Surveys find local government and libraries holding steady while national bodies slide.
By Nadia Haddad