(Wall Street Journal – June 16, 2024)
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Denver Mayor Mike Johnston. Denver is one of several cities across the nation that have built communities of tiny homes to provide housing for the homeless population, moving them up onto the first “rung” of housing. According to Denver city data, the city’s transitional homes program has moved more than 1,500 people indoors, with more than 80 percent still in such housing as of last month. (Associated Press — June 14, 2024)
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Florida state Rep. Jason Shoaf, a Republican whose bill loosening regulations on the killing of wildlife has passed both houses of the Legislature. Shoaf made his remark at a January committee hearing on the legislation, though the British newspaper that first reported his remarks was “unable to find a documented incident of any of Florida’s estimated population of 4,050 black bears having ingested crack.” (News from the States — June 13, 2024)
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Yukari Kane, CEO of the Prison Journalism Project, regarding the more than two dozen prison newspapers across the nation. The Prison Mirror, made by and for the people held at the Minnesota Correctional Facility - Stillwater, is one of the oldest prison newspapers in the country, publishing since 1887. (NPR — June 12, 2024)
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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, upon the full reopening of the Port of Baltimore’s main shipping channel, which was closed by the destruction of the Francis Scott Key Bridge when it was struck by a container ship in March. (Washington Post — June 10, 2024)
