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• Covid-19
• Health

Five lawmakers sue Gov. Greg Abbott over $295 million contact tracing deal

August 16, 2020 EMMA PLATOFF

By Emma Platoff, The Texas Tribune Aug. 5, 2020 “The Texas Constitution requires a separation of powers, and that separation...

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• Business

Blackfeet Reservation businesses ask Bullock for help

August 13, 2020 Editorial Board

by Chris Aadland, Montana Free Press. 07.30.2020   The tourism-dependent businesses say their location on a reservation that has closed...

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• Finance
• Opinion

OPINION: Five ways to achieve equity in remote learning

August 11, 2020 Editorial Board

by Mark Finstrom, The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report is a national nonprofit newsroom that reports on one topic: education....

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• Business
• Covid-19

Your Favorite Store or Restaurant Is Open. How Do You Know It’s OK to Go In?

August 11, 2020 Editorial Board

by Julie Appleby, Kaiser Health News August 7, 2020   Just because many businesses are open again doesn’t mean the...

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• Politics

In Confederate statue debates, common values can bring meaningful resolution

August 10, 2020 Editorial Board

by Michael Zirulnik, University of Arizona     The U.S. is engaged in a national debate about how to deal...

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• Health
• Opinion

All stressed out and nowhere to go

August 7, 2020 Darcy Sprague

By Darcy Sprague, Folo Media | Gentrification   Cruz R. Soto lives in a deteriorating, bug-infested efficiency apartment at Soapworks....

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• Covid-19
• Health

Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine

August 7, 2020 Arthur Allen

by Arthur Allen, California Healthline   The vaccine trial that Vice President Mike Pence kicked off in Miami on Monday...

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• Energy

Cheaper, lighter and more energy-dense: The promise of lithium-sulphur batteries

August 7, 2020 Rex Merrifield

by Rex Merrifield, Horizon   Lithium-sulphur batteries, which are lighter and cheaper than today’s models, may be the next generation...

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• Business
• Politics

How Hotel Chains Got a Slice of Government Aid for Small Businesses

August 7, 2020 Isaac Arnsdorf

by Isaac Arnsdorf, ProPublica This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for...

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• Covid-19
• Health

America’s Obesity Epidemic Threatens Effectiveness of Any COVID Vaccine

August 7, 2020 Sarah Varney

by Sarah Varney, Kaiser Health News For a world crippled by the coronavirus, salvation hinges on a vaccine. But in...