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Federal transit dollars arrive with new strings for big-city systems
Filings, hearing transcripts and internal projections reviewed by our national desk, with the neighborhood detail the summaries leave out.
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American life reported from Washington and beyond, with an eye on what reaches New York first.
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A labor market cools without breaking, and the country recalibrates
Our national desk traced the money, the timeline and the assumptions behind the announcement — including the one that may not hold.
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Immigration courts strain under a backlog measured in years
A reported account from the national desk, with the three near-term signals worth watching before the next hearing.
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Storm season tests a rebuilt disaster-response network
Our national desk traced the money, the timeline and the assumptions behind the announcement — including the one that may not hold.
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States diverge sharply on how they will teach American history
A reported account from the national desk, with the three near-term signals worth watching before the next hearing.
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Rural hospitals close as insurers renegotiate rural rates
A reported account from the national desk, with the three near-term signals worth watching before the next hearing.
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A national housing shortage becomes a national political question
Support does not follow the usual borough lines. It follows density, transit and the age of the housing stock.
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The census bureau's new mobility data upends migration assumptions
A reported account from the national desk, with the three near-term signals worth watching before the next hearing.
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Freight railroads face fresh safety rules after a decade of pressure
Support does not follow the usual borough lines. It follows density, transit and the age of the housing stock.
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Public universities weigh tuition freezes against shrinking endowments
The numbers are modest and the second-order effects are not. What the record shows, and what the people affected say about it.
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Drought planning moves east as reservoirs run below average
Filings, hearing transcripts and internal projections reviewed by our national desk, with the neighborhood detail the summaries leave out.
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Postal reform quietly changes how rural America gets medicine
A reported account from the national desk, with the three near-term signals worth watching before the next hearing.
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Veterans' benefits claims are processed faster, but appeals lag
The numbers are modest and the second-order effects are not. What the record shows, and what the people affected say about it.
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Cities and states test four-day workweeks in public agencies
Filings, hearing transcripts and internal projections reviewed by our national desk, with the neighborhood detail the summaries leave out.
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The federal bench turns over, and legal strategy follows
Support does not follow the usual borough lines. It follows density, transit and the age of the housing stock.