Accidents not waiting to happen
Rough estimates place Maine’s remaining volume of firefighting foam with PFAS at upward of 40,000 gallons. Despite a 2020 recommendation by the Governor’s PFAS Task Force to inventory and collect…
At least 10 dead, 35 injured in New Orleans after truck plows into Bourbon Street crowd
A truck drove into a crowd on Bourbon Street in New Orleans early Wednesday morning, killing at least 10 people and leaving at least 35 injured. (File) This story originally…
At least 10 dead, 35 injured in New Orleans after truck plows into Bourbon Street crowd
(Getty Images) NEW ORLEANS — At least 10 people were killed and 35 injured early Wednesday after a pickup truck tore through Bourbon Street where crowds were celebrating the arrival…
BREAKING: At least 10 dead, 35 injured in New Orleans after truck plows into Bourbon Street crowd
(File/Getty Images) NEW ORLEANS — At least 10 people were killed and 35 injured early Wednesday after a pickup truck tore through Bourbon Street where crowds were celebrating the arrival…
The best New Year’s 2025 resolution for Iowa: Plug the brain drain
Iowa could make some New Year’s resolutions to address its brain drain. (Illustration by Cemile Bingol/Getty Images) In 2000, then-Gov. Tom Vilsack’s office called me in Washington, D.C., to tell…
Help is coming to find accessible public spaces in Iowa
The Iowa Initiative for Sustainable Communities is working with an Iowa nonprofit to expand its accessibility map. (Photo by Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch) Students and leaders at the University of…
Task force report identifies ways to make child care more available and affordable in Alaska
Children’s coats hang in a hallway at Hillcrest Childcare Center in Anchorage o n April 18. The second and final report of a child care task force holds recommendations for…
What carbon capture and storage is, and what it might mean for Alaska
The Alaska Center for Energy and Power at the University of Alaska Fairbanks is planning to host two town hall meetings on Jan. 22 in Anchorage and Jan. 23 in…
BREAKING: At least 10 dead, 35 injured in New Orleans after truck plows into Bourbon Street crowd
Getty Images NEW ORLEANS — At least 10 people were killed and 35 injured early Wednesday after a truck tore through Bourbon Street where crowds were celebrating the arrival of…
Musk and Ramaswamy to confront Congress in struggle for control of the public purse
Tesla CEO Elon Musk , right, co-chair of the newly announced Department of Government Efficiency, carries his son on his shoulders at the U.S. Capitol following a meeting with businessman…