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The Conversation
Bike-sharing and dockless bike ventures are spreading as more people get around on two wheels. Cyclists, planners, environmentalists and others are excited to see these initiatives thrive. At the same time, there are reasons for concern. Nearly 800 American cyclists died in 2017 after being hit by cars or trucks. Those fatalities were up 25% from 2010, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
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PEW Charitable Trusts
Erie, Pennsylvania, has a population problem: Once a metropolis of almost 140,000, it has dropped below 100,000. But Erie’s situation would be even worse without the stream of immigrants and refugees arriving to work in the city’s plastics and biofuels plants on Lake Erie. Without refugees and their children, the city’s population might have dropped as low as 80,000, said Renee Lamis, chief of staff for Democratic Mayor Joe Schember.
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Route Fifty
In February, following months of drought, 18 inches of rain fell on San Bernardino County, California, flooding dry riverbeds and prompting officials to open a nearby dam to facilitate waterflow. Before the floodgates opened, officials alerted members of the sheriff’s homeless outreach team to their plan. If there were homeless people residing in the floodplain, they thought, they’d need a heads up.
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Property 360
An important prospect’s purchasing team is coming to town for a major sales presentation. We arrange for a ride-hailing service (e.g., Uber, Lyft) to pick up our very important visitors at the airport and bring them to our home office. All is well until a truck makes an illegal turn in front of the ride-hailing car carrying our visitors, leading to an accident with all three members of the prospect’s team severely injured. Some months later, we are served. The prospects have filed suit naming the ride service, the driver, the trucking company — and us. Now what?
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Claims Journal
Years of increasingly deadly California wildfires spurred lawmakers to consider regulations that would toughen local governments’ requirements for approving housing developments in high-risk areas. A state Senate committee voted 8-3 recently to advance a measure requiring developers to increase fire protections, plan for evacuations, or prepare for residents who may need to ride out fires in safe areas. Local governments would also be required to try to make existing structures less likely to burn.
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Insurance Journal
Authorities in several states are warning about an alleged scam in which people visit senior-living communities and low-income neighborhoods, offering to perform DNA tests and collecting information from people in government health programs. The alleged DNA-testing scams appear to be a new twist on an old tactic, in which people are tricked into giving away personal information or participating in medical services they don’t need.
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Next Gov
In the aftermath of a series of coordinated terrorist attacks, Sri Lanka blocked social-media sites in the country. According to The New York Times, the move was “a unilateral decision” on the part of the government, made out of fear that misinformation and hate speech could spread on platforms such as Facebook and Instagram and sow confusion or even incite more violence. Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe pleaded with Sri Lankans to “please avoid propagating unverified reports and speculation.”
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Insurance Journal
Members of the New York state Senate are joining the fight to encourage people to get vaccinated amid an ongoing measles outbreak in the state. Lawmakers in the Democrat-led chamber launched a public awareness campaign designed to give people accurate information about inoculations and how to get them while dispelling myths that they are unsafe. Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, a Yonkers Democrat, said the campaign is a useful reminder that vaccines save lives.
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Governing
When Jeff Cash became a volunteer firefighter 40 years ago, fire departments often kept waiting lists of people looking to join up. Those were the good old days. Cash is now chief of the Cherryville, North Carolina, fire department and bemoans the challenge of keeping volunteer slots filled. “Volunteers are not easy to get,” he says. “And they’re difficult to retain. The baby boomers are aging out, and the newer generation doesn’t have that sticking power that the generations did before.”
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