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Route Fifty
The Midwest is experiencing a renaissance of sorts. As coastal cities like New York, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. become increasingly unaffordable, overlooked locales are seeing new spotlights shone on them. Cleveland has become a hub for craft breweries. Milwaukee entrepreneurs are building a sizeable collection of local startups. Detroit has one of the highest rates of millennial homeownership. But beyond being elevated on listicles celebrating their amenities or relatively low costs of living, these cities have another thing in common: They all made a new list of the top six metropolitan areas where poverty among black residents exceeds 40%.
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Emergency Management
A catastrophic flood that could trigger a chemical spill, a medical crisis and rioting will be the focus of Michigan National Guard training exercises planned next spring across four west and central Michigan counties. It’s all a made-up scenario, but the exercises will test the readiness of the Michigan National Guard and law enforcement agencies. They are scheduled to take place April 13-18, 2020, at locations in Muskegon, Ottawa, Kent and Isabella counties, according to officials with the Michigan National Guard.
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By Dave G. Houser
 Once serving only as children’s toys, scooters have taken on a new life these days in cities across America. Powered by compact lithium-ion batteries, these stubby little two-wheelers have become the latest adult solution to urban congestion. The popularity of e-scooters is understandable. Foremost, they are easy and fun to ride. Eco-sensitive riders laud the fact that they produce no emissions and constitute a minimal carbon footprint. Nonetheless, the massive influx of e-scooters has created a groundswell of controversy.
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American City & Country
According to National Geographic, more than 670 U.S. communities will face repeated flooding by the end of this century. Natural disasters continue to affect citizens across the U.S., which is why it’s vital for city and state governments to prepare accordingly. Implementing the right technology and procedures can have an immediate impact on the safety and well-being of citizens, particularly when preparing for and responding to natural disasters.
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Emergency Management
The national opioid crisis has affected countless lives in the U.S. and first responders are among them. More than 130 people die each day after overdosing on opioids, according to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and first responders are likely on the scene of many of those overdoses. The stresses of responding repeatedly to try to save someone from dying of an overdose is just part of the risk that first responders face when it comes to addiction.
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Smart Cities Dive
What sets a smart city apart? Arguably, the smart city is differentiated — and driven — by its ability to evaluate its existing infrastructure; identify inefficiencies and opportunities for technological enhancement; and integrate intelligent solutions that streamline everyday operations. This, of course, is easier said than done, especially considering the costs of technology implementation and the significant demands of managing and maintaining daily city operations.
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Emergency Management
The inventory of woes from PG&E’s recent power shutdown across Northern and Central California continues to come in: Students at UC Berkeley worrying that the intentional outage may have resulted in the loss of two years of research into fighting drug-resistant forms of cancer. Businesses that lost income from the cutoff even as PG&E’s website crash sowed widespread confusion and chaos. Reports of vehicle collisions at intersections where the power to traffic lights had been cut.
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