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Christine Fisher | Jul 1st, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Economy | Region: West Coast | Cities: San Francisco |
This week, the Supreme Court announced its refusal to hear a case challenging San Francisco’s citywide health care coverage program. This refusal ends the four-year battle between the program, Healthy San Francisco, and opposing Golden Gate Restaurant Association (GGRA). (
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Evan Miller | May 20th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Seattle |
A test gone awry brings the end to a trial contract between the city of Seattle and a German manufacturer of high-tech automatic toilets. But is such an abrupt end to a pilot program designed to quell public urination and defecation necessary? Surely these silver self-cleaning cylindrical facilities were not the boon the city was expecting, but were they really the bane?
The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports. (
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Jennifer Kim | May 16th, 2008 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Philadelphia |
What happens to a neighborhood when its most important commodity is in short supply? The shortage of rice has already taken its toll on Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Jennifer Kim reports. (
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This week, the Supreme Court announced its refusal to hear a case challenging San Francisco’s citywide health care coverage program. This refusal ends the four-year battle between the program, Healthy San Francisco, and opposing Golden Gate Restaurant Association (GGRA). (keep reading…)
A test gone awry brings the end to a trial contract between the city of Seattle and a German manufacturer of high-tech automatic toilets. But is such an abrupt end to a pilot program designed to quell public urination and defecation necessary? Surely these silver self-cleaning cylindrical facilities were not the boon the city was expecting, but were they really the bane? The New Argument’s Evan Miller reports. (keep reading…)
What happens to a neighborhood when its most important commodity is in short supply? The shortage of rice has already taken its toll on Philadelphia’s Chinatown. Jennifer Kim reports. (keep reading…)
