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Have Atlanta Rents Finally Topped Out?
Curbed Atlanta

http://atlanta.curbed.com/2016/5/2/11566476/atlanta-rents-finally-start-decline
Safe Streets Groups Call for Upgrade after impaired driver hits three pupils

Saporta Report

http://saportareport.com/safe-streets-groups-call-upgrade-impaired-driver-hits-three-pupils/

 

In Louisiana, the U.S. Has its First Climate Change Refugees

Political Insider blog

http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/05/03/in-louisiana-the-u-s-has-its-first-climate-change-refugees/

 

King County Judge Makes Historic Judgment against Washington State in Climate Change Case

The Stranger

https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2016/04/29/24025118/king-county-judge-makes-historic-judgment-against-washington-state-in-climate-change-case

 

Panel Agrees existing Solar Consumers Should Pay Old Power Rate (Nevada)

Las Vegas Sun

http://lasvegassun.com/news/2016/apr/28/panel-agrees-existing-solar-customers-should-pay-o/

 

Solar Airplane Lands in Phoenix after Flight from Silicon Valley

NPR radio news

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/05/03/476569334/solar-airplane-lands-in-phoenix-after-flight-from-silicon-valley

 

Surge in Ridership Pushes New York Subway to Limit (New York)

New York Times

www.nytimes.com/2016/05/04/nyregion/surge-in-ridership-pushes-new-york-subway-to-limit.html

 

South Dakota Wrongly Puts Thousands in Nursing Homes, Government Says

New York Times

www.nytimes.com/2016/05/03/us/south-dakota-disabilities-nursing-homes.html

 

Federal Housing Assistance Declines despite Increase in Need

National Low-Income Housing Coalition

http://nlihc.org/article/federal-housing-assistance-declines-despite-increase-need

 

The Key to Making Economic Development More Equitable is Making it More Democratic

The Nation

http://www.thenation.com/article/the-key-to-making-economic-development-more-equitable-is-making-it-more-democratic/

 

The Steady Downward Spiral of the Republican Party

Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-steady-downward-spiral-of-the-republican-party-in-2016/2016/05/02/89fca8e6-1092-11e6-93ae-50921721165d_story.html

 

Marijuana Legalization Didn’t Lead to Increased Youth Access in Washington State

Marijuana.com

http://www.marijuana.com/blog/news/2016/05/marijuana-legalization-didnt-lead-to-increased-youth-access-in-washington-state/

 

Gentrification is Destroying Communities as Much as Climate Change

Guardian (UK)

http://www.theguardian.com/cities/2016/may/03/gentrification-climate-change-sierra-club-san-francisco

 

Berlin Has Banned AirBNB

Huh Magazine (UK)

http://www.huhmagazine.co.uk/11457/berlin-has-banned-airbnb

 

Costa Rica becomes First Latin American Country to Ban Hunting for Sport

Inhabitat

http://inhabitat.com/costa-rica-becomes-first-latin-american-country-to-ban-hunting-for-sport/

 

(END/2016)