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Earlier this week, accelerator group Techstars announced changes to its operations. Techstars found itself facing criticism for some of its decisions and execution after announcing it would shut down its Boulder and Seattle accelerators after recently shuttering its Austin-based program, which TechCrunch was first to report in December. For example, Zillow co-founder Spencer Rascoff said on X that the Techstars memo about closing  its Seattle program was a “brutal takedown” ...

Philadelphia transportation officials share how they completed a monthslong reconstruction of the I-95 bridge collapse in just 12 days.

Residents of Chicago's Southeast Side have lived alongside industrial polluters for generations. Advocates say rule changes could improve health.

A decentralized microgrid is bringing sustainable energy to Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood. Extreme weather has highlighted the technology.

To keep Austin equitable, the city is embarking on targeted efforts to reduce the effects of the climate crisis in communities of color.

Austin's expanded airport is expected to be able to process 31 million passengers a year, but forecasts show it could far outpace that estimate.

Arizona has a high rate of people experiencing homelessness who are unsheltered. Phoenix is working to prevent heat-related deaths in this group.

Valley of the Sun dwellers have always built homes to survive their desert climate, but now they turn to natural building materials to beat the heat.

Walking, biking, and taking transit are inconvenient for most people in Phoenix, but the mayor says she has a 35-year plan to fix it.

Phoenicians have become the catalyst for the growing "anti-lawn" movement, where grass lawns have exacerbated Arizona's water crisis.