A new report finds Connecticut s recently released prison population is facing reentry challenges. The State of Reentry report found resources and services are lacking for formerly incarcerated people. Between 2022 and 2023, 14% of the population said they would be homeless upon release. .
Most school and transit buses on the nation s roadways these days are still powered by diesel engines but in Wisconsin and elsewhere, there is hope about the push to switch to electric fleets. The city of Racine has made headlines in recent years for leveraging federal funds to add more electric buses operated by its transit agency. Through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, school systems such as the Palmyra-Eagle district have used federal grants to buy a handful of buses fitted with such technology. .
North Carolina s public school system is facing a crisis, according to the recently released "Public Schooling in America 2024" report. It ranks the state s public school system 48th in the nation. Among the key findings, North Carolina received one of the worst scores for privatization laws. .
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The University of Iowa s daily newspaper has purchased two small-town papers as part of an attempt to keep local news alive in rural Iowa, while at the same time giving university journalism students more real-world experience. Experts who study the practice of journalism said the acquisition might be the first of its kind. The university s student-run newspaper, the Daily Iowan, bills itself as an independent student paper with an audience of about 50,000, run by 100 student employees. .