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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” of that city’s startup scene.

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.