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Imagine being able to contribute to scientific research just by riding a bike: your bicycle automatically collects valuable air quality data from the different neighborhoods you pedal through, creating a mobile network of air quality monitors. That's the vision a group of students at Boston University are working toward.
The task force will research the decisions that led to the placement of the university in the Shoe Lane neighborhood, which was, at the time, home to a small, thriving Black community.
Traveling for official city business is often part of a city council member’s job, allowing an elected official to gain insight on how peers in other cities and countries are handling a variety of issues. But with travel come expenses that are often paid for by taxpayers. The expenses cities cover on council members’ behalf make up only a small fraction of overall budgets, but without ...
To learn more about how city council members are spending taxpayer dollars, The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press filed Freedom of Information Act requests asking for all expenses that six Hampton Roads cities paid for city council members in 2023. Total expenses range from about $41,000 in Newport News to $12,400 in Norfolk.
The Virginian-Pilot and Daily Press reviewed the travel, meal and credit card policies of Hampton Roads cities to find out what checks they have in place to prevent misuse of taxpayer money.