Sarah Sinning

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• What if you could save a life in three words? Well, there’s an app for that

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  What3words has made it possible to locate any place on earth in just three words, and PSAPs are taking notice

• Cities invest in job training programs to aid pandemic recovery

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  Both San Antonio and Chicago recently unveiled programs meant to incentivize higher education and jobs training for out-of-work citizens

• Innovative program in Milwaukee helps business owners of color thrive — even amid a pandemic

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  Brew City Match aims to bring distressed Milwaukee neighborhoods back to life by empowering historically underserved entrepreneurs

• City moves forward with rent cancellation proposal

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  Ithaca, New York, would be the first city in the U.S. to institute a rent forgiveness program for residents impacted by COVID-19

• Georgia governor sues Atlanta over mask mandate

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  Gov. Brian Kemp announced the suit against Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and members of the city council Thursday

• Indoor dining may be exacerbating virus spread, study finds

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  Governments across the nation are responding to surging case numbers by closing dine-in restaurants or imposing stricter limits on indoor seating capacities

• Moral budgeting: How San Antonio, Texas, advances equity through strategic spending

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  For San Antonio Equity Manager Jonathan Butler, a budget is a "moral document," allowing cities to strategically improve outcomes for those who are worse off

• 3 disaster preparedness resources for affordable housing organizations

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  Enterprise Community Partners’ Ready to Respond resources will help low-income multifamily housing organizations develop the resilience they need for future emergencies

• Obama: Local elections are the key to criminal justice reform

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  "The elected officials who matter most in reforming police departments and the criminal justice system work at the state and local levels"

• COPS: How civilian oversight of police works in major US cities

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  A 2018 report from the DOJ's Community Oriented Policing Services discusses the effectiveness, and challenges, of the civilian review boards in major cities across the country

• 'What is the future we want to have?': How cities are expanding food access during the pandemic and beyond

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  During a recent Cities of Service webinar, local leaders came together to discuss strategies for overcoming food insecurities exacerbated by COVID-19

• ICMA: Fiscal and organizational strategies for pandemic recovery

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  A free webinar from the International City/County Management Association discusses various strategies for fiscal resilience, both during the pandemic and beyond

• COVID-19 is decimating the local government, education workforce

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  The most recent employment report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows a loss of roughly 980,000 jobs in the government sector in April

• Fighting COVID-19 with geospatial tech

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  The City of Elgin, Illinois, is using ArcGIS to help keep citizens informed about local case loads and critical services

• After the crisis: When will states reopen for business?

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  As May approaches, states are putting together plans for safely reopening their economies; here's where they are so far

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