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| Jul 31, 2026 | Leadership vacuum: Agencies in New York and beyond pass the buck on opioid cash oversight | Getting your Trinity Audio player ready...
By Aneri Pattani, KFF Health News
Companies accused of recklessly marketing and distributing prescription opioid painkillers are paying roughly $58 billion to settle lawsuits over their role in fue... |
| Jun 21, 2026 | Japan Pension Fund Allocates Bitcoin as Dollar Hedge Amid Regulatory Shift | By Scott McCain
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| Mar 25, 2026 | North Carolina Loses More Ground on Teacher Pay | NC Teacher Salary Compared to National Averages 2013-14 through 2024-25
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A new report shows that North Carolina’s teacher salaries dropped this year, increasing the gap in national salary comparisons.
If we truly beli... |
| Sep 24, 2025 | Districts around the US are mulling school closures as student enrollment falls | By HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH, Associated Press
Thomasina Clarke has watched school after school close in her once thriving St. Louis neighborhood, which was hit by a tornado this spring and whose population has plummeted in recent decades.
“It’... |
| Jul 16, 2025 | RFK Jr. and other Trump officials embrace psychedelics after FDA setback | “I’m quite optimistic,” says Rick Doblin, whose organization has pursed the medical use of MDMA (or ecstasy) since the 1980s. “But I’m also worried that the message the public might get is ‘Well, RFK likes psychedelics and now it’s approved... |
| Aug 8, 2024 | Google Loses Big Antitrust Fight, Which Will Mean What, Exactly? | What if you found an antitrust violation… and almost all of the remedies wouldn’t actually do much to fix things? That might be the situation we’re in with Google’s antitrust loss this week. It’s not a good situation by any means, but it’s ... |
| Jul 25, 2024 | The Messy Reality Behind Trying To Protect The Internet From Terrible Laws | The recent Supreme Court case, Moody v. NetChoice & CCIA, confronted a pivotal question: Do websites have the First Amendment right to curate content they present to their global audiences? While the opinion has been dissected by many, ... |
| Oct 20, 2023 | Self-driving cars roll out in Houston, Q3 VC funding recap, and more trending innovation news | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup articles on InnovationMap included a roundup of VC funding from last quarter, finalists name... |
| Oct 11, 2023 | Innovative California company taps Houston area for purified water projects | Houstonians are used to filtering their water, but few really ponder why they’re doing it.
“Most people, when they think about water stress, they think about water scarcity, like what you see happening in Northern Africa or maybe the Southe... |
| Oct 9, 2023 | Houston AI SaaS startup secures $5.5M seed funding from Austin VC | A Houston startup that's using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to disrupt the retail automotive industry has raised seed funding.
Konect.ai announced a $5.5 million seed investment from Austin-based Silverton Partner... |
| Oct 6, 2023 | University of Houston lands $63.5M contract with DOD to develop tech for the 'future battlefield' | The University of Houston was recently awarded its largest grant in history—this time, from the U.S. Department of Defense.
The $63.5 million contract aims to support UH in developing analytical modeling and simulation platforms that help t... |
| Sep 27, 2023 | Rice researchers score $45M from NIH for cancer-fighting tech | A research funding agency has deployed capital into a team at Rice University that's working to develop a technology that could cut cancer-related deaths in half.
Rice researchers received $45 million from the National Institutes of Health'... |
| Sep 25, 2023 | Houston-based, cancer-fighting organization breaks ground on new collaborative building | Houston is where medical researchers and clinicians come together. And it’s getting easier for that to happen thanks to an innovative new facility from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
On September 20, the world-class inst... |
| Sep 19, 2023 | Houston heart health startup secures $8M in funding, announces new partnerships | With fresh funding, a Houston-based health tech platform that's less than a year old has grown its United States footprint.
CardioOne, which has created a cardiology care delivery enablement platform that serves independent cardiologists, h... |
| Sep 15, 2023 | Rice's new 'moonshot' initiative, VCs on Houston innovation, and more trending news | Editor's note:Another week has come and gone, and it's time to round up the top headlines from the past few days. Trending Houston tech and startup news on InnovationMap included the a roundup of key moments from Venture Houston, a unique n... |
| Sep 11, 2023 | Rice University launches research innovation grant program with VC fund in the works | Over 60 years ago at Rice University, President John F. Kennedy recommitted the country to the Space Race. Now, decades later, the university is announcing its commitment to moonshot innovators.
Rice University's Office of Innovation establ... |
| Sep 11, 2023 | 3 Houston innovators to know this week | Editor's note: In this week's roundup of Houston innovators to know, I'm introducing you to three local innovators across industries — from health care to energy tech — recently making headlines in Houston innovation.
Michelle Stansbury, vi... |
| Sep 7, 2023 | University of Houston reveals $35M campus transformation ahead of centennial | As the University of Houston gets ready for its centennial in 2027, the school is launching a major transformation to its urban campus. The $35 million project aims to transform several prominent areas of the university grounds and create a... |
| Aug 30, 2023 | 13 initiatives receive grant funding from new EV-focused, Houston-led program | Evolve Houston awarded its inaugural microgrants this week to 13 groups, neighborhoods and an individual working to make electric vehicles accessible to all Houstonians.
Launched in 2022, Evolve's eMobility Microgrant Initiative supports co... |
| Aug 24, 2023 | Houston to host 6 Italian aerospace companies with new program | It's an Italian invasion in Houston — and it's happening in the name of accelerating innovation within aerospace.
For the first time, Italy has announced an international aerospace-focused program in the United States. The Italian Trade Age... |
| Aug 14, 2023 | Houston-Dallas high-speed bullet train gets back on the rails thanks to potential Amtrak partnership | In the latest chapter in the saga of the high-speed bullet train between Houston and Dallas, Amtrak is now involved.
According to a press release, Texas Central Partners and Amtrak are exploring a partnership to work together on the propose... |
| Apr 8, 2023 | Climate Hysteria In The Dark Age: Are We Seeing Glimmers Of Light? | Arthur's Hall, Dover Castle, 14th century, (c1990-2010). Interior view. Reconstruction drawing of ... [+] Arthur's Hall, table feast in the 14th century. A a medieval castle in Dover, Kent, founded in the 11th century and described as the K... |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Interdistrict School Choice Funding Decisions Should Be Grounded in a Full Understanding of Costs | Key New NEPC Review Takeaway: The funding portability systems touted by a new report do not account for many factors that determine student costs.
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The Reason Foundation, a vigorous advocate for choice p... |
| Apr 6, 2023 | Interdistrict School Choice Funding Decisions Should Be Grounded in a Full Understanding of Costs | BOULDER, Colo. (PRWEB) April 06, 2023
The Reason Foundation, a vigorous advocate for choice policies such as vouchers and charter schools, recently published a report advocating for the increased “portability” of school revenues, allowing f... |
| Aug 31, 2021 | Are High Marijuana Taxes Really to Blame for the Black Market? | August 31, 2021 5 min read This story originally appeared on The Fresh Toast
Cannabis advocates have argued for years that legalization is the key to ending the black market pot trade. However, it’s been more than a decade since Colorado be... |
| Jul 31, 2021 | Government Cash Grab Could Jeopardize Fire Preparedness Out West | Golden Gate bridge during 2020 wildfires. getty |
| Jun 18, 2021 | These States Lead the Way on Pension Reform | State and municipal debt has tripled since 2000, with unfunded public pension liabilities mostly to blame. After 20 years of inadequate funding policies, failure to meet overly optimistic investment return targets, and other factors, state ... |
| Jun 15, 2021 | Majority of Americans Support Drug Decriminalization | June 15, 2021 2 min read This story originally appeared on The Fresh Toast
More than half, 60%, of Americans believe the War on Drugs should end, and support the decriminalization of illegal substances.
The American Civil Liberties Union (A... |
| Jun 9, 2021 | A Stronger Economic Recovery Is Within Reach, But Public Policy Is Holding It Back | Happy female shoppers tasting chocolate truffles in a candy shop. Ygetty |
| Apr 26, 2021 | The Boulder Chamber View: Mobility investments: Keep us moving, keep us safe | Lori CallThe Boulder Chamber View
After a year of lighter traffic, cars are returning to the roads. More than 40% of American adults have received at least one vaccination shot, and many who have been working from their living room for the ... |
| Apr 19, 2021 | Hey Prohibitionists. This Is All You Need to Know About the Cannabis Plant | April 19, 2021 10 min read
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Fifty years ago, "420" became part of the public lexicon and eventually grew into a worldwide celebration of cannabis and its culture. What ... |
| Jan 29, 2021 | The Most Important Lesson For Buttigieg And The Biden Administrations On Transportation | A long train loaded with double-stack white cargo containers winds its way around tight s-curves in ... [+] mountain countryside.getty |
| Jan 14, 2021 | Rethinking The Social Safety Net | young mother with social services or housing officergetty |
| Dec 19, 2020 | How To Recover Stronger In 2021 | A young man jump between 2020 and 2021 years over the sun and through on the gap of hill silhouette ... [+] evening colorful sky. happy new year 2021.getty |
| Nov 25, 2017 | Hydrogen fuel stations are clustered in L.A. and O.C., but that may be changing soon | It was love at first drive for Chris Schneider and his Honda Clarity.
“This is the most rewarding automotive experience I’ve ever had, and I’ve driven lots of different vehicles with all kinds of technologies,” the 61-year-old said on a rec... |
| Oct 31, 2013 | A nation of renters? Not so, delinquent borrowers say. | Report after report suggests that Americans have become wary of homeownership and prefer the lack of commitment that often accompanies renting.
These reports leave readers with the distinct impression that the future of America is one where... |
| Apr 24, 2013 | City of Provo actually has to pay for Google to take over its struggling fiber network | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
iProvo, a financially distressed fiber Internet s... |
| Mar 26, 2013 | How the maker of TurboTax fought free, simple tax filing | reader comments 342 with 159 posters participating
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Imagine filing your income taxes in five minutes—and for free. You'd open up a prefi... |
| Feb 10, 2011 | We know where you’ve been: privacy, congestion tracking, and the future | reader comments 86 with 56 posters participating
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Highway congestion is a serious problem that will only get worse as the US population grows. And our traditional solution t... |
| Dec 11, 2010 | Speaking of… Using Your Medium with Reason’s Nick Gillespie (TCTV) | It is 25 degrees here in NY and I feel like a wuss. We California people aren’t cut out for the weather out here. I’ve got thermal underwear (top & bottom), another shirt on top, pants, sweater, jacket, long coat, gloves and a hat on. S... |
| Dec 29, 2006 | Evaluating the pros and cons of municipal wireless | reader comments with 0 posters participating
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A report (PDF) issued earlier this month by the Reason Foundation illuminates potential challenges faced by municipal broadband... |
