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  • Court Innovations' Matterhorn Allows People to Handle Court Cases Online

    October 12, 2016 |

    The Philadelphia Citizen |

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    Response Location: United States, Ann Arbor, Michigan

    Low-income people often miss out on court dates because they cannot afford to miss work or leave their children. Michigan and Ohio courts have incorporated the Matterhorn “online adjudication system” to handle simple cases so individuals can participate through the Internet. The system also offers the advantage of having “less bias” than in-person trials, because the race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status of the individual is protected online.

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  • Digitally disconnected

    October 10, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: United States, Farmington, New Mexico

    To address the lack of available WiFi outside of school settings, a local college in Farmington, New Mexico, offers students the ability to check out wireless hotspots for one week at a time, While the school's resources are limited and aren't able to provide for all students, the program has shed light on the need for Internet services in rural areas around the country.

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  • New York Debates How to Finance Low-Income Solar

    October 10, 2016 |

    Clean Energy Finance Forum |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Across the nation, low-income communities have very little say on the impact of solar power on their community. New York City has conducted talks with its residents resulting in community ownership of solar power utilities.

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  • Native schools move forward by looking to the past

    October 08, 2016 |

    High Country News |

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    Response Location: Santa Clara Native Reservation, United States, Albuquerque, New Mexico

    A New Mexico network of native schools, called the NACA-Inspired Schools Network, addresses the failure of traditional schooling to incorporate native culture into lessons by designing a culturally relevant curriculum for students. Beyond cultural education, the network also requires students to take at least two Advanced Placement courses and apply to at least 10 colleges to help level the playing field for native students in New Mexico.

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  • Naperville family's creative home solution for son with autism

    October 07, 2016 |

    Daily Herald |

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    Response Location: United States, Naperville, Illinois

    Part 3 of the Caregivers Crisis series: In light of a shortage of state group living facilities in Illinois, one family is partnering with a non-profit to retrofit their home into a safe, independent living space for their autistic son, creating a future for him when his aging parents can no longer take care of his daily needs.

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  • This Machine Could Prevent Gun Violence — If Only Cops Used It

    October 06, 2016 |

    The Marshall Project |

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    Response Location: United States, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana

    Gun crimes with no leads can torment police investigators and agitate communities. NIBIN is a database that tracks the unique marks that guns leave on shell casings, showing whether that same gun was used in another crime or could lead to evidence.

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  • The One and Only Texas Wind Boom

    October 03, 2016 |

    MIT Technology Review |

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    Response Location: United States, Texas

    To increase renewable energy from wind, Texas is the site of many wind turbines across wind farms, which not only produce energy but also provide income to farmers who own the land. There are still some problems but by deregulating the electricity market, making use of the open lands of Texas, and the relaxed attitude of Texans toward living near turbines Texas is a major generator; while other states struggle behind.

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  • EGI: Filling in the gaps in law enforcement for the online wildlife trade

    October 03, 2016 |

    Mongabay |

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    Response Location: United States, New York, New York

    Protected species of animals and plants are illegally sold online mainly due to buyers and sellers having no knowledge of laws or the consequences to the ecosystem. Enforcement Gaps Interface (EGI) is a software which uses machine learning to determine if the animal product is illegal or not.

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  • Welfare and the Underappreciated Value of Long-Term Thinking

    October 01, 2016 |

    Governing |

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    Response Location: United States, St. Paul, Minnesota

    Different states have demanded welfare recipients to work and report their logged hours to a welfare counselor, but this practice can make welfare recipients feel more like a statistic than real people. Ramsey County, Minnesota, has addressed a new way of offering job assistance—by developing skills for job retention, further education, and work planning with the counselors.

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  • With obesity on the rise, NH seniors turn to activity — and technology

    September 29, 2016 |

    New Hampshire Union Leader |

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    Response Location: United States, New Hampshire

    Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center geriatrician Dr. John Batsis has obtained a $796,500 grant to develop a home-based system of helping obese seniors lose weight, build muscle, and improve their strength using technology, video conferencing and personal coaching.

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