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How One Hospital Brought Its C-Section Rate Down In A Hurry

Anna Gorman

May 10, 2015 |

KQED |

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Response Location: United States, Newport Beach, California

Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian, under pressure from the insurance network to lower maternity costs, used a number of tools to lower the rate of cesarean sections done. The changes not only helped drastically reduce costs, but created a better, safer birth outcomes for patients.

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After the Wars, Common Ground in Oregon's Forests

Ben DeJarnette

April 27, 2015 |

InvestigateWest |

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Response Location: United States, Ashland, Oregon

Summer in the Northwest presents a great risk of wildfires. A pile burning operation, just one facet of the strategy that Oregon has enacted to conserve its forests, clears undergrowth to lessen the risk of mega-fire. The work stimulates the local economy and provides employment, but it's also a very small part of what needs to be done.

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Carbon Pricing Helping Farmers Ease Methane Pollution

John Upton

April 24, 2015 |

Climate Central |

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Response Location: United States, Sacramento, California

The government wants more farmers turning waste methane into biogas to help combat the negative effects of global climate change. California is leading the initiative, largely through a cap-and-trade program.

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Anchored in hope: How Toronto is learning from Cleveland's return to prosperity

Sara Mojtehedzadeh

April 18, 2015 |

Toronto Star |

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Response Location: United States, Cleveland, Ohio

After decades of economic and social despair that once saw it named the poorest big city in America, Cleveland has become a model of revitalization, thanks to a unique “anchor strategy” that harnesses the immense wealth and power of the city’s public institutions.

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One city's answer to the high two-year college dropout rate

Lane Anderson

April 09, 2015 |

Deseret News |

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Response Location: United States, Yonkers, New York

Yonkers Partners in Education offers free SAT test prep and college guidance counselors in Yonker's high schools. The program aims to increase college enrollment rates for low-income students who lack the same access to expensive tutors and courses as their afluent peers.

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Minnesota ramps up hunt for arsenic in wells

Jennifer Vogel

March 26, 2015 |

Minnesota Public Radio |

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Response Location: United States, St. Michael, Minnesota

A new three-year project between the health department and the U.S. Geological Survey designed to improve the way arsenic, a carcinogen, is measured in private wells and to develop guidelines to help contractors avoid drilling high arsenic wells in the first place.

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What if a high school diploma guaranteed a highly paid job?

Sarah Garland

March 25, 2015 |

The Hechinger Report |

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Response Location: United States, Waco, Texas

A new vocational school in Waco makes a promise to its graduates: A good-paying job. The school focuses on blue-collar skills with a practical edge, ensuring employability.

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Denmark's vision for solving the world's water woes

Jean Chua

March 25, 2015 |

Eco-Business |

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Response Location: Denmark, Copenhagen

Though once the rivers were afoul with pollution and the carcasses of poisoned fish and the water from taps was too hazardous to drink, Denmark now boasts some of the world's cleanest drinking water and some of it's most comprehensive programs for good water management. The Danish government is looking to help other nations replicate their success, leveraging technology and collaboration to better manage water treatment and conservation for all.

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Oklahoma schools district offers insight as EPISD, YISD consider shutting schools

Lindsey Anderson

March 21, 2015 |

El Paso Times |

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Response Location: United States, Tulsa, Oklahoma

Tulsa Public Schools drew on expertise across many sectors and extensive neighborhood input to address the issue of thousands of empty seats in local schools. Through a community-focused process, they were able to mindfully close under-utilized schools and better maximize the community's resources for students.

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Police and the mentally ill: LAPD praised as a model for nation

Stephanie O'Neill

March 09, 2015 |

Southern California Public Radio (KPCC) |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Los Angeles, California

LAPD's special team, the Mental Evaluation Unit, is teaming up police officers with mental health clinicians to better approach and address individuals suffering from a mental health crisis. Rather than sending them to jail - where resources are limited and a vicious cycle often results - the teams help ensure patients get the medical care they need, preventing brushes with the law and county millions of dollars and freed up thousands of hours of patrol time. Their model is being replicated nation-wide.

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