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World Cup Countdown Spurs Los Angeles Homelessness Push, but Housing Shortfall Clouds Lasting Gains

Los Angeles-Los Angeles has expanded temporary housing programs and reduced visible street homelessness ahead of major international sporting events, but

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New York Faces Surge in Dog Waste Complaints as Officials Push Education Over Enforcement

“It’s a quality-of-life issue that makes people angry because others are not picking up after their dogs.” — Julie Menin,

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Green Party’s Zoë Garbett Takes Office in Hackney After Major Electoral Shift in London Borough

“Everything I do has got climate and climate justice at its centre,” Hackney Mayor Zoë Garbett said after taking office

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Britain’s Pothole Crisis Deepens as Councils Struggle With £18.6 Billion Repair Backlog

“We just don’t have enough money to do anything other than keep the network roughly safe, rather than actually fixing

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Amish Sanitation Dispute in Michigan Tests Limits of Religious Freedom and Public Health Rules

“It’s not the cost that we don’t live that way. It’s our religion.” When the Delagrange family relocated from Hillsdale

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