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After rocky start, hopes up in Oregon drug decriminalization

Andrew Selsky

September 25, 2022 |

Associated Press |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, Salem, Oregon

Drug Addiction Treatment and Recovery Act emphasizes getting treatment and decriminalizes possession of personal-use amounts of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and other drugs. Supporters of the act say that decriminalization reduces the stigma of addiction and keeps people who use drugs out of jail. In the first year of decriminalization, about 16,000 people accessed services.

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Jinsi Homa ya Chikungunya ilivyokabiliwa Mombasa Part - 1

Ruth Keah

September 25, 2022 |

RadioRahma |

Radio |

5-15 Minutes

Response Location: Kenya

Kufuatia mkurupuko wa homa ya Chikungunya kaunti ya Mombasa, serikali ya kaunti iliweka mikakati mbalimbali ya kukabiliana na mkurupuko huo. Ikiwa ni pamoja na utumizi wa magari ya kupuliza dawa kuua mbu.Magari 5 yalitumiwa katika zoezi hilo ambapo yalizunguka maeneo bunge yote 6 kaunti ya moja kwa kipindi cha mwezi mmoja.

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How Jigawa is transforming its Primary Healthcare with BHCPF

Elijah Akoji

September 24, 2022 |

International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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Over 3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Jigawa

Basic Health Care Provision Funds allows states that qualify to provide their residents access to quality healthcare. The funds allow states to provide healthcare centers with access to free medicine and treatment. This access to free drugs and treatment along with the deployment of midwives and community healthcare workers has helped to reduce the rates of both maternal and child mortality.

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Recycling: Abuja residents shift waste into wealth, as economic hardship bites

Lama Queen Godoz

September 24, 2022 |

International Centre for Investigative Reporting |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Nigeria, Abuja, Abuja

In an effort to involve more residents in recycling, the Cash for Trash initiative places drop-off hubs close to households in Abuja, Nigeria. Anyone can drop off recyclables and get paid to do so.

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'It was critical': Berm raised to help save the Great Salt Lake

Ben Winslow

September 23, 2022 |

KSTU-TV |

Broadcast TV News |

Under 3 Minutes

Response Location: United States, Lakeside, Utah

Utah’s Division of Water Resources raised a berm in a causeway that crosses the Great Salt Lake to level out the salinity and protect brine shrimp by limiting the amount of water passing between both sides.

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In Seattle, Community Land Trusts Are Allowing Low-Income Families To Buy A Home

Josh Cohen

September 23, 2022 |

Next City |

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Response Location: United States, Seattle, Washington

Homestead Community Land Trust and the local Habitat for Humanity specialize in helping lower-income residents become homeowners. They have portfolios of homes available to lower-income residents who make less than 80% of the area median income. To date, the community land trust model has been implemented at a small scale relative to the need and Habitat plans to build almost 300 new homes in the coming years.

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Great Salt Lake managers raise causeway berm in effort to stave off rising salinity

Leia Larsen

September 23, 2022 |

The Salt Lake Tribune |

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Response Location: United States, Salt Lake City, Utah

Engineers with the Division of Water Resources created a new berm in the Great Salt Lake to help protect the lake’s ecosystem and slow the water exchange and reduce rising salinity between the north and south arms of the lake. Initial findings after the berm’s construction have shown a significant decrease in high-salinity waters, as well as improvements in the lake’s brine shrimp population.

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How A Loan-To-Own Program In San Diego Is Boosting E-Bike Access

Emily Nonko

September 23, 2022 |

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800-1500 Words

Response Location: United States, San Diego, California

Pedal Ahead provides low-income locals access to e-bikes at no initial cost, while agreeing to ride an average of five miles a day, track and share rides for a study, and secure their own bike insurance. If the participants successfully complete the program after two years, they own the bike. Since its launch, the organization distributed over 400 bicycles across the county.

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Chicago police sergeant launches sports program to build ‘humanity'

Kyra O'Connor

September 23, 2022 |

News21 |

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Response Location: United States, Chicago, Illinois

Westside Sports started in 2017 and serves as a way for people and youth in the community to foster healthy relationships with law enforcement. Chicago Westside Sports consists of a league of hundreds of kids who play sports and dozens of officers, faith leaders, and nonprofit leaders who do the coaching.

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The Flight of the Angel in Basilicata: an inspiring model of how to develop tourism

Isa Grassano

September 23, 2022 |

News48 |

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1500-3000 Words

Response Location: Italy, Basilicata

The Flight of the Angel attraction has helped the area to create more jobs and improve the economy through tourism. In 2007, when the attraction opened, there were only two restaurants and two hotels in the city. But now, there are about 50 bed and breakfasts, eight restaurants and over 130,000 visitors annually.

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