Stateline · Business · 09:00 UTC · Robbie Sequeira · Support

Cities turn to AI to speed housing permitting

New housing projects can sometimes stall out as a developer applies to city or county planning boards and goes through cycles of inspections, reviews and approvals. Now, cities are increasingly turning to artificial intelligence to address one of the most persistent sources of housing permitting delays: incomplete applications. And two new streams of federal money

New York Focus · Business · 09:00 UTC · Sam Mellins · Donate

Three Takeaways From Our Investigation Into a Shady New York Union

IBOTU pays its bosses millions, and employers use it to fend off more aggressive unions.

Grist · Business · 08:45 UTC · Frida Garza · Donate

Who’s most at risk in the cyclospora outbreak? The farmworkers on the front lines.

VTDigger · Business · 23:29 UTC · Bear Savage · Donate

Sanders rallies at St. Albans dairy processing plant, calling its closure ‘devastating’

Sen. Bernie Sanders rallied support Wednesday for unionized Dairy Farmers of America workers and called for the co-op’s milk processing plant to remain open. Read the story on VTDigger here: Sanders rallies at St. Albans dairy processing plant, calling its closure ‘devastating’.

Mission Local · Business · 21:51 UTC · Oscar Palma · Donate

Mission Buzz: New coffee shop is coming to the old home of Revolution Cafe

Also, a new Head Start program is coming the Women's building. Friendship House has a new CEO and a community event at El Faro this weekend. Mission Buzz: New coffee shop is coming to the old home of Revolution Cafe

Flatwater Free Press · Business · 10:00 UTC · Chris Bowling · Donate

Flatwater Free Press reporter talks lead investigation on ‘Here & Now’

On Aug. 12, Flatwater Free Press reporter Chris Bowling joined Boston’s largest National Public Radio station to discuss his investigative reporting into Omaha’s lead Superfund site. Indira Lakshmanan,

New York Focus · Business · 09:00 UTC · Sam Mellins · Donate

This New York Union Gives Millions to Its Bosses, Pennies to the Rank-and-File

Employers have sought out the family-run IBOTU to fend off more aggressive unions. Five of its officers collected more than $27 million over the past decade — nearly half the dues its members paid.

Grist · Business · 08:45 UTC · Benton Graham · Donate

All aboard Amtrak’s sleeker, cleaner new trains

Baltimore Beat · Business · 21:33 UTC · Vivian Pasion · Donate

OP-ED: My wife is detained by the Philippine government and our taxes fund it

On July 30, combined elements of the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) and the Philippine National Police (PNP) arrested my wife, Christina Pasion, and Indigenous community organizer Binay Serrano in an early morning raid in Cabuyao, Laguna. My wife, an American citizen, has been detained in Camp Bagong Diwa under the custody of the

Mission Local · Business · 21:07 UTC · Oscar Palma · Donate

Cinderella Bakery will finally debut in the Mission District: Opening set for month’s end

Cinderella's opening in the Mission District is set for Aug. 28. The Russian bakery will open at 24th and Alabama streets. Cinderella Bakery will finally debut in the Mission District: Opening set for month’s end

Grist · Business · 23:19 UTC · Tik Root · Donate

California’s new tire efficiency rules could save drivers $1B a year

The Community Voice · Business · 23:05 UTC · Bonita, Editor-in-Chief · Donate

Sigma Gamma Rho Honors Jackson Mortuary’s Century of Service

As Jackson Mortuary celebrates its 100th anniversary this summer, members of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. took time to recognize not only the historic Wichita business, but also the family

The Community Voice · Business · 22:26 UTC · The VOICE News Service · Donate

Cox Is Becoming Spectrum: What Cox Customers Need to Know

Cox customers in Wichita — and across the nation — will soon become Spectrum customers following final regulatory approval of the massive combination of Cox Communications and Charter Communications, the

Grist · Business · 19:29 UTC · Tik Root · Donate

The market for used EVs ‘is so hot’ right now

The Hechinger Report · Business · 10:00 UTC · Jill Barshay and Kristin Fasiang · Donate

Slow math: Kids may learn more when AI makes them review mistakes

Artificial intelligence makes many tasks faster and easier. But a new study suggests that students may learn more when AI makes them slow down. In an experiment involving more than 6,000 middle schoolers in Tennessee, students learned slightly more math when an AI tutor walked them through their mistakes and then required them to demonstrate

Capital & Main · Business · 16:04 UTC · Mark Kreidler · Donate

After Years-Long Battle, California Rideshare Drivers Win Certification. Can They Win a Contract?

If Uber and Lyft resort to the stalling tactics corporations commonly use to block higher pay and better working conditions, gig workers will still have a fight on their hands.

Spotlight PA · Business · 14:46 UTC · Taylor Giorno · Donate

New owners of Bethlehem Steel hire lobbyists to help resurrect brand

This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s partnership with NOTUS, a nonpartisan news organization that covers government and politics with the fresh eyes of early career journalists and the expertise of veteran reporters. In 2003, a steel giant finally crumbled. Once the second-largest steel manufacturer in the United States, Bethlehem Steel had filed for bankruptcy two years earlier. T

RANGE · Business · 00:02 UTC · Aaron Hedge · Donate

Last week, the Spokesman-Review benched its top editor. Now, its union has voted no confidence

For a decade, Rob Curley has told Spokane he knows how to save journalism. After last Friday, it’s unclear if he can save his job.

Stateline · Business · 09:00 UTC · Tim Henderson · Support

With new tactics, ICE reaches new high in monthly arrests

Federal immigration agents are employing new tactics — from arresting academics at airports to setting up a checkpoint at a popular creek in a National Forest — to boost their arrest numbers, leading to more arrests in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration. Though it is striving to fulfill the White House’s demand for more

Stateline · Business · 16:26 UTC · Tim Henderson · Support

US employers shed 23K jobs in July

U.S. employers shed 23,000 jobs in July, and the employment count for earlier months was revised downward by 103,000 jobs as labor shortages begin to weigh on hiring, according to new statistics released Friday by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. “There’s no sugarcoating the overarching message in the July jobs report,” Mark Zandi, the

Popular Information · Business · 10:30 UTC · Judd Legum · Support

UPDATE: After the Mamdani 9/11 smear, a cover-up

Media outlets pushed a false narrative about the number of family members of 9/11 victims who signed a petition targeting Mamdani — and then covered their tracks.

New York Focus · Business · 09:00 UTC · Melissa Manno · Donate

New Bill Would Ban Humanoid Robots in Schools After New York Focus Report

“This is the first step in what’s going to be a much larger conversation about AI in New York schools,” the Senate education committee chair said.

Bolts · Business · 14:26 UTC · Alex Burness · Donate

Virginia Governor Restores Voting Rights for Thousands With Past Felony Convictions

This is the only state that was banning people convicted of any felony from voting for life. Virginians have an opportunity to end that system for good in November.

Undark · Business · 07:40 UTC · Anil Ananthaswamy · Support

Book Review: The Case for the AI-Powered Global Brain

In “The God Test,” Robert Wright considers a future in which human consciousness becomes infused with AI. “We have to think seriously about a future in which there is something that increasingly resembles a global brain, and its neurons increasingly consist not just of human brains but of AIs,” he writes.

New York Focus · Business · 09:00 UTC · Jie Jenny Zou · Donate

New York Is Struggling to Track Its Own AI Use

Several agencies’ high-profile AI programs do not appear in the state’s AI inventory.

Canopy Atlanta · Business · 12:00 UTC · brianikeda · Donate

Where are Clarkston’s third spaces?

One resident embarks on a quest to find them, searching high and low for places that fully reflect the city’s diversity.

New York Focus · Business · 22:04 UTC · Nick Garber · Donate

Amazon Quietly Bankrolled $5 Million Campaign Against NYC Delivery Bill

The delivery giant supplied almost all the funding for a campaign presented as a coalition of workers, small businesses, and national carriers.

New York Focus · Business · 08:00 UTC · Nick Garber · Donate

Hochul Extends Program to Hire Government Workers Faster. Mamdani Opts Out.

New York City has no plans to opt into NY HELPS, which has been extended to 2028 after filling 60,000 government jobs.

The War Horse · Business · 11:00 UTC · Karen Hartman · Donate

The Vietnam War Killed My Father Decades After His Tour. Am I a Middle-Aged Gold Star Child?

I stood in a Brooklyn post office renewing my teenage son’s passport, hoping to board a plane by summertime. When I paid with a USAA check, the postal worker thanked me for my service. I deflected as usual: “Oh no, I didn’t serve, my father served.” I have USAA imposter syndrome; I know I didn’t

The Handbasket · Business · 21:17 UTC · Marisa Kabas · Subscribe

Hating AI is good, actually

LinkedIn may be awash with boosters, but shunning AI is the human choice.