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The U.S. House Appropriations Committee on Thursday approved the 2027 Homeland Security spending bill, which proposes $34.1 billion for Federal Emergency Management Agency programs — an increase of more than $2 billion over current funding. smartcitiesdive.com/news/hou…
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Wellesley, Massachusetts, is suing the state over plans to build 180 housing units in a community college parking lot owned by the state. smartcitiesdive.com/news/mas…
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The @usmayors issued a statement expressing “deep concern” about the “unprecedented expansion” of funding for @ICEgov in the #SecureAmericaAct that President Donald Trump signed yesterday. smartcitiesdive.com/news/sec…
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Sen. Mark Warner Warner, D-Va., introduced legislation that would restore federal support for a program that provided cybersecurity resources to state and local governments before the Donald Trump administration cut funding for it last year. smartcitiesdive.com/news/cyb…
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While a new report warns of staffing shortages, leadership vacancies and strained federal-state relationships, @fema acting administrator Robert Fenton says the agency is prepared for hurricane and wildfire season. smartcitiesdive.com/news/fem…
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Fatalities in the nation’s largest cities remain well above the number of deaths in 2009, according to a report released Tuesday by @SmartGrowthUSA and the National Complete Streets Coalition. smartcitiesdive.com/news/sma…
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The 2026 @FIFAWorldCup will be the hottest in human history, @RRNatureConserv climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe said Monday. smartcitiesdive.com/news/wor…
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After a few snags, Seattle’s plan to provide publicly owned, permanently affordable social housing is starting to come to fruition. smartcitiesdive.com/news/sea…
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, @MTANYC_RBLX Chair and CEO Janno Lieber and other dignitaries broke ground Monday on phase 2 of the Second Avenue subway line in Manhattan. smartcitiesdive.com/news/ny-…
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The biggest risk for communities isn’t a closed federal funding spigot. The real risk is stepping out of competition for federal dollars just as the rules of engagement become clearer, writes Amanda Wood. smartcitiesdive.com/news/fed…
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The Miami-Dade Aviation Department will install an air traffic management system for air taxis at the Miami Executive Airport in collaboration with Bell-Dancy
Industries (BDI), a Los Angeles-based developer of autonomous flight infrastructure. smartcitiesdive.com/news/air…
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Frequency and length of visits by city residents make these 10 downtowns stand apart, according to a @gensler_design report. smartcitiesdive.com/news/the…
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The House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure submitted its comments and estimates for programs under its jurisdiction to the House Budget Committee for the fiscal year 2027 budget in a short markup session Thursday. smartcitiesdive.com/news/hou…
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The @IMLLeague actively opposed @GovPritzker's housing bill that it said would preempt local land use and zoning authority. smartcitiesdive.com/news/ill…
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Our nation faces an affordable housing crisis,” said @MayorToddGloria, @usmayors first vice president at a conference. smartcitiesdive.com/news/may…
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Millions of people are estimated to be in “doubled-up” housing situations. Monitoring the trend could help cities prevent more of them from ending up on the street, one researcher says. smartcitiesdive.com/news/hud…
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800 invited guests attended the grand opening of the long-awaited LA Metro D line extension. The nearly 4-mile addition includes three new stations along Wilshire Boulevard. Here's our photo story on the day's events. smartcitiesdive.com/news/los…
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Cities, counties and tribes with populations of at least 25,000 can get between $300,000 and $15 million in federal funding for parks through the @NatlParkService Outdoor Recreation Legacy Partnership Program. smartcitiesdive.com/news/par…
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We sat down with @Samsara Senior Vice President for Sales Engineering Tim Nagy to talk about AI adoption in local government, and what the future of AI in cities could look like. Here's what he had to say.
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