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Raw data: Traffic fatalities in rural and urban areas

2 years 7 months ago
Traffic fatalities have increased 15% since 2013. But the increase hasn't been evenly spread: Since 2013 urban fatalities have grown a whopping 46% more than rural fatalities even though urban miles driven are up only about 10% more than rural miles driven. Why? The question here is not why there are more urban fatalities. In ...continue reading "Raw data: Traffic fatalities in rural and urban areas"
Kevin Drum

Those bully days are over

2 years 7 months ago
After being sworn in as the first woman president of the city Board of Aldermen and its 22nd in history, Megan Ellyia Green told fellow members of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment Mayor Tishaura Jones and Comptroller Darlene Green,…
Alvin A. Reid | St. Louis American

The Czech Republic’s Proposed Version Of Upload Filters Has A Bad Idea That Could Become A Great One

2 years 7 months ago
A clear demonstration that the EU Copyright Directive is a badly-drafted law is the fact that it has still not been implemented in national legislation by all the EU Member States three years after it was passed, and over a year after the nominal deadline for doing so. That’s largely because of the upload filters of Article 17. The requirement […]
Mike Masnick

U.S. Army Corps Of Engineers Hosts Four Public Workshops For Mel Price Locks and Dam Water Control Manual Revision

2 years 7 months ago
ST. LOUIS - The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is hosting four public workshops for the Melvin Price Locks and Dam water control manual revision. Workshops will be held Tuesday, Dec. 13 from 1–3 p.m. and from 6–8 p.m. at the National Great Rivers Museum located at #2 Locks and Dam Way in Alton, Illinois, and Thursday, Dec. 15 from 1–3 p.m. and from 6–8 p.m. at the Grafton City Hall located at 118 E Main St. in Grafton, Illinois. Information will be available at the workshop regarding the Melvin Price water control manual revision, current operations, and proposed raising of maximum drawdown. All interested persons are invited to attend the workshops and provide comments. Representatives from the St. Louis District Water Control Office will be present to answer questions and provide information.

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