National News Links

• Google Unveils New Tool To Dig for Public Data (Washington Post, April 29, 2009)
• Envisioning the end of ‘Don’t Cluck, Don’t Tell’ (New York Times, April 29, 2009)
• Local health agencies, hurt by cuts, brace for flu (New York Times, April 29, 2009)
• Bringing efficiency to the infrastructure (New York Times, April 29, 2009)
• Massachustts town meetings go silent (USA Today, April 28, 2009)
• Surprise! The rise and fall of the Western exurb (High Country News, April 27, 2009)
• Power, and pitfalls, of an electrical smart grid (Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2009)
• Oregon's water issues run deep (Oregonian, April 25, 2009)
• U.S. may raise cap on grants for high-tech power grid (Washington Post, April 24, 2009)
• New park under the new bridge (Providence Journal, April 23, 2009)
• To save money, states turn to furloughs (New York Times, April 23, 2009)
• The pros and cons of wind power are making news (Christian Science Monitor, April 23, 2009)
• Net tool tracks carbon footprint by ZIP code (San Francisco Chronicle, April 22, 2009)
• Fewer people relocate for better opportunities (USA Today, April 22, 2009)
• An Effort to Save Flint, Mich., by Shrinking It ( New York Times, April 21, 2009)
• Foreclosures take health along with homes, report says (Mercury News, April 21, 2009)
• San Jose council votes down porn filters at public library computers (Mercury News, April 21, 2009)
• Changing L.A.'s signs (Los Angeles Times, April 21, 2009)
• Small-town big spending (New York Times, April 19, 2009)
• Artists vs. Blight (Wall Street Journal, April 17, 2009)
• Old water pipes becoming hard to ignore (New York Times, April 17, 2009)
• Ingenuity saves city, state jobs as budgets shrink (USA Today, April 14, 2009)
• 'Civic generation' rolls up sleeves in record numbers (USA Today, April 14, 2009)
• Even police Twittering now (Chicago Sun-Times, April 13, 2009)
• Study looks at health risks in neighborhoods near highways (Boston Globe, April 12, 2009)
• Community colleges play key role in tough economic times (Christian Science Monitor, April 11, 2009)
• Cities turn to fees to fill budget gaps (New York Times, April 10, 2009)
• New city in Florida to run on solar power (Miami Herald, April 10, 2009)
• Bull Mountain resists city control — again (The Times, April 9, 2009)
• Giving lessons in traffic safety at middle schools (New York Times, April 9, 2009)
• Cities cleaning, 'greening' urban alleys (USA Today, April 9, 2009)
• Mayors to explore roots of mass violence (USA Today, April 9, 2009)
• Homelessness up as families on the edge lose hold (USA Today, April 6, 2009)
• Job migration to suburbs: an unstoppable flow? (Christian Science Monitor, April 6, 2009)
• Communities print their own currency to keep cash flowing (USA Today, April 6, 2009)
• For city employees, a greener way to get around (American Statesman, April 3, 2009)
• Visual aids for the pushcart world (New York Times, April 3, 2009)
• Anti-sprawl rules to steer Sacramento development (Sacramento Bee, April 1, 2009)