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"What Happens to Democracy When Local Journalism Dries Up?"

"It has been our great privilege to bring you news from Stoneham and Woburn over the years,” read the announcement. “We regret to inform you that this will be the final edition of the Sun-Advocate newspaper.” The Massachusetts weekly, as of August, is no more."

Source: Washington Post Magazine, 12/06/2021

Mo. Health Dept Found Mask Mandates Work, But Didn’t Make Findings Public

"Mask mandates saved lives and prevented COVID-19 infections in Missouri’s biggest cities during the worst part of the delta variant wave, an analysis by the state Department of Health and Senior Services shows. But the analysis, conducted at the request of Gov. Mike Parson’s office in early November, was never made public and was only obtained by The Missouri Independent and the Documenting COVID-19 project after a Sunshine Law request to the department."

Source: Missouri Independent, 12/03/2021

"EPA Outlines $7.4B For Water Infrastructure Headed To States"

"States, Native American tribes and U.S. territories will receive $7.4 billion in 2022 to improve water quality and access, the first installment from the infrastructure bill that President Joe Biden signed into law last month, the Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday."

Source: AP, 12/03/2021

"EPA Union Announces Agreements With Agency Expanding Work From Home"

"A union representing 7,500 Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) employees said that it has reached new agreements with the agency on working from home, closing out what they described as a major point in ongoing negotiations.

Union members with AFGE Council 238 told The Hill on Thursday night that employees could request to telework up to eight days in a 10-day pay period, while before they could ask for two days of telework per week, essentially doubling how much time they could potentially work from home.

Source: The Hill, 12/02/2021

"The PR Firms Doing Big Oil’s Dirty Work"

"Oil companies haven’t acted alone in deceiving the public and stopping climate action. They’ve had a major assist from some of the world’s most profitable public relations companies, a relationship that has gone largely unexamined until now."

Source: Earther, 12/02/2021

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