How the Pandemic is Accelerating Workforce Training
For decades, manufacturers in the United States have warned of a massive skills gap: that there are not enough new workers with the skills needed to make up for older [...]
Springfield to become home of world’s largest carbon capture program
Springfield is set to become the home of the world’s largest carbon capture research program. The U.S. Department of Energy announced the construction phase of the $67 million research project [...]
Illinois State Fairgrounds COVID-19 vaccine site gets rave reviews
"It went a lot better than expected," Park said. "We walked in, and they started us right through the process." "Painless" was how Deb Selby of Athens explained the vaccine [...]
Most Public Engagement is Worthless
Our thinking is a byproduct of the questions we ask. This is one of the reasons Steve Jobs was not a big fan of asking the customers what they wanted. [...]
Forklift Purchase for Local Food Bank
UAct joined with Leslie Sgro to purchase a forklift for St Martin Deporres to assist them with unloading food boxes onsite from the Food Bank creating efficiencies and saving many staff [...]
Racial Equity, Housing, and COVID: A Roundtable
Six regional and state housing advocates discuss the connections between uprisings over racial injustice, the pandemic, and the need for housing security.
COVID-19 Response: GIS Best Practices from Across the Globe
Five months since the start of this pandemic, the GIS community across the world is still continuing to develop new innovative mapping solutions to help with local responses.
4 Problems with the Way Governments Communicate about Public Meetings
“There has to be a middle ground where communications are appropriately reviewed without being stalled or written in boring jargon that would be completely unintelligible to the average citizen.”
How structural racism is magnifying the public health crisis
As coronavirus cases disproportionately impact communities of color, several local and state officials have declared racism a public health crisis.
CWLP could become world’s largest carbon capture research station
City Water, Light & Power is on path for constructing the world’s largest research and development pilot for a new carbon capture system.