When a coalition of child care and early learning advocates asked the St. Paul City Council to fund child care subsidies through public grants, the council opted to put a question on the 2024 ballot for voters to consider. Should the city raise property taxes each year for 10 years to help private providers serving low-income families? Alarmed by the prospect of locking in a decade of sizable .
When Houston’s massive Katy Freeway was further expanded to become the widest freeway in the world, drivers were in for an unfortunate surprise. Traffic increased, and rush hour travel times decreased by as much as 55 percent, evidence of a dynamic dubbed “induced demand” — more lanes just draw more drivers attracted to the possibility that bigger means both better and faster, resulting in .