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To Feel Less Heat, We Need More Trees

     Roughly 80 percent of Americans live in urban areas and roughly 80 percent of those city dwellers live neighborhoods with less than 20 percent tree cover. And those places with minimal tree canopy experience significantly higher temperatures than green neighborhoods just miles away. That’s true in big cities like Newark and New Orleans and smaller ones like Burlington, Vt., and Erie, Pa. […]

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Flip or Flop

     I don’t care where you live in the north, south, east, or west, if you glance at everyone’s feet, someone will be wearing flip-flops. You’ll see them in Walmart, in the Dollar Store and you’ll even see flip-flops in high-end boutique malls. […]

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Learn How BSO IS Working For You

As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and accountability, the Broward Sheriff’s Office has published the 2021-22 Annual Report detailing how we protect and serve the community. In its pages, you will find the facts, from the crime-fighting statistics specific to your city to the bold agency-wide initiatives benefitting residents and visitors in Broward County. […]

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A Deep South Governor’s Race to Watch

     A year in which there are only three races for governor’s seats, all in the Deep South, wouldn’t normally create a lot of political speculation. Kentucky’s popular Democratic incumbent may have a tough race, and chalking up Louisiana and its neighbor to the east to a Republican would be typical conventional wisdom. […]