Magnificent Mile bus shelters spark clash over advertising
On Chicago’s Magnificent Mile JCDecaux installs 16 shelters amid a 300 million, 21 year deal. Merchants and residents rail at clutter and rotating ads every eight seconds while city officials tout the revenue and design. Riders welcome shelter access despite gaps and cold winds.
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Volunteer freeze stalls AmeriCorps projects nationwide
AmeriCorps volunteers slated to tutor in Ohio and Missouri, restore Maine and Florida trails, and fund fisheries work in California wait. About 2,300 recruits are paused on 79 projects due to insufficient education grants, with resumes anticipated after new congressional funding. Sandy Scott of CNCS notes the agency overspent on stipends but expects activity to restart once bills pass.
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Philadelphia hires parents to curb school truancy
Philadelphia school district hired 250 parent truant officers to bring thousands of students back to class. Officers, paid $9 an hour, visit homes, inform parents of truancy, offer resources, and aim to reduce a 64 percent absence rate with a $1.2 million program that had 1,600+ contacts through year end.
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