Rats, Leaks and Broken Elevators: Repair Backlog Plagues Federal Buildings

After decades, deferred maintenance totals an estimated $50 billion. But getting repair funds from Congress is a laborious ...
The New York Times

Dallas Moves Toward Leaving Its Storied City Hall

City leaders rejected a plan to repair the aging building, moving the city closer to opening a prime downtown site for redevelopment. By Jesus Jiménez Reporting from Dallas The Dallas City Council on ...
The Jamaica Observer

Brown asserts Jamaica not building modern economy

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Opposition Spokesman on Science, Technology and Digital Transformation, Christopher Brown, has charged that the country is going in the wrong direction in relation to the building ...
BBC

'They'll fix the building, but not our souls': Sleepy Kyiv neighbourhood hit in Russian strike

Ukrainians knew a huge strike was coming. Since Russia threatened to step up attacks on the capital, Kyiv, about a week ago, many spent nights in underground shelters. We were two floors underground, ...
CNN

The Trump admin paid a French company $1 billion to not build offshore wind farms. Blue states are suing

A coalition of seven blue states sued the Trump administration Tuesday after it paid a French company nearly $1 billion in taxpayer money to not build offshore wind farms. The lawsuit, led by New York ...
Santa Barbara Independent

Habitat Santa Barbara Raises More Than $300K to Build and Repair Homes Locally

Habitat Santa Barbara CEO and Board members: L to R, Jessica Wishan de L’Arbre, CEO; Lisa Carlos, Board member; Stephen Gordon, Board member; Jan Hubbell, Board President; Stuart Glenn, Board ...
Building

Construction won’t fix productivity just by trying harder. It will fix it by building differently

Industrialised construction through standardised systems and platform solutions can double productivity from £60-£70 to £150 per worker hour, but only if the industry adopts fairer commercial models ...
Mountain Xpress

Use millions in disaster recovery grant money to build hundreds of new, affordable rental units, or use it to repair existing homes?

Star Point affordable apartments near Tunnel Road show the need for local contributions to complete such federally subsidized projects, said Geoffrey Barton, CEO and president of Mountain Housing ...
The Atlantic

No, Artificial Intelligence Is Not Conscious

Anthropic is regarded as a giant among AI companies, but perhaps what it really excels in is anthropomorphism. Earlier this year, the company released an 84-page document titled Claude’s “constitution ...