Education advocates swiftly offered words of encouragement and began pitching ideas to help shape the mayor-elect’s schools agenda.

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The mayor-elect, who won on promises of free buses and free child care, arrives at a time of growing economic need and approaching deficits.

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Countries around the world have been discussing the need to rein in climate change for three decades, yet temperatures keep rising.

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U.S. science always suffers during government shutdowns. Funding lapses send government scientists home without pay.

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After the U.S. census is conducted every 10 years, each state must redraw its congressional districts to account for any loss or gain.

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