by David Brooks | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
Alaska, Idaho, Nevada and Oregon will have citizen initiatives on the ballot Nov. 5 about adopting ranked-choice voting for some races and Colorado might or might not have one as well, while Missouri will have a vote on whether to prohibit it. Ballotpedia has a story...
by David Brooks | Oct 4, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
From AP: A $425 million federal grant is breathing new life into a proposal for a wind power project that would provide enough electricity for about 450,000 homes, along with construction of a transmission corridor in northern Maine’s Aroostook County to get the...
by David Brooks | Oct 1, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
An electric vehicle charger is being unveiled in a Concord parking lot Wednesday and it’s gathering a lot of attention for a very odd reason: It’s really slow. “The reality is that cars are parked over 90% of the time. This is a great way to...
by David Brooks | Oct 1, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
In October, NOAA, the University of New Hampshire Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping/Joint Hydrographic Center and additional partners from the federal government, academia and the private sector will test the simultaneous, remote operation of two DriX uncrewed...
by David Brooks | Oct 1, 2024 | Blog
When it comes to climate change, most of us have finally worked our way through the five stages of grief. Some lunkheads are still stuck on denial but the onslaught of global weather disasters such as Hurricane Helene means the bulk of humanity has zipped through...
by David Brooks | Sep 30, 2024 | Blog, Newsletter
This column ran in advance of a public appearance that has now passed but it might still be on interest. The pun, you’ve probably heard, is the lowest form of humor, the verbal equivalent of a Three Stooges eye-poke. Don’t tell that to Richard Lederer. “Edgar Allen...
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