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56% of private workers are eligible for medical leave under the FMLA, and 95 percent of worksites reported positive or neutral perceptions of the law’s effects.

Cara Jackson offers tips on using evidence-informed resources to help states, districts, & schools improve literacy instruction. 

Structures such as buildings and roads, absorb and re-emit much more of the sun’s heat than do natural landscapes such as forests and bodies of water. Urban areas with highly concentrated structures become “islands” of higher temperatures compared to…

Municipal wastewater accounts for a substantial amount of methane emissions worldwide. Capturing and using methane from wastewater systems can help mitigate climate change and provide a source of local clean energy. However, cities in developing…

Homeless encampments have not been as visible on the American landscape since the Great Depression. Today’s encampments appear to reflect a complex set of factors, including increasing numbers of people living in deep poverty, underinvestment in new…

In 2018, the State of Minnesota reached a settlement with the 3M Company regarding contamination of groundwater with PFAS chemicals manufactured by 3M. Under the settlement, the 3M Company provided $850 million to the state, the bulk of which will be…

The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) wants to better understand the characteristics of chemicals with a range of potential health effects—including cancer, endocrine, neurological, hematological, hepatic, and renal—found on the…