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Some communities are expanding their cooling center networks, while places like Oklahoma City don’t have one

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Written By: Mollie Bryant (NATIONAL) Climate change is making summers hotter, prompting some communities to expand or build cooling center networks for the first time.  Read this story...

Camping bans get a green light from the Supreme Court

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Written By Mollie Bryant (NATIONAL) On Friday, the US Supreme Court ruled camping bans aren’t unconstitutional, giving the green light to a growing number of state and local laws...

A proposed HUD rule could make it easier for people with criminal backgrounds to get housing assistance, but it wouldn’t apply to housing choice vouchers

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(NATIONAL) This year, Tulsa County, Oklahoma’s annual homeless census found that of the area’s estimated 1,427 people experiencing homelessness, 56% had a history of incarceration.  Read...

Chop It Up: How to go flexitarian and save money

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Written By: Jacob Threadgill (NATIONAL) It’s hard to describe if you weren’t around in the 1990s, but I remember getting excited for advertising campaigns in a way that doesn’t feel...

Homelessness is affecting more older adults as rents eclipse fixed incomes

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Written By: Mollie Bryant (NATIONAL) Older people are the fastest-growing group experiencing homelessness, with some forecasts expecting this population to triple from 2017 levels by...

Three states have new camping ban laws this year

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Written By: Mollie Bryant (NATIONAL) This year, state lawmakers in at least three states—Oklahoma, Florida and Kentucky—have passed laws banning public camping. Read this story on...

Chop It Up: How to bring big flavor on a light budget

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Written By: Jacob Threadgill (NATIONAL) Coming of age during the late-1990s breakout of Food Network stars like Emeril Lagasse, Bobby Flay and Rachael Ray was a transformational time. My...

Homeless shelters don’t have enough beds in many communities

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Written By: Mollie Bryant There just isn’t enough room. April Doshier, executive director of Food and Shelter in Norman, Oklahoma, said the nonprofit’s 52-bed shelter, A Friend’s House,...

Lack of shelter beds emerges as key issue in Supreme Court camping ban case

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Written By: Mollie Bryant (NATIONAL) More communities and states are passing laws that criminalize homelessness, like bans on camping on government property. But what if there’s nowhere...

Housing News Renters insurance doesn’t cover floods, surprising some tenants during climate disasters

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Written By: Mollie Bryant (NATIONAL) In January, heavy rainfall caused flooding at the Venue on Guadalupe, an apartment complex a half mile from the University of Texas in Austin. Read...