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Problems viewing? View as a web page Connecting state and local government leaders   Route Fifty TodayAugust 15, 2023    'IGNITE'ing an educational fire in U.S. jails KATHERINE BARRETT & RICHARD GREENE  |   An initiative launched in a Michigan county jail has been embraced as a national model for reducing jail violence and inmate recidivism. The risk of fraud is high in the nation's largest housing program, report finds. he federal department that disperses funds to states to build affordable housing is failing to provide necessary oversight, an audit found, increasing "the opportunities for mismanagement and fraudulent activity." Policing police drones: How regulations can protect privacy while expanding public safety KAITLYN LEVINSON  |   Without accountability measures in place, drones meant to act as first responders could push the boundaries of monitoring and surveillance. Analysis: A new approach to defining persistent poverty KEITH WILEY AND JOE BELDEN  |   THE DAILY YONDER  |   COMMENTARY | Switching from using counties to census tracts in order to define persistent poverty may hurt rural communities and their chances when competing for federal dollars. Stifling prison heat used to be just a Southern problem. Not anymore. AMANDA HERNÁNDEZ  |   STATELINE  |   Climate change has amplified heat-related struggles in more state prisons.