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Reason Foundation Issues Commentary: Building Networks of Managed Lanes in Big Cities to Reduce Traffic Congestion
LOS ANGELES, California, June 30 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Baruch Feigenbaum, senior managing director of transportation policy:
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Building networks of managed lanes in big cities to reduce traffic congestion
Toll lanes have been a game-changer for improving mobility in large metro areas.
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Traffic congestion is a never-ending problem in large U.S. regions. While new non-priced lanes can help reduce congestion, they are not a long-term solution as they become congested within two to five years after opening. Variably priced managed lanes, which use dynamic
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LOS ANGELES, California, June 30 -- The Reason Foundation issued the following commentary by Baruch Feigenbaum, senior managing director of transportation policy:
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Building networks of managed lanes in big cities to reduce traffic congestion
Toll lanes have been a game-changer for improving mobility in large metro areas.
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Traffic congestion is a never-ending problem in large U.S. regions. While new non-priced lanes can help reduce congestion, they are not a long-term solution as they become congested within two to five years after opening. Variably priced managed lanes, which use dynamicpricing that rises or falls with demand to help manage traffic flow and maximize person-throughput, offer a non-congested alternative for automobiles, buses, and vanpools.
Since the mid-1990s, metro regions have been adding priced managed lanes built alongside existing general-purpose (non-tolled) lanes or created by converting existing high-occupancy vehicle (HOV) lanes.
The toll prices for using these lanes rise based on congestion in the general-purpose lanes (and, to a lesser extent, the managed lanes), ensuring that the managed lanes provide meaningful time savings. Transit vehicles (as well as carpools in some regions) can use these lanes free of charge, making service speedier and more reliable. On many highways, the tolls collected on managed lanes can provide a significant portion of the funds needed to build and maintain them.
Orange County, California, pioneered the first managed lanes on State Route 91, opening in December 1995. By 2010, there were four additional projects: I-495 high-occupancy toll lanes in Virginia, the I-595 express lanes in Florida, North Tarrant Express Phases 1 and 2W, and the LBJ TEXpress Lanes in Dallas. Today, there are more than 60 projects in operation.
While there are numerous managed lane facilities, many exist on isolated portions of a freeway system. Drivers benefit from the priced lanes on an individual facility, but if they need to use a different limited-access highway, they have to rejoin the congested general-purpose lanes. Drivers are less likely to use a managed lane if it only benefits them on a small part of their trip. Transit operators face a similar dilemma since managed lane access for only part of the trip does little to enhance service reliability when they encounter congestion during the remaining parts of their trip.
As a result, many state departments of transportation and metropolitan planning organizations, which are responsible for planning transportation projects, have moved from building managed lanes on a corridor basis to constructing managed-lane networks throughout their regions. These networks include not just the mainline lanes but also on- and off-ramps connecting limited-access highways to other limited-access highways. Managed lane networks are concentrated in regions with large, fast-growing populations. These regions also tend to have the worst traffic congestion, commuters willing to pay to avoid congestion, and significant transit usage (both the share of commuters and number of riders).
At least 16 regions are building managed lane networks, including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas, Denver, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle, Tampa, and Washington, D.C. Within 10 years, the U.S. is expected to have almost 100 managed lane projects across 20 states.
Not all the freeways in a region are good fits for managed lanes. But in many metro areas, a loose guide is that based on traffic projections and predicted demand, at least 60% of freeways can benefit from adding a managed lane.
To qualify as a managed lane network, 60-75% of freeways must have managed lanes. Seventy-five percent is the goal because it is the point at which at least 50% of commuters can reach their intended destination by using the managed lane network.
Some managed lane segments will be more financially self-sustaining than others. Tolls may cover 100% of the capital and operating costs for some corridors, while others may require subsidies from other corridors or from fuel taxes. Some will support more transit service than others, with multiple bus lines operating with headways as low as 15 minutes on some corridors.
Some regions, including the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C., have built an extensive network, with managed lanes on almost every freeway. Others, including Atlanta, have built out parts of their network but need to complete several other major corridors. Still others, including Nashville, are still planning their first corridor but have plans for an extensive network.
Some regions have built most or all of their lanes as toll concession public-private partnerships (P3s). Given that traffic forecasting is as much an art as a science, P3s are helpful because they transfer revenue risk to the private sector partner. If a recession or other calamity reduces traffic counts and thus toll revenue, taxpayers are not at risk of covering the shortfalls. Dallas and the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C. have built numerous projects as P3s.
Not all projects make sense as public-private partnerships, and some managed lanes are financed, maintained, and operated by state transportation departments. However, P3 concessionaires can provide other transportation improvements either through concession payments or direct construction or operation of roadway and transit improvements.
Some areas have also comprehensively integrated bus service into the managed lanes. While most regions operate express bus service in the managed lanes, some have added bus rapid transit service, which includes stations in the highway median, to foster easier access and land-use features designed to spur transit-oriented development. The Minneapolis METRO Orange Line, the Los Angeles Metro Silver Line, and a forthcoming line on State Route (SR) 400 in Georgia all include bus rapid transit. The Minneapolis line serves more than 2,000 riders a day, quadrupling ridership from an express bus line that operated before the managed lane opened.
Managed lanes have been a game-changer for managing traffic congestion in large metro areas. The next step is creating a managed lanes network in all large metro areas to ensure drivers across the region benefit. Metro areas from Miami to Seattle would be wise to follow Northern Virginia's lead by implementing managed lane networks.
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Baruch Feigenbaum is senior managing director of transportation policy at Reason Foundation.
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Original text here: https://reason.org/commentary/building-networks-of-managed-lanes-in-big-cities-to-reduce-traffic-congestion/
Ford Foundation Gallery Presents Never The Same River
NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Ford Foundation issued the following news:
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Ford Foundation Gallery presents Never The Same River
On View: August 12 - December 5, 2026
Opening Event: Wednesday, August 12th, 2026 | 5-7pm
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 10am-4pm
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The Ford Foundation Gallery is pleased to present Never The Same River, an exhibition exploring themes of bodily autonomy and human migration. Curated by Dexter Wimberly, Never The Same River features work by KV Duong, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Brendan Fernandes, Elliot & Erick Jimenez, Anoushka Mirchandani, and Edison
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NEW YORK, June 30 -- The Ford Foundation issued the following news:
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Ford Foundation Gallery presents Never The Same River
On View: August 12 - December 5, 2026
Opening Event: Wednesday, August 12th, 2026 | 5-7pm
Gallery Hours: Monday - Friday 11am-6pm, Saturday 10am-4pm
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The Ford Foundation Gallery is pleased to present Never The Same River, an exhibition exploring themes of bodily autonomy and human migration. Curated by Dexter Wimberly, Never The Same River features work by KV Duong, Adama Delphine Fawundu, Brendan Fernandes, Elliot & Erick Jimenez, Anoushka Mirchandani, and EdisonPenafiel.
The exhibition's title draws on the famous remark attributed to ancient Greek philosopher Heraclitus that "No man ever steps in the same river twice." This idea captures the show's meditation on change and impermanence: just as rivers flow and bodies evolve, so too do our identities, perceptions, and environments. The river becomes a metaphor for transformation, an ever-shifting current that reflects the complexity of human experience and the impossibility of returning to a fixed state.
At its core, the show considers how individuals assert agency over their own bodies in the face of cultural and systemic forces that seek to control or define them. Reflecting on the tension and trauma surrounding migration, whether by necessity or by choice, the movement of people coincides with histories of displacement, resistance, and resilience. Through photography, video, sculpture, and painting, the participating artists interrogate these narratives imposed on bodies and borders alike. Their works reveal how storytelling, whether personal or mythological, can challenge dominant ideologies and reclaim space for self-definition.
Born in Vietnam, raised in Canada, and now living and working in the UK, KV Duong explores migration and cultural assimilation through personal and ancestral histories. His paintings forgo the more traditional materials of canvas or linen in favor of latex, a material that carries fetishistic and sensual associations, particularly in relation to queer identity politics, evoking desire, fantasy, and intimacy. Duong's use of latex also references the rubber industry, recalling the exploitative plantations during French colonial rule in Vietnam from 1887 to 1954.
Adama Delphine Fawundu weaves a constellation of connections between herself and her global kin, mapping both physical and metaphysical movements across Africa and its Diaspora. Her poetic video work, shot in Nigeria, Congo, Sierra Leone, Ghana, Malta, Cuba, Brazil, and the United States, creates a tapestry of voices, memory, and flowing waters across continents. In a self-portrait, Fawundu inserts herself within a haunting scene in Savannah, Georgia, asserting empowerment as the work bears witness to historical violence and channels nature's metamorphic possibilities.
Kenyan-born Canadian artist Brendan Fernandes is fascinated by the interaction between human, object, and space, and by the power of objects to inspire movement both physically and metaphorically. His cross-disciplinary works explore issues of race, migration, and protest. For the exhibition, Fernandes presents collages that hybridize African art objects with dancers' bodies, as well as two Isamu Noguchi-inspired rocking chairs. In performance, the chairs are used as training devices, acting as endurance tests for dancers who try to remain balanced while they contract and release their core muscles - a nod to physicality and perseverance.
The exhibition includes a new, large-scale polyptych installation by Elliot & Erick Jimenez, identical twins and first-generation Cuban-Americans. Their photographic practice explores the mysticism of gods in mythology, drawing on Yoruba and Catholic syncretic elements. Inspired by paintings, their work portrays the ephemeral nature of light and color through experimental camera techniques and careful composition, typically rendering their subjects like figures in a painting. Elliot & Erick bridge the unique culture of Lucumi within Cuban spirituality and canonical works from Western art history.
At the heart of Anoushka Mirchandani's practice are bold, ethereal female figures who blur into their surroundings. Rendered in oil and oil pastel with a loose, gestural hand, these women pose with unapologetic self-possession, challenging imposed norms of modesty and visibility.Yet, their partial erasure suggests the emotional labor of navigating multiple identities across time and space. Mirchandani's compositions merge familial histories with everyday imagery, revealing the tension between privacy and exposure, abandonment and reclamation.
In Edison Penafiel's large-scale, panoramic video work MARE MAGNVM, he presents a stylized, monochromatic sea populated by several boats, each carrying its own unique collection of characters caught in a perpetual loop. Despite appearing larger than life, the boats are constructed of various found objects, including wood, oil drums, and tires, pointing to real-life scenes of migration across bodies of water. The work immerses viewers in the struggle of crossing borders, alerting them to a future in which rising waters will push unprecedented numbers of people away from the places they call home.
Together, the artists and their works confront illusions of the status quo with fluid, merging forms and scenes, expanding beyond disciplinary limits, while casting off frameworks projected onto both bodies and borders.
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About the Curator
Dexter Wimberly is an American entrepreneur and curator based in Japan who has organized exhibitions in galleries and institutions around the world, including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City; Green Family Art Foundation in Dallas; The Harvey B. Gantt Center in Charlotte; KOKI Arts and STANDING PINE in Tokyo; BODE in Berlin; Lehmann Maupin in London; SECCI in Milan; Efie Gallery; and The Third Line in Dubai.
Wimberly's recent exhibitions include Derrick Adams: View Master on view at ICA/Boston, through September 7, 2026; The Shape of Things to Come at Efie Gallery in Dubai, UAE; A Material Dance: Lucio Fontana and Alteronce Gumby at SECCI in Milan, Italy; A Direct Response to Light: 21st Century Painting at ALEXANDER BERGGRUEN in New York City; and What is Possible, What is Promised at Galerie Isa in Mumbai, India. In 2023, Wimberly participated in Hauser & Wirth's International Curatorial Residency Symposium in Somerset, England. His exhibitions have been reviewed and featured in publications including The New York Times and Artforum and have received support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Kinkade Family Foundation. Wimberly has been profiled in Elle Decor and Artnet News. He is a Senior Critic at New York Academy of Art and the founder and director of the Hayama Artist Residency and The Kyoto Retreat in Japan. Wimberly is the co-founder of Art World Conference and CreativeStudy. Prior to his curatorial career, he was the managing partner of the New York-based advertising and marketing agency August Bishop, representing a diverse array of clients including Adidas, The Coca-Cola Company, and HBO.
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About The Ford Foundation Gallery
Opened in March 2019 at the Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice in New York City, the Ford Foundation Gallery spotlights artwork that wrestles with difficult questions, calls out injustice, and points the way toward a fair and just future. The gallery functions as a responsive and adaptive space and one that serves the public in its openness to experimentation, contemplation, and conversation. Located near the United Nations, it draws visitors from around the world, addresses questions that cross borders, and speaks to the universal struggle for human dignity.
The gallery is free and accessible to the public through the Ford Foundation building entrance on 43rd Street, east of Second Avenue. Pre-registration required for entry.
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The Ford Foundation
The Ford Foundation is an independent organization working to address inequality and build a future grounded in justice. For nearly 90 years, it has supported visionaries on the frontlines of social change worldwide, guided by its mission to strengthen democratic values, reduce poverty and injustice, promote international cooperation, and advance human achievement. Today, with an endowment of $16 billion, the foundation has headquarters in New York and 10 regional offices across Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East. Learn more at www.fordfoundation.org.
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WLF Asks Supreme Court to Overrule PruneYard vs. Robins
WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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WLF Asks Supreme Court to Overrule PruneYard v. Robins
" PruneYard is the property-taker's preferred precedent and the speech-compeller's best friend. It's time for it to go." -Zac Morgan, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel
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Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in Majestic Realty v. Salazar, a case that asks the Court to overrule one of its worst First and Fifth Amendment precedents, PruneYard v. Robins.
In 1980, PruneYard upheld
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WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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WLF Asks Supreme Court to Overrule PruneYard v. Robins
" PruneYard is the property-taker's preferred precedent and the speech-compeller's best friend. It's time for it to go." -Zac Morgan, WLF Senior Litigation Counsel
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Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) today urged the U.S. Supreme Court to grant review in Majestic Realty v. Salazar, a case that asks the Court to overrule one of its worst First and Fifth Amendment precedents, PruneYard v. Robins.
In 1980, PruneYard upheldthat a California law that forced a private shopping mall to admit political activists on its grounds against a First and Fifth Amendment challenge. Thirty-six years later, two California shopping centers are asking for the Court to overrule that precedent. Just as in PruneYard, the malls don't wish to host uninvited activism. Yet California law insists that the shopping centers provide space for Alex Salazar, who advocates for men to cease complying with child-support orders.
As WLF's brief explains, the Court should take the case and overrule PruneYard. The case was a dangerous outlier to begin with-and over the past three decades the Court has issued opinion after opinion protecting the right of corporations to disassociate from unwanted political messaging and to exclude uninvited guests from their premises. But since PruneYard remains on the books, it's always a ready citation for a government looking to compel speech or seize land without paying for it. It's time, WLF argues, for the case to be dispatched.
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Click here to read WLF's brief (https://www.wlf.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/WLF-Amicus-Brief-Majestic-v-Salazar-29june2026.pdf).
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Original text here: https://www.wlf.org/2026/06/29/communicating/wlf-asks-supreme-court-to-overrule-pruneyard-v-robins/
VICTORY! Court dismisses Trump appointee's speech-chilling lawsuit against Idaho conservation officer
PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 29 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release:
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VICTORY! Court dismisses Trump appointee's speech-chilling lawsuit against Idaho conservation officer
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BOISE, Idaho, Jun. 29, 2026 -An Idaho conservation officer represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has been liberated from a years-long, speech-stifling defamation lawsuit from a now-top U.S. Department of Agriculture official.
In a Friday ruling, an Idaho district court dismissed tech magnate Michael Boren's lawsuit against retired
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PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania, June 29 -- The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression posted the following news release:
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VICTORY! Court dismisses Trump appointee's speech-chilling lawsuit against Idaho conservation officer
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BOISE, Idaho, Jun. 29, 2026 -An Idaho conservation officer represented by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression has been liberated from a years-long, speech-stifling defamation lawsuit from a now-top U.S. Department of Agriculture official.
In a Friday ruling, an Idaho district court dismissed tech magnate Michael Boren's lawsuit against retiredconservation officer Gary Gadwa after he "failed to show good cause" to avoid dismissal.
"I'm grateful to see the court dismiss this attack on my constitutional right to express my opinion about matters affecting my community," said Gary. "I look forward to continuing to spread the word about protecting the natural beauty of the Sawtooth and Salmon River country."
"The district court's ruling is a victory not just for Gary, but for the freedom of everyone to speak up about important public issues without being dragged into court for years over it," said FIRE Deputy Director of Litigation JT Morris.
The co-founder of Clearwater Analytics, Boren was tapped by President Donald Trump in 2025 to serve as under secretary for natural resources and environment at the USDA. That appointment raised eyebrows from some conservationists. Back in 2021, Boren had applied to receive a conditional use permit for a "designated county airstrip" on his Stanley, Idaho, ranch located within the federally protected Sawtooth National Recreation Area.
At the time, Boren's application drew hundreds of public comments in opposition from locals, including Gary, a retired conservation officer and emergency medical technician in the Sawtooth area. Drawing on his nearly four decades of experience, Gary argued the airstrip would not serve future rescue operations and could negatively affect local wildlife.
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Even though the county granted Boren his permit and the First Amendment squarely protected Gary's speech, Boren sued Gary and dozens of other critics for defamation. Idaho's 7th District Court dismissed Boren's lawsuit in 2022, citing "the potential for a great chilling effect on constitutional rights... for all the members of the public who spoke on this issue."
In 2024, the Idaho Supreme Court partially overturned the district court's opinion and allowed Boren to file another amended complaint. But when it came time to litigate his claims, Boren dragged his feet. For 455 days, he did nothing to advance his lawsuit.
Finally, an Idaho trial court put an end to Gary's five-year-long ordeal by dismissing Boren's lawsuit for inactivity. The court held "the justifications" for keeping the lawsuit alive "asserted by Boren or Boren's attorney show nothing more than pure neglect of the case."
Boren's lawsuit was a clear example of a "SLAPP suit," or a strategic lawsuit against public participation. SLAPP suits are often filed by wealthy individuals and organizations against ordinary people like Gary who can't as easily afford to go through costly and lengthy litigation. The real purpose of a SLAPP suit isn't to prevail in court on the legal merits, but to punish critics and chill the speech of others who might speak up on public issues.
At the time Boren filed his lawsuit, Idaho had no anti-SLAPP law protecting individuals facing a SLAPP suit. Given the threat to Gary's First Amendment rights, FIRE stepped in to represent Gary, for free. Last year, Idaho legislators passed a new anti-SLAPP law that leveled the playing field, allowing defendants to file for expedited relief if a lawsuit is based solely on protected speech, and to obtain attorneys' fees if they succeed.
"We're thrilled that Gary prevailed in court, but not everyone has the resources to engage in years of litigation for protected speech," said FIRE attorney Gabe Walters. "Other states should follow Idaho's example and pass robust anti-SLAPP measures that defend Americans' ability to criticize the powerful without fear of retaliation."
In addition to FIRE, Gary was represented by local counsel Patrick Bageant of Hollystone Law in Boise. Gary's co-defendant was former Blaine County commissioner Sarah Michael, represented by attorney Michael Pogue of Gravis Law.
The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) is a nonpartisan, nonprofit organization dedicated to defending and sustaining the individual rights of all Americans to free speech and free thought -the most essential qualities of liberty. FIRE educates Americans about the importance of these inalienable rights, promotes a culture of respect for these rights, and provides the means to preserve them.
CONTACT:
Alex Griswold, Communications Campaign Manager, FIRE: 215-717-3473; media@fire.org
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Original text here: https://www.thefire.org/news/victory-court-dismisses-trump-appointees-speech-chilling-lawsuit-against-idaho-conservation
Region's Leaders Face Pivotal Test in Implementing Bay Restoration Plan
ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 29 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release:
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Region's Leaders Face Pivotal Test in Implementing Bay Restoration Plan
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges Bold Action by State, Federal Leaders to Meet 2040 Goals
As a key committee of state and federal leaders meets tomorrow to hash out Chesapeake Bay restoration plans, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is calling on them to take bold action to meet clean water goals by 2040.
In an important show of unity last December, governors from states around the Chesapeake Bay and federal partners
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ANNAPOLIS, Maryland, June 29 -- The Chesapeake Bay Foundation posted the following news release:
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Region's Leaders Face Pivotal Test in Implementing Bay Restoration Plan
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Chesapeake Bay Foundation Urges Bold Action by State, Federal Leaders to Meet 2040 Goals
As a key committee of state and federal leaders meets tomorrow to hash out Chesapeake Bay restoration plans, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) is calling on them to take bold action to meet clean water goals by 2040.
In an important show of unity last December, governors from states around the Chesapeake Bay and federal partnersagreed to an updated Chesapeake Bay restoration plan for the next 15 years. Since 1983, versions of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed Agreement have held together an unprecedented effort to restore the Bay-a national model of cooperative federalism to restore and conserve a national treasure.
The final agreement has a uniform deadline of 2040 for meeting Bay restoration goals to create clean water, thriving habitats and wildlife, healthy landscapes, and engaged communities. It also includes a 2033 midpoint check-in that offers a chance to adapt to the latest science.
Importantly, the updated agreement reaffirms the legally-binding commitments states have made to reduce nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment pollution to the Bay's rivers and streams.
Now states must put the investments and policies in place to meet those goals before 2040. While previous agreements have sparked important progress throughout the decades, states have repeatedly failed to fully meet all restoration goals. On June 30 at a Bay Program Principals Staff Committee meeting, high-level state and federal leaders will discuss next steps for reaching a restored Bay.
CBF urges state and federal leaders to develop an ambitious strategic plan to meet Bay restoration goals by 2040. The plan should offer opportunities to incorporate the latest science throughout the process, benefit plants and animals as well as reduce water pollution, and integrate indigenous knowledge. It also must confront mounting challenges from climate change, population growth, and development.
CBF President and CEO Hilary Harp Falk issued the following statement:
"The updated Chesapeake Bay Agreement reflects something remarkable: states across the watershed and the federal government came together around a shared promise to restore America's largest estuary. Now comes the hard part. Success won't be measured by commitments on paper. It will be measured by what leaders do in the coming years to reach these goals by 2040.
"Good intentions alone don't restore the Chesapeake Bay. States have made meaningful progress over the past four decades, but it hasn't been enough. Meeting the 2040 deadline will require sustained investment, decisions driven by science, and accountability at every level of government. The pollution reduction commitments in this agreement aren't just promises; they're legally binding under the Clean Water Act. We expect every jurisdiction to meet them.
"We'll work alongside our state and federal partners to help turn this vision into reality. But if governments fail to uphold their commitments, we are prepared to use every tool available to hold them accountable. The Chesapeake Bay has shown us that restoration is possible when we follow the science and have the courage to act. This is our opportunity to finish the job for future generations."
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Original text here: https://www.cbf.org/news/regions-leaders-face-pivotal-test-in-implementing-bay-restoration-plan/
In WLF Victory, Supreme Court Overrules Humphrey's Executor and Restores Agency Accountability
WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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In WLF Victory, Supreme Court Overrules Humphrey's Executor and Restores Agency Accountability
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"For far too long, Humphrey's Executor had allowed unaccountable agencies like the FTC to wield executive power without meaningful oversight. That ends today."
-Cory Andrews, WLF General Counsel & Vice President of Litigation
The U.S. Supreme Court today overruled its 1935 decision in Humphrey's Executor v. United States and clarified that Congress cannot restrict the President's
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WASHINGTON, June 29 [Category: Law/Legal] -- The Washington Legal Foundation issued the following news release:
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In WLF Victory, Supreme Court Overrules Humphrey's Executor and Restores Agency Accountability
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"For far too long, Humphrey's Executor had allowed unaccountable agencies like the FTC to wield executive power without meaningful oversight. That ends today."
-Cory Andrews, WLF General Counsel & Vice President of Litigation
The U.S. Supreme Court today overruled its 1935 decision in Humphrey's Executor v. United States and clarified that Congress cannot restrict the President'sauthority to remove FTC commissioners at will. The decision was a victory for Washington Legal Foundation (WLF), which filed amicus brief contending that the FTC's removal protections gravely distorted the Constitution's history, text, and structure.
The case arose from President Trump's removal of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter at will, prompting her to file suit under the FTC Act challenging her removal. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia blocked the firing, citing Humphrey's Executor 's insulation of multi-member agencies like the FTC from at-will removal, but the Supreme Court granted certiorari to address whether such restrictions violate Article II.
In its 6-3 holding today, the Court held that the FTC's for-cause removal protections for Commissioners violate Article II of the Constitution. The Court reasoned that Article II vests the executive power in the President alone and establishes a chain of dependence under which principal officers exercising that power-including FTC Commissioners-must be removable at will to ensure they remain accountable to him and he remains accountable to the people.
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Original text here: https://www.wlf.org/2026/06/29/communicating/in-wlf-victory-supreme-court-overrules-humphreys-executor-and-restores-agency-accountability/
Getty Presents "Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions"
LOS ANGELES, California, June 29 -- The J. Paul Getty Trust posted the following news release:
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Getty Presents "Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions"
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The J. Paul Getty Museum presents "Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions," an exhibition featuring the French artist's fantastical works from mysterious darkness to luminous color.
On view at the Getty Center from July 14 through Oct. 18, 2026, the exhibition features an exceptional group of charcoal drawings, lithographs, and pastels from the Getty's collection, including the macabre "Battle of the Bones," a recent acquisition, as well as
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LOS ANGELES, California, June 29 -- The J. Paul Getty Trust posted the following news release:
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Getty Presents "Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions"
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The J. Paul Getty Museum presents "Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions," an exhibition featuring the French artist's fantastical works from mysterious darkness to luminous color.
On view at the Getty Center from July 14 through Oct. 18, 2026, the exhibition features an exceptional group of charcoal drawings, lithographs, and pastels from the Getty's collection, including the macabre "Battle of the Bones," a recent acquisition, as well asloans from a handful of other institutions. Visitors will explore Redon's singular artistic vision through his diverse sources of inspiration, from religion and mythology to literature and modern science.
"As an artist who dissolved the boundaries between the visible and the imagined, this display brings renewed attention to Redon's visionary work which has always been highly popular with our visitors," said Timothy Potts, Maria Hummer-Tuttle and Robert Tuttle Director of the Getty Museum. "Building on that popularity, in this exhibition we are delighted to share the Museum's remarkable collection of Redon's noir drawings, pastels and prints in one cohesive experience."
Born in Bordeaux, France in 1840, Odilon Redon began his career working almost exclusively in charcoal and black-and-white lithography creating atmospheric compositions filled with strange monsters and mysterious apparitions. In the 1890s Redon began working in pastel and oil paint, abandoning his signature dark aesthetic for vibrant color. The exhibition will explore Redon's unusual visual world through four important aspects of his work: Noir, Lithography, Print Portfolios, and Color.
In the 1870s and 1880s, Redon focused primarily on creating what he called noirs, drawings made in charcoal and other black media with equally shadowy subject matter. Redon used various shades of black as one would a full spectrum of color, finding new ways to engage with the interplay of light and darkness. Featured among the noir drawings in the exhibition is the Museum's recently acquired " Battle of the Bones," inspired by a passage from a poem by Maurice Bouchor, depicting the aftermath of a fantastical duel between two skeletons. Redon framed the skeletons against a deep black charcoal background and expertly crafted the bones from blank reserves of tan paper.
At this time, Redon also began working in lithography, a printing process with a close affinity to drawing. Through the rich black ink of his lithographs Redon found another powerful way to express his vivid imagination. In his striking lithograph "Light," he presents an encounter with the surreal, as two small figures look through a window at the brightly lit profile of an enormous face, glimpsing the fantastic as it is illuminated through a frame.
Over the course of his career, Redon created 11 print portfolios, groups of lithographs with a shared theme which often related directly to literary and religious texts. The exhibition features the first of his three portfolios inspired by Gustave Flaubert's surreal novel "The Temptation of Saint Anthony," which recounts the events of a single night as the saint is confronted by a series of terrifying visions. Based on a quote from the novel, the strange and playful print "Then There Appears a Singular Being, Having the Head of a Man on the Body of a Fish," depicts a hybrid creature with a human head and a fish body floating in an ambiguous space. Rather than directly illustrating the texts, Redon used sources like Flaubert's novel as inspiration for his evocative and enigmatic imagery.
In the late 1890s, Redon shifted away from his signature noir aesthetic toward bold color. In pastel and oil paint he retained much of his signature symbolic imagery but also embraced new subjects that were better suited to vivid colors. A highlight of the pastels in the exhibition is the radiant "Baronne de Domecy," a portrait of the wife of Redon's patron and friend Baron Robert de Domecy. Redon pictured the baroness lost in reverie, gazing out as if she removed from the material world. Her monochromatic face contrasts sharply with the luminous field of flowers that appears to float on the portrait's surface, as if projecting her inner world.
"Odilon Redon used his art to offer new interpretations of the familiar, rendering literary subjects and the natural world in original ways," said Danielle Canter, assistant curator of drawings at the Getty Museum. "We hope visitors who experience Redon's dreamlike world through the exhibition will find inspiration in the artist's unique vision and boundless imagination."
"Odilon Redon: Otherworldly Visions" is curated by Danielle Canter, assistant curator of drawings at the Getty Museum.
Accompanying the exhibition is a publication introducing the remarkable work of Odilon Redon. On Saturday, July 18 at 4 p.m., Getty will host " Odilon Redon Salon: Words and Music," an afternoon of concert and lecture that will explore the connections between sound, literature, imagination, and the Symbolist art that influenced Redon's work. Visitors can also partake in free printmaking sessions related to the exhibition on select Sundays in July and August.
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