The project's investigative journalism has made an impact. Bexar County, for example, is using maps created for the series to change its approach.
In the southern part of the city, options for hospitals, medical specialists and surgical centers are limited. Those in the industry say there’s little motivation to change that.
Bexar County will hire a county public health director and other core staff as part of an initiative to revamp health care in fast-growing outlying areas of the community, filling gaps in service that he said were revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The city today recognizes the need to add tree cover in certain neighborhoods but so far there is little evidence of a concrete plan to do so.
Lacking resources, she thought her mentally ill son would be safer in jail. Then he was beaten to death.
Rochester Mayor Malik Evans campaigned last year on a promise to "promote environmental justice in every neighborhood ... (while) making Rochester an environmentally friendly city of the future."
High fees and regulatory hoops have left many in the cannabis industry locked out of the legal marketplace.
A Florida-based company is now the nation’s largest weed corporation, leaving Black growers behind.
The legal market has removed the threat of arrest, but brought with it a whole new set of challenges.
