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Artificial Intelligence

44%

Americans are twice as optimistic as pessimistic about AI in medicine: 44% expect it to help medical care over the next 20 years, 19% expect harm.

Would you want AI in the room for your diagnosis — why or why not?

Pew Research Center

Local Democracy

3,200+

More than 3,200 local print newspapers have closed since 2005 — 130 of them in the past year — in the most content-flooded era in history.

Where do you actually find out what's going on where you live?

Northwestern Medill, State of Local News

Climate & Energy

2025

7%

2027

9%

Solar's share of U.S. electricity generation is forecast to climb from 7% in 2025 to 9% by 2027 — the fastest-growing source on the grid.

Has any of the energy change reached your own street or your own bill yet?

U.S. Energy Information Administration

Education

$11,950

In-state tuition and fees at the average public four-year college rose to $11,950 this year; the private four-year average passed $45,000.

What would make college feel worth the sticker price again?

College Board

Healthcare Access

64%

Nearly two-thirds of adults — 64% — worry about affording health care, and three in ten say they are very worried, insured or not.

You can be insured and still afraid of the bill — what would real peace of mind look like?

KFF Health Tracking Poll

Housing

38

The typical first-time home buyer is now 38 years old, and first-time buyers' share of the market fell to 24% — a historic low.

What did buying a first place take for you — or what's it going to take?

National Association of Realtors

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