Laying down new pavement along Lexington streets is something that often interests both citizens and Council members representing residents. Members of the Council’s Environmental Quality and Public Works Committee got an update this week.

The focus of Episode 4 of Democracy Optimist, an Eastern Standard special election year series: 4.6 million Americans have lost their right to vote because of a felony conviction due to a policy known as felon disenfranchisement. The policy has a disproportionate impact on people of color given our criminal legal system.