New federal wage data shows a gap of more than $72,000 between the best- and worst-paying states for the same patrol job. Here is what officers actually earn, state by state, and why the numbers vary so much.
The Pentagon and Lockheed Martin are moving to speed up production of the AIM-260 Joint Advanced Tactical Missile. What the weapon is, what the new deal does, and why it matters for US air power.
A fight over a police training center in one Atlanta forest drew solidarity actions in cities from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to New Orleans. How a local land-use dispute became a national symbol.
The movement against Atlanta’s public safety training center began with a 2021 land lease and grew into one of the longest-running protest campaigns in the country. A timeline of how it started.
Cities have long treated tree cover and public safety as competing goals. Planners and researchers increasingly argue the two can be designed to work together.
The Atlanta Public Safety Training Center is open, but questions about its cost, its environmental footprint and the South River Forest remain. The latest on where things stand.
The slogan returned to the streets during the Cop City protests. What supporters mean by it, what critics say, and how the debate over police budgets has shifted.
The training center is built, but the environmental justice concerns raised by nearby neighborhoods have not gone away. Why the debate continues after completion.
Cost, the forest, policing and public input: the main reasons opposition to Atlanta’s training center spread far beyond Georgia.
Forest encampments, mass petitions, a referendum drive and legal challenges. A look at the range of tactics opponents of the training center have used, and how authorities responded.