Data Stories

Patterns only visible at 5,100+ municipalities

Each story is built entirely from public records. The pipeline classifies every document, resolves vendor names to public company tickers, and tracks policy contagion across jurisdictions. These are the patterns that fall out.

Data Stories
PFAS Contagion

PFAS Money Shows Up in the Minutes Long Before It Moves

In three towns, the first PFAS record sat in the town’s own minutes 13 to 33 months before settlement money arrived or a treatment plant started running.
Newark · Brunswick · Homestead
 Company Footprint

The Company That Shows Up in 123 Towns

Entity resolution reveals which public companies have the deepest municipal government footprint. Verizon: 6,183 sightings.
5,100+ municipalities · 100+ resolved tickers
 Housing Density Wave

The Housing Density Wave Is Rewriting Municipal Zoning

ADU mandates, density increases, and short-term rental regulation are one wave, moving through regions at different speeds.
399 events · 130+ municipalities · 27 states
 Lead Pipes

Lead Pipes Are a $50B Problem Hiding in Municipal Agendas

The EPA's Lead and Copper Rule is creating a predictable cascade of municipal spending.
77 events · 39 municipalities · 13 states
 Data Center Zoning

Data Centers Are Now a Zoning Fight in 20 States

Moratoriums, tax breaks, and electricity caps hitting municipal agendas faster than the power grid can keep up.
58 signals · 30 jurisdictions · 20 states

E-Bike Complaints Reach the Minutes Long Before the Rules Do

In three towns that adopted e-bike rules this year, the first warning sat in their minutes 3 to 14 months before the vote.
3 towns · 3 to 14 months of warning

ADU Rules Start in the Minutes Long Before the Vote

In three towns that adopted new ADU rules this year, the first sign sat in their minutes 5 months to more than 3 years before the vote.
3 towns · 5 months to 3+ years of warning
 Pickleball Wave

The Pickleball Boom Is Now a Line Item in Municipal Budgets

From federal grants to tennis court conversions, a consumer trend becoming municipal capex.
29 signals · 14 municipalities · 9 states

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Datasets

Entity-Resolved Vendor Payments

Check registers and AP warrants resolved to public company tickers. One payment is a curiosity. Thousands across jurisdictions is a revenue signal.

200+ municipalities · 100+ tickers
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Contagion & Policy Signals

Cross-municipal event tracking for regulatory waves, infrastructure mandates, and spending cascades. Which town moved first, how fast it spread.

459 topics · 50 states
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Tower & Infrastructure Prospects

Cell tower sites cross-referenced across assessor records, FCC, FAA, and municipal payments. Parcel-level with owner ID and confidence scoring.

7,700+ sites · multi-source cross-reference
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Building Permits & Contractor Signals

Structured permit records resolved to public company tickers. Leading indicator for construction activity and government contractor revenue.

43K+ permits · 400+ municipalities
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Credit Quality Indicators

Budget trends, fund balances, debt service patterns, and fiscal stress signals from source financial documents. Structured daily instead of annually.

5,100+ municipalities · daily updates
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Full Methodology

Coverage maps, freshness guarantees, known gaps, and classification details. How the pipeline works, what it captures, and what it misses.

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Town Profiles

What the pipeline sees in a single municipality. Document volume, signal classification, entity resolution, and vendor landscape. Auto-generated from continuous monitoring.

Falmouth, Maine

Coastal New England town with active development, climate, and infrastructure lease signals.

689 docs · 18 boards · 45 tickers · 8 tower sites

Geneva, Illinois

The alt data story: entity resolution maps vendor payments to public company revenue across 1,700+ sightings.

1,338 docs · 45 boards · 50 tickers · 257 check registers

Pocatello, Idaho

The town nobody's watching, producing more high-priority signals than cities ten times its profile.

2,244 docs · 39 boards · 98 HIGH signals · 38 tower sites

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The pipeline monitors 5,100+ municipalities in real time. If there's a trend, policy wave, or spending pattern you want us to dig into, we'll build the data story.

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