Tap-to-pay lets riders of the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the country’s second-largest transit system, pay their fare with a credit or debit card.
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Counter-drone technology will soon get a high-profile workout at the upcoming World Cup tournament in North America. The deal offers yet another signal of how drones and related tools are growing in gov tech. -
In Latah County, CIO Laurel Caldwell doesn’t anticipate adding to her staff of six full-time employees, but rather embracing new technologies by expanding their skillsets.
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Few gov tech suppliers are public, but as Octave shares started trading on NASDAQ, the company’s financial disclosures offered markers about its growth plans. Public safety and infrastructure offer juicy opportunities.
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San Diego CIO Jonathan Behnke said that despite some of AI‘s drawbacks, like a loss of knowledge among entry-level workers, most employees are seeing its upsides.
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In Latah County, CIO Laurel Caldwell doesn’t anticipate adding to her staff of six full-time employees, but rather embracing new technologies by expanding their skillsets.
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Residents are sending letters to the Cleveland school board about campus security cameras, upset about cost and the fact that they were used for immigration-related searches, despite city policies prohibiting it.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is reconsidering a 2026-27 budget proposal to refresh student devices as parents are asking for clear, research-based limits on screen use during the school day.
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The agreement renews and expands Durham’s contract with Axon Enterprises Inc., which has provided body-worn cameras, Tasers and in-car cameras to the Durham Police Department since 2019.
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A district in Appalachian Ohio partnered with AI companies and used the technology not as a shortcut, but as a vehicle for deeper learning, problem-solving and student agency.
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Higher-education institutions like SUNY Oswego and the University of Southern California are using AI-powered captioning and translation tools to increase language access at large campus events.
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Three years into a state takeover, Houston Independent School District will expand its controversial reform model, which is focused on preparing students for an "AI-enabled world," from two schools to nine.
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State lawmakers balked at legalizing electronic pull-tab gaming, and at creating a “right to repair” for consumer electronics. Roughly 1 in 6 bills in this two-year cycle passed.
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A statewide survey of 585 teachers and principals found they've observed positive results from getting smartphones out of schools, including increased participation and more social connection among students.
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While the New Mexico Public Education Department issued optional guidelines on AI use in schools last year, a report given to the Legislative Education Study Committee recommends more oversight and rules.
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Law enforcement in the state has begun using new AI-enabled security systems that capture high-resolution images of cars to monitor license plates and vehicle characteristics, among other technologies.
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