The City Council approved giving OnLight Aurora, set up to manage the city’s fiber network, $80,000 via either a loan or grant. A key issue, an alderman said, is getting the organization back on track.

JB Holston, the University of Denver's former dean of engineering and computer science, praised Colorado's quantum tech hub and said he hopes to promote the state's major research universities and technical colleges.

Hiring a workforce development coordinator with deep industry knowledge and connections, and making it easier for CTE instructors to get licensed, helped an Arizona district grow its network of business partnerships.

In the two years since the state released guidance for localities interested in speed or red-light cameras, fewer than 10 percent of its municipalities have submitted and won approval of plans.

Big Apple Connect has helped more than 300,000 public housing residents access the Internet and other digital services since its launch. The move reflects other work in the state to expand broadband.

Chief Innovation Officer Denise Linn Riedl will exit her role in November after leading the city’s innovation office for more than six years.

Several community organizations are asking the University of Arizona to end its contract with a license plate reader company that has recently come under fire for sharing data.

Across the country, 35 states have laws or rules limiting cellphones and other electronic devices in school, including 18 states and the District of Columbia where phones aren’t allowed during school.

The state Senate approved a "first-in-the-nation" ban on the sale of cellphone location data as part of a sweeping electric privacy bill, but the plan faces opposition from business groups.

A group of Twiggs County residents are suing the county after officials approved a $2 billion data center despite local outcry, alleging that the county ignored its own rules around zoning and public notices.