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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott also called on the federal Small Business Administration to work with state and local partners on preliminary damage assessments of the wildfire that has burned more than a million acres.

Answer: A week.

Making Mobile Data Terminals in police cars more useful by allowing them to be used for drivers’ license scanning, photos and data collection for evidentiary purposes is within the scope of what agencies should be doing.

Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil queried Nevada Secretary of State Cisco Aguilar on a state website malfunction. The site showed mail-in ballots had been submitted for the presidential primary when they hadn’t.

The tool is integrated into the state’s job and training hub, and offers users personalized services to connect them with a career path that aligns with their skill set. It follows legislative action by the governor to lessen unemployment numbers.

The devices, which are being installed on bridges, will monitor drivers entering and exiting New Jersey and Pennsylvania. They reflect growing tech investment by agencies in the Garden State.

The higher-ed software company will integrate EduNav's academic planning tools into its SaaS offerings to assist universities with registration, transfer acceptance, degree planning and capacity planning.

The company sells subscription-based offerings to law enforcement but, like Axon, wants to build sales in other industries such as health care and retail. With its Series A funding round closed, AI and hiring are also on Halo’s to-do list.

The surveillance company Iveda built a security system for a Navajo reservation's school district that uses artificial intelligence to scan faces and license plates. This type of technology is restricted in some states.

Work is well underway in jurisdictions across the country to prepare for the next generation of doing the public’s business.

CIO Bob Osmond said prioritizing system modernization, financial optimization and infrastructure enhancement is essential to providing the best tech resources to agencies and residents.

A $445,650 grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency will pay for body-worn cameras and related tech for police in Meadville and Vernon Township. For the former, deployment will be April 1.

Warrior Run Junior High School in Pennsylvania is using elective classes to teach students how to use artificial intelligence ethically and responsibly as a tool for creativity and research.

By installing 3,300 solar panels on its roof, a high school in Virginia expects to save $2.8 million in electric bills for the next 25 years, generate 54 million kilowatt hours of clean energy and offset 8,000 tons of CO2.

After an investigation, Beverly Hills Unified School District expelled five students of Beverly Vista Middle School for creating and sharing fake nude images of 16 other students that had been generated by AI.

Clark County EMA received $2,750 to purchase a rescue boat that will be used for water-related rescues. It will kept at Tri-Township Fire & Rescue but will be used throughout the county when there is a water emergency.

During the flooding, the county had four local emergency proclamations issued, two emergency operations centers activated, and more than 200 disaster service workers deployed. Approximately 10,000 people were evacuated.

Following a massive cyber attack against health-care providers across upstate New York, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer is calling for financial relief for providers impacted by the attack.

Texas added more solar capacity than any other state in 2023 — topping California for just the second time — according to a new report, which attributes the growth to a boom in utility-scale projects.

With questions arising around election trust and security, some experts are proposing that U.S. voting machines shouldn’t use proprietary software, instead moving toward an open source model.

New York City leaders on Thursday announced milestones met in the city’s Artificial Intelligence Action Plan. These include the establishment of an AI Steering Committee and the publication of guiding principles.

The Future Use of Energy in Louisiana, a higher education, government and business consortium, is seeking a grant worth $160 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation. It now has only partial funding from Congress.

Plus, Pennsylvania announces millions of dollars in new broadband funding, the FCC aims to expand Internet choice for residents of apartment buildings, and more.

A report from the enrollment firm EducationDynamics found that demand for online learning has been increasing among students in need of flexibility, as well as those looking for career certification programs.

Some voters Tuesday in Tarrant County, Texas, waited in long lines to cast their ballots. The county is working with KNOWiNK, which provides its electronic poll book system, to provide wait times to the public online.