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This year’s most notable triumphs, tribulations and transformations.

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.

Several Midwest public safety agencies this week either tested their emergency warning sirens as planned or sounded a siren as a warning of what to expect from now on; one accidentally sounded a real alarm.

The department went live Monday with Frances Online, a claims processing solution replacing a COBOL-based legacy system. Officials acknowledged some callers have experienced long hold times but said the replacement is “working well” for most.

With a new threat assessment report, state CISO Michael Geraghty recently raised warnings about cyber attacks with systemic impacts, geopolitical hacktivism and more.

Some small-scale AI use cases are already underway. But in a webinar, “The Local Imperative: Policy and Use of AI,” state and local officials in North Carolina urged caution before employing the new technology in wider applications.

Hiveclass, a “pandemic baby” startup with a video library, has reached more than 10,000 students across 20 states in less than two years, with a particularly strong interest in the nation’s largest school district.

Answer: SXSW.

In the wake of a shooting on campus last year, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill has contracted with Flock Safety to place cameras on campus that keep records of passing traffic.

The county had to declare a temporary local emergency for 911 communications, due to the loss of the primary tower, until a new tower is installed at the primary site. Communications was re-established on temporary sites.

The town has applied for and expects to receive disaster recovery funds through FEMA, which should pay up to 90 percent of the costs. Voters authorized the town to borrow up to $1 million to cover any gaps in funding.

Since December, students at Illing Middle School have had to place their phones into magnetically locked pouches during the day. Feedback from teachers and parents has been positive, and students got used to it.