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The state will now offer constituents a digital tool to help people who are blind or have low vision navigate physical government locations and digital services in an effort to improve accessibility.

Ohio digital inclusion advocates are working hard to make sure that rural communities in the state have the best weapon for getting high-speed Internet — communities that know Internet matters.

The pandemic created some negative learning experiences.

Answer: In the crawlspace of a Massachusetts school.

High-speed rail projects have proved to be very costly, but experts argue that these projects will serve an essential role in the evolution of the U.S. transportation system as it moves beyond cars and planes.

Restrictions against phone use are more common in private schools, where many students see them not as a diktat from above but as a collective choice for a certain way of life that they even agree to help enforce.

The first school district in Washington state with its own virtual reality headsets is using them to boost student engagement, offer new outlets for activity and complement lessons in game and software design.

Stanislaus State is bringing networks back online after shutting them down last week due to suspicious activity, which caused major disruption across campus. It's still investigating and has not specified what happened.

Following rare blizzard warnings in Southern California counties, plus snowfall at unusually low levels, Interstate 5 has been closed in both directions over the Grapevine.

The Boone County Prosecutor's Office raked in $328,000 in grants to offset the costs of increasing crime. The money will come from six grants and help with salaries and technology upgrades.

Consolidated Communications will provide access to high-speed Internet for thousands of people statewide as soon as next year, the company said after the N.H. Executive Council approved $40 million in federal funding.

In a tech industry roiled by waves of layoffs, many companies have dangled generous sums of severance pay, but to get it, some employees must sign agreements that include a non-disparagement clause.

The Center for Digital Government’s Beyond the Beltway event returned in person to the Washington, D.C., area, where industry members gathered for a forecast on 2023 state and local government technology spending.

Plus, Colorado launches a statewide program to get more people signed up for the Affordable Connectivity Program; Georgia is announcing expanded broadband funding; Connecticut suffers an Internet outage; and more.

Two years after the launch of Houston’s ShotSpotter program, critics say the benefits are outweighed by the $3.5 million price tag. To date, 99 arrests have been made as a result and 107 guns have been seized.

The National Weather Service office in San Diego issued its first-ever blizzard warning for the San Bernardino County mountains after similar warnings for Los Angeles and Ventura counties earlier this week.

A coalition of education advocacy groups have asked the FCC to allow schools to use federal E-rate funding to strengthen their IT security infrastructure amid an onslaught of cyber attacks targeting the education sector.

The Angel Island-Tiburon Ferry Co. is looking to convert its existing 400-seat, 59-foot ferry from diesel power to electric propulsion in 2024 through a partnership with Green Yachts company and Pacific Gas and Electric Co.

A survey from a large transit software firm found that even as transit agencies deal with big issues such as driver shortages and the integration of electric buses, many are still using pen and paper or rudimentary tech.

Los Angeles Unified School District officials report that as many as 2,000 student records were posted on the dark web as a result of a recent cyber attack. Some of the exposed records were more than three decades old.

Answer: There’s now a tool that can tell you.

Technology officials in the two major cities shared how transportation-related data — from scooters to buses and trains — is helping to inform decisions and the broader transportation planning process.

Northern Essex Community College is one of seven in Massachusetts to participate in a pilot program giving students access to digital textbooks, courseware, and materials on the Lumen Learning platform.

More than a half-inch of ice accumulated in some areas, especially in Michigan where most of the power outages occurred, according to PowerOutage.us. About 780 U.S. flights have been canceled Thursday.

A cyber attack against Long Beach Unified School District has exposed student data including student ID numbers, names and email addresses, although more sensitive information apparently remains secure.