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Gov. Jared Polis announced that a cryptocurrency payment option will be offered on all state tax bills — including individual and business incomes — during a kickoff event for Denver Startup Week, which began Monday.

After being put on hold in May 2022, the Internet Master Plan has been in a state of limbo as officials map the next steps. Another newly announced undertaking, however, promises to put a dent in the digital divide in the meantime.

Elms will roll out this grant in the spring semester, and have it fully in place for fall of 2023. The grant will offer need-based scholarship aid to around 40 students per year, and extend for as long as they’re at the college.

The STEM career pathway program directed by Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak will become part of the Buffalo Public Schools’ K-12 curriculum, school officials announced this week.

The dual funding priorities — both policing and less-traditional approaches — represent dual prerogatives — stopping "immediate harm" and addressing "root causes to prevent future offenses."

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A new bipartisan proposal, co-sponsored by U.S. Sen. Maria Cantwell, wants to help keep potentially dangerous debris from orbit in order to protect satellites as well as safeguard astronauts and private space travelers.

There is interest in providing broadband access in Joplin as those hired to conduct a search for the service gather information about potential contractors or providers, the City Council was told Monday night.

The end product will ideally provide new city-owned technology that Cleveland could use to identify people responsible for dumping, according to CITO Roy Fernando, who has promised to use tech to improve city services.

Once again the frailty of infrastructure is exposed.

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A 32-hour-a-week job in public health.

The new platform will provide access to training mandated by the state as well as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and other required training. It will also allow the department to track its training compliance.

Credentialing is becoming a must for emergency management.

The new radios include next-generation technology that would give the department improved coverage and may play a role in future school safety plans, according to Albany County, N.Y., Sheriff Craig Apple.

A City Council committee has recommended two contracts to run a fiber-optic network and extend Wi-Fi service in the RiverEdge Park. Officials are hoping the service will be ready for a major holiday event later this year.

The nonprofit endowed by Gilead Sciences has donated $3 million to expand Xavier University’s STEM programming for high schoolers. The grant will provide access to intensive pre-college programs to more than 1,000 students.

The company Winsor Learning will offer free professional development resources for teachers to help combat declines in K-12 reading and math test scores that have steepened during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Dixon and Sterling school districts alerted parents and teachers to communications disruptions caused by a “credential stuffing” cyber attack on the widely used messaging app Seesaw last week.

Gov. Gavin Newsom recently signed one piece of tech legislation into law and has until Sept. 30 to sign or veto the other bills that have cleared the statehouse, including several related to IT and cybersecurity.

Edmonds, who was one of the first digital inclusion directors for a municipal government anywhere in the United States, is taking a position as CEO of DigitalC, a Cleveland-based nonprofit that works on digital equity.

We unpack citizen preferences for digitally accessing services to guide local government thought leaders in making more informed, data-driven decisions toward citizen engagement.

The people in this room do not control the weather. They could not stop climate change on their own. But with the right tools and better observations, they might warn more people sooner?

Answer: We don't know, but he sure has a habit of throwing them.

A $15 million, five-year investment from the National Science Foundation aims to foster innovation and entrepreneurship in STEM education and workforce training in underserved rural communities.