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The Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, a free speech advocacy group, has dinged the University of Massachusetts Lowell for banning students from sending or viewing "offensive" material online.

Monday kicked off the first day of the city’s first Girls Fire Camp, designed for teenage girls to learn about firefighting and possibly jump-start a career with the city’s bureau. The bureau has just four women.

Before there was Hurricane Katrina there was Hurricane Andrew.

A Workforce Safety & Insurance employee opened a malicious email attachment — an incident that led to cyber attackers accessing personal data on 182 individuals who had been seeking injured employee claims.

In Washington, Kelso School District is using a series of grants to buy iPads for special education students, subscribe to educational apps and train occupational therapists to use new applications and devices.

Large earthquakes are less common than the small earthquakes that occur almost every day in Washington, but can cause immense damage to houses, roads, buildings, bridges and utilities you rely on.

After a Florida-based micromobility startup that powered the city's bike-sharing program abruptly folded in July, the city developed a rescue plan. Now the bikes are set to resume cruising the city's streets and trails.

The National Advanced Air Mobility Industry Forum opened this week in Springfield, Ohio, with leaders of original equipment manufacturers and government gathering to explore the future of the industry.

While significant emphasis has been placed on EV technology and charging infrastructure across the state, the California clean transportation future needs to include hydrogen fuel cell vehicle technology.

A bunch of 1 in 1,000-year rain events.

Digital twins have revolutionized the way businesses operate, and now, startups like Hayden AI are exploring new aspects of the groundbreaking technology to transform the way cities are designed and maintained, and ultimately enhance the quality of life for communities.

The Yakima County Sheriff's Office launched its body camera program this week, issuing 60 of the 70 cameras and associated gear ordered to deputies and detectives to increase transparency around public interactions.

On Thursday, Uber launched its new group transportation feature, Uber Charter, in the New York and New Jersey metro areas, allowing customers to book various vans and buses directly through the app.

An incident response team is piecing together the details of a cyber attack against the Fremont County systems. Officials were alerted to the malicious activity last Wednesday and have launched a full investigation into the incident.

Interstate 66 in northern Virginia will be operated through a public-private partnership, deploying the latest in technology to enable dynamic tolling lanes and real-time traffic management for a range of mobility users.

The Palmdale Water District (PWD) is a retail water provider serving the city of Palmdale and other areas in northern Los Angeles County. The district deployed a mobile GIS application to replace paper notes used by maintenance crews.

The National Digital Inclusion Alliance has released its annual list of cities that meet its criteria for digital inclusion trailblazers, and this year’s group is the largest yet, featuring 32 local or regional governments.

Heavy rainfall Sunday night into Monday morning brought 10 inches of rain and created potentially lethal conditions for drivers across the Dallas-Fort Worth metro area.

Adam Henry of Arlington County, Va., and CivStart's Sarah Nicoll join Dustin Haisler to discuss what attendees can expect to see, hear and learn from government leaders, startups and investors at the October 2022 event.

Heat waves have hit cities around the country this summer. With extreme heat and heat-related disasters projected to increase, local governments are considering the ways they can help mitigate risk.

As climate change produces heat waves and other problems, a handful of cities have hired chief heat officers to help residents cool off. What’s driving this trend and how much say will the CHO have over technology?

With a TK-12 virtual schooling program created to satisfy demand, Newport-Mesa Unified School District gives parents the flexibility to keep students home while staying connected to the district.

Answer: Apparently so.

With its account apparently hacked, the Wyoming Department of Education recently shared a survey on Twitter about school choice which the state school boards association president called "propaganda."

Focused on autonomous vehicle research, the University of Maine's Virtual Environment and Multimodal Interaction Lab created a ride-hailing app that assists older adults and visually impaired passengers.