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Officials with the New Mexico Department of Information Technology acknowledged Monday the state has not done enough to prepare for wide expansion of broadband access, particularly across tribal lands.

Massachusetts could soon roll out a digital COVID-19 vaccination passport, Gov. Charlie Baker said Monday afternoon, noting that Massachusetts is part of a coalition of states working to develop the technology.

Omicron has spread to several regions, including Australia, Belgium, Britain, Hong Kong, Israel and Italy. Some cases have no connection to South Africa, suggesting the variant may already be spreading locally.

Researchers are feverishly working to better understand the variant, which reportedly has more than 30 mutations in the spike protein that is pivotal in gaining access to healthy cells, top scientists said on Sunday.

St. Louis Mayor Tishaura O. Jones has appointed Simon Huang as the city’s new chief technology officer. He will bring both public- and private-sector experience when he begins work in this position on Dec. 1.

The new infrastructure bill has transportation and transit agencies thinking about which projects to prioritize to advance cleaner and more efficient transportation systems for the next several decades.

A New York City project seeks to improve the post-flood financial resiliency of low-income households with parametric insurance programs so disaster victims are paid quickly and can spend money where it’s needed most.

Is it the Grinch?

Omicron is the latest new pandemic hazard.

For the person in your life who has everything, but not this item.

From state errors that caused overpayments to limitations that have prevented some people from getting benefits, many citizens in Michigan are facing a bureaucratic nightmare with the state unemployment system.

State government officials in Tennessee are attempting to gauge the impact that electrical vehicles could have on funding for Tennessee highways. The more electric vehicles on the road, the less the gas tax works.

CEO Patrick Cozzi, whose Philadelphia-based software company Cesium is positioning itself as a major player in the construction of the “metaverse,” explains what the metaverse is and how it will work.

Answer: By increasing the popularity of the Omicron cryptocurrency.

The city of Gainesville, Fla., has selected a platform to manage the progress of its strategic vision. The new tool will help the city make informed decisions and increase transparency, officials say.

A recent paper by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that on average across 12 states, remote learning correlated with far steeper drops in reading and math scores than in-person classes.

Voters in Utica, N.Y., will decide whether Thomas R. Proctor High School should add a 28,300-square-foot addition for career and technical education programs to accommodate growing enrollment.

My op-ed that ran in the Seattle Times Nov. 27.

The solution is vaccines, should you want them.

It is not good enough just to add Spanish.

Another job opening in Seattle.

The National Weather Service issued flood warnings in Whatcom and Skagit counties, as well as the Olympic Peninsula, all areas that recorded as much as 4.5 inches of rainfall between noon Saturday and noon Sunday.

University researchers have created a prototype that measures respiration and can be worn like an insulin pump, so if the wearer stops breathing and moving for 15 seconds, it administers naloxone.

Florida is seeing many new apps that pledge to make it easier to pay highway tolls, but transportation officials say sticking with the pre-existing SunPass and E-PASS is still the best way to pay.

The director of the Iowa Department of Transportation’s motor vehicle division said state officials have launched a pilot project aimed at making digital driver’s licenses available for download sometime in 2022.