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Gov. Mikie Sherrill, who took office in January, wants more public safety tools to protect stops and stations, and a better user experience. She has ordered officials to come up with a plan. -
The launch of GrantWell, which offers free support to municipal governments, aims to expand their access to federal and state funding. A recent listening tour highlighted local needs.
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Negotiations have stalled over a state Senate proposal to repeal a sales tax exemption on data center equipment. Gov. Abigail Spanberger raised the possibility of a data center electricity consumption tax.
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The budget has been limited by a drop in energy revenue and has stalled a plan to update the state's computer system. This could severely limit online services.
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Users can view revenue and expenditure trends, including by fund, department, expense or revenue type, gain insight into spending and revenues year-to-date and a five-year trend of what the town spends overall.
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The awards are for promoting diversity in fast-growing, high-tech jobs where women leaders are few, minorities are underrepresented and frustrations of pay disparities simmer.
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Wisconsin lags dramatically in business investments; companies in the state have not in any year of this century managed to cumulatively raise more than $100 million.
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Two Michigan drivers filed a lawsuit claiming that Uber misleads passengers by telling them that the fare includes a tip, when that tip doesn't actually get passed onto the driver; it is kept by the company.
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LaunchTN officials attributed much of the local startup success to partnerships that had been cultivated with established organizations to offer mentorship at its accelerators.
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It's hard to find opponents to a job-creating program centered around national defense, education and job training.
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A recent report shows that only five new unicorns were created during the first quarter of the year, less than half last year’s quarterly number.
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The agreement “establishes strong, balanced rules to protect intellectual property and the 40 million Americans working in creative and digital industries,” says Secretary of State John Kerry.
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As Google continues to bundle its services to sweeten the deal for brands, a disproportionate amount of ad spending will move to Google and away from publishers that might have otherwise been included in the campaigns.
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The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation is spreading its latest grants across 19 communities to support an outdoor office, a carpentry-based workforce program and more.
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For the city to receive the tax revenue, the home-sharing company included a contract provision the allow their service to operate in the city.
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The leaders of Georgia’s purchasing office on saving money, realizing the importance of data analysts and being underappreciated.
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The city's FastFWD initiative used a business accelerator to connect interested entrepreneurs with eight city departments for collaborative thinking and development, which resulted in nine pilot projects and two full contracts.
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Leaders must start demanding that IT projects specify how they will improve productivity, and hold these projects accountable for delivering the promised value.
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From rebuilding cities to transforming education, procurement is the foundation for getting things done.
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Fewer people in the Bay Area are working in factories and other production facilities and instead, many more are working in the "softer" side of high-technology: Internet, software, mobile communications, social media, and research and development.
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According to one report, banks’ Uber moment will mean a disintermediation of bank branches rather than the banks themselves, and the shift to mobile distribution being the main channel of customer interaction.
