Latest Stories
The technology that helped investigators track one of three men accused of opening fire in the French Quarter, killing one and wounding three, has also raised criticism about the actions of an Orleans Parish judge.
Surveys & Awards
More Stories
-
Fort Smith, Ark., Police Department has a $1.8M budget for body cameras, which the police chief says is an "immediate need." A big chunk of the money will come from seized and forfeited property funds.
-
The city has made concrete additions to a previously vague plan, such as declaring the need for new cars and a new computer-aided dispatch system. The police department has resorted to pen and paper for routine work.
-
The town of Clifton Park, N.Y., is installing LED lights and taking the opportunity to install "smart" technology along with them. It'll add costs, but officials still expect the project to pay for itself quickly.
-
Tennesseans voted in record numbers during the midterms, but more would have voted in Memphis if there weren't long lines, glitchy voting machines, voting registration purges, and other difficulties. -
The Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which went into effect this February, included a little-known new program called “Opportunity Zones” (OZs). According to the IRS, an OZ is “an economically-distressed community where new investments, under certain conditions, may be eligible for preferential tax treatment” in order to incentivize economic development.
-
The Worthington, Minn., Police Department will soon begin an officer-worn body camera program, but it’s likely at least a couple months away from going live. In the meantime, the department is asking for public comment.
-
In polling places across the country Tuesday, voters and elections officials addressed a host of problems that delayed voting. What they didn't see was the kind of foreign interference many feared after 2016.
-
The PulsePoint app finds people nearby to a person having a cardiac event, and directs them on how to perform CPR once they arrive at the location. It's meant to fill the gap before emergency responders arrive.
-
For almost a month, Dayton, Ohio, police officers have been part of a study examining the use of the devices meant to ease stress among first-responders, a Texas company announced with the city.
-
Erie, Colo., has opted out of an old senate bill, and joins several other communities that have voted in recent years to open up a path to alternative broadband solutions to their communities' connectivity issues.
-
The San Francisco Bay Area's Metropolitan Transportation Commission held a competition to see who had the best solution to help reduce commute times. Here are some of the craziest ideas from the contest.
-
The money shuffle to the volunteer fire departments remains subject to formal approval, and County Commissioners Chairman Tommy Hester isn’t happy that the request comes only months after he and his colleagues raised Vance County, N.C.’s fire-district tax.
-
A mix of human-centered design and behavioral science aims to make municipal forms easier to complete and process. (Re)Form Durham pairs city staff with researchers from Duke University’s Center for Advanced Hindsight.
-
Public and private partners gathered in Salt Lake City with Mayor Jackie Biskupski to discuss the future of the city’s connectivity and the introduction of a policy that will formalize the city’s commitment.
-
In collaboration with the University of Minnesota, the city of St. Paul is rethinking its approach to stormwater management through the use of green infrastructure and public-private partnerships.
Premier Sponsors
Sponsors
Most Read
Each year since 2020, 38-year public employee Bill Mann has focused on an individual theme designed to protect both the public and private sectors, and this year’s features weekly cybersecurity lessons.
