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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.
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Baltimore’s libraries are rolling out free Wi-Fi access in the streets and parking lots surrounding eight locations, making its services available online for the 40 percent of Baltimoreans who lack Internet at home. -
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted American’s adversarial system of justice like nothing before it, chipping away at the bedrock guarantee of American jurisprudence — the right to a trial by jury.
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Summit County, Ohio, will launch a new smartphone probation app this week, with 1,000 of the 4,000 people currently on probation using an app that monitors their whereabouts with GIS technology.
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As retail businesses prepare for reopenings, business owners will be looking for ways to reduce the number of hand-to-hand transactions taking place in their stores. One step may be enacting no-cash policies.
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While Ohio’s stay-at-home order closed non-essential businesses and kept most people indoors, the opioid epidemic did not abate. Stats show drug overdose deaths have remained fairly steady over the past three months.
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Months after Connecticut courts were reduced to handling a severely limited number of criminal cases because of the pandemic, many defense attorneys are growing increasingly frustrated over a mounting backlog.
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After more than two months of holding only the most essential arraignments and hearings, more county court systems in Ohio will reopen, with jury trials possible for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic hit.
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Twice in recent weeks, the city council in Norton, Ohio, was forced to cancel public meetings due to technical difficulties. Like others, the council has shifted during the coronavirus crisis to livestreamed meetings.
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With virtual summer school weeks away and final grades soon due for the school year interrupted by the coronavirus pandemic, critics of remote learning in Chicago Public Schools continue to push for change.
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The app, called GiveMeGreen!, has been undergoing tests in California and Indiana with positive feedback. By telling traffic lights when a cyclist is coming, it aims to make rides smoother and keep hands off buttons.
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Tech experts who work with county court systems have implemented a number of changes to help the justice system continue to function in the time of COVID-19, and some of those changes may become permanent.
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Google announced a $1 million grant to Morehouse School of Medicine’s Satcher Health Leadership Institute to collect and analyze data to explore why communities of color have had higher diagnoses of COVID-19.
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The Housing Authority of the city of Pittsburgh announced it was making the donation Thursday, saying it was part of an effort to help end the digital divide facing many low-income communities.
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Rockford, Ill., city officials plan to accept a pair of grants totaling more than $1.1 million that will pay to beef up city police technology meant to combat violent crime and for coronavirus-related safety expenses.
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The new policies are based on recent recommendations from the Minnesota Department of Education (MDE) that no student be given a failing grade and that new grading systems and policies prioritize flexibility and equity.
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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.
