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Mississippi has announced a new AI data center build that promises tax revenue and job creation. Such gains are not always easy to quantify, but policymakers can push developers to deliver. -
Attorney General Dana Nessel is challenging state energy regulators' approval of special electricity contracts between DTE Energy Co. and the developers of a high-profile data center in Saline Township.
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Attorney General Dana Nessel is challenging state energy regulators' approval of special electricity contracts between DTE Energy Co. and the developers of a high-profile data center in Saline Township.
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While existing surveillance infrastructure does not use facial recognition technology, potential updates to the system could make it possible. Officials are considering a prohibition on the controversial technology.
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Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer extended an order allowing governments and other public bodies to meet digitally as the coronavirus pandemic continues. The provisions will remain in place through June 30.
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Business groups have asked the state to hold off on enforcement of privacy rules. They warn many companies won’t be in compliance by July because of staggering losses and layoffs brought on by the pandemic.
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Some experts believe that the temporary expansion of telehealth services will have lasting effects and that offerings will remain as a widely available option long after the novel coronavirus pandemic ends.
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U.S. lawmakers are pushing for antitrust enforcement to level out the amount of power collected by Big Tech corporations like Facebook, Google, and Amazon. New legislation would place a near-universal moratorium on mergers and acquisitions.
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Gov. Charlie Baker hasn’t ruled out using smartphone technology for contact tracing, but he said its implementation would need to be done in a way that makes people comfortable. The ACLU supports voluntary tracking apps.
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A new Federal Communications Commission report suggests U.S. broadband deployment is trending in the right direction, despite flawed mapping data and a lack of tech neutrality in the analysis.
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Companies leading efforts to develop tracking apps pledge that participation would be voluntary and include guardrails to protect confidentiality. But the lack of meaningful data privacy rules heightens risks, experts say.
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The novel coronavirus and resultant stay-at-home orders have ground cities across the U.S. to a halt. But, transit agencies and their industry counterparts are seeing a chance to re-evaluate and plan for a post-virus world.
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Such a change would upend centuries of precedent. Some lawmakers in the state are hesitant to depart from the tradition of coming together to debate and legislate, even during a global health crisis.
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Despite limited capacity to test for COVID-19 in Maine, the state is proceeding carefully and reviewing how well newly approved home collection kits work before promoting their use to residents there.
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Utica, N.Y., recently held a public hearing in connection with reducing the budget for the city’s street repair plans via videoconference, and the meeting was just over two minutes with no public input.
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Lawmakers are expected to have to return to Washington this week to vote on an update to an aid package for small businesses, and House leaders plan to use the session to also approve an emergency proxy-voting procedure.
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Throughout the Toledo area, many new metal poles slightly taller than typical telephone poles and with the bulk of common stoplight supports have been erected during the past two years or so.
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Residents in San Diego County are finding it more difficult to participate in their local governments, and some find their voices have been silenced by the social-distancing precautions to stop the spread of COVID-19.
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This was the first time the court had heard a case involving the automatic license plate readers, saying the use at a fixed point on bridges did not amount to a search and seizure, but the widespread use could.
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Economist Roslyn Layton recently stated that the coronavirus crisis demonstrates that the 2015 net neutrality rules were misguided, but other experts spot limitations in Layton's argument.
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As students from more populous, wealthier districts pivoted to online learning after the state ordered school closures to facilitate social distancing, poorer districts, especially those in rural areas, were scrambling.
