Policy
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Officials say a new Kansas law is drawing data centers to the state as details emerge about a possible new hyperscale campus in Leavenworth County in the broader Kansas City area. -
The Trump administration has released its national legislative framework for AI technology. If enacted, it could pre-empt state regulations in certain areas but maintain some authority elsewhere.
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Plus, new legislation would revive the FCC’s equity council if enacted, a report reveals connectivity gaps in tribal communities, some municipal broadband networks outperform their competitors, and more.
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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.
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Earlier this month, the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation released a report outlining numerous tech-driven stimulus proposals to help the United States be better prepared for pandemics in the future.
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The coronavirus pandemic has upended Michigan's political campaigns in a big election year, cancelling glad-handing, door-knocking, house parties and rallies out of respect for new social distancing norms.
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The city has held a handful of online meetings since March when emergency precautions were taken to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus — leaving city representatives and residents to explore new ways to interact.
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Against its lawyer's advice, the city narrowly agreed to meet virtually during the next two weeks rather than in person as state and local health officials brace for escalating transmission of coronavirus in Nebraska.
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With in-person gatherings curtailed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the traditional spring hearings held in each of Wisconsin’s 72 counties have been replaced entirely with an online survey.
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The federal government’s definition of what constitutes adequate broadband service has been redefined, a needed upgrade that comes thanks to legislation recently signed into law by President Donald Trump.
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All four scooter companies licensed to operate in the city of Atlanta have been pulled of off the streets due to the virus pandemic. The micro-mobility businesses have seen a sharp decline in business and are a non-essential service.
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Candidates for legislative offices in the state say that they’re more reliant now than ever before on social media and direct mail, with many searching for any way to connect with voters from afar.
