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With the popularity of electric bicycles and scooters on the rise, here’s what state and local laws say about their use in Fort Worth, Colleyville, Texas Christian University and elsewhere. -
As tech titans invest billions into data centers and high-tech computer chips to fuel their AI ambitions, concerns are building over energy costs, especially in communities where data centers pop up.
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New Mexico schools are part of a nationwide push to curb phone use in classrooms, driven by teacher concerns about disruption and growing worries about record daily screen time.
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A recent Connecticut Superior Court decision has given cities and towns in that state the right to use existing utility infrastructure within to create municipal networks to deliver cheap, fast Internet.
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Lime’s six-month pilot program with the city expires on Nov. 20, and city officials confirmed there is no plan to extend it before then. City officials say they are evaluating all options related to the program.
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Debate over body cams on school resource officers caused tension between the school district and police department in Portland, Maine, ending when the police chief and his officers walked out of a school board meeting.
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A coalition of seven counties and an Internet service provider are banding together to address connectivity gaps in the rural areas of the state. The model could be the basis for other regional partnerships.
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State boundary lines and laws that haven’t kept up with technology-based crimes are making the prosecution of offenders more difficult. The increasingly connected world is making these crimes easier.
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A common issue with rural broadband expansion is small towns not having enough leverage to establish better Internet service. But legislation could turn the tables, giving communities the authority to form a unified district.
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A divided Dallas County Commissioners Court is once again tangling over its future with TechShare, a multi-county technology project that has already cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars with little return.
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Last week’s municipal election saw the premier of the new ClearCast scanners, paper ballots and other changes in voting technology in Monroe County and other areas across the state and nation.
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Cities frequently use RFPs and other traditional procurement methods when looking for technological solutions. But Carlsbad, Calif., has struck out on a new path with its recent request for qualifications.
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The famous journalism and arts organization has committed itself to informing the public debate on Internet governance, with a hope that new research will lead to nationwide policy changes.
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The measure, called the NASA Authorization Act of 2019, is the work of a bi-partisan group of senators and directs Congress to provide the space agency with $22.8 billion for fiscal year 2020.
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The new City Council committee discussed the ways in which the ransomware hackers were able to infiltrate Baltimore's IT infrastructure at its first meeting this week.
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The city will decide whether to accept a deal with Verizon to add a cluster of wireless transmitters to streets in a compromise officials say is the best shot at regulating implementation within limits of federal law.
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West Virginia’s State Election Commission has approved a software upgrade that will allow voting systems in 33 counties to rearrange ballot order to comply with a new law moving nonpartisan judicial elections higher up.
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State police have begun using social media to provide use-of-force stats to the public, an initiative that follows the passage of legislation aimed at better accountability for release of info and video to the public.
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Telemedicine is a process by which medical services are provided via live video with doctors and patients in different places. Supporters argue that the growing field lowers costs and helps patients who cannot easily travel.
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Though residents will be able to create a digital version of their driver’s license or state-issued identification for use on a smartphone, law enforcement may still ask for a physical version in certain situations.
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Programs that monitor students' social media and email, which have grown in popularity in recent years, are seen as a means of heading off the next tragic shooting. New legislation would dramatically expand their use.
