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An executive order from the governor of the Show Me State calls for the development of a strategic framework to advance AI technology and related infrastructure, addressing workforce development and data centers. -
The Kansas City Council is beginning to rethink the city’s approach to future data center construction while striving to learn more about the booming industry’s impact locally.
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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.
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The proposal designed to lure data centers to the state was endorsed by the Senate Tax and Fiscal Policy Committee March 19.
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A number of groups have pushed for years for more transparency in the state capitol, but only the House Finance Committee hearing room was ever equipped with cameras. Tuesday, House leadership announced that would change.
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Legislation in the works could help funnel more money to broadband efforts throughout the state, but some say it still leaves sizable gaps between Internet haves and have-nots.
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Hundreds of the antennas will be deployed in the city, including dozens throughout the historic French Quarter, but some residents are voicing concerns about safety and aesthetics.
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A bipartisan group of U.S. senators has introduced legislation that would prevent transit agencies from using federal funding for rail-car contracts with companies that are owned, controlled or subsidized by China.
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Rapid advances in AI have sparked growing concern about the ethics of allowing algorithms to make decisions, its effects on the workforce and the dangers of those decisions could include human bias.
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The data would not include a rider's name, but even in sprawling metropolitan areas, paths between home, work and school are typically unique, experts say.
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The new rules state that no company can mount a small cell node or other equipment on an electricity pole or any other city property without first signing a franchise agreement and receiving a city permit.
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While Republicans largely approved of the legislation, Democrats believed the touchscreen system that printed completed ballots would leave the state vulnerable to hacking. The bill now goes to Gov. Brian Kemp for approval.
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The civil rights group says that dozens of law enforcement agencies across the country have been sharing plate data with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to target undocumented immigrants.
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If signed into law, the bill would make Georgia the only state to use ballot-marking technology for every election day voter. As of right now, Georgia is one of only four states whose machines lack a paper trail.
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The report from Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s mobility task force also recommends a pilot program this year for electric scooters, and an increase in the state gas tax. The city is struggling with falling transit ridership.
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The bill's sponsor wanted to ramp up enforcement of a hard-to-enforce piece of urban traffic: cars blocking lanes meant only for public transit. But civil rights advocates are skeptical of putting more cameras in cities.
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Because people aren't taking New York City's HOV lane laws seriously, often driving in the lane with less than three passengers, the NYPD is considering cameras and video analytics to track infractions.
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The DMV could have a major problem on its hands in its efforts to meet the growing demand. Of the 27 million Californians eligible for a Real ID, only 3 million have received one since January 2018.
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The Department of Public Safety has taken harsh criticism from the governor for including thousands of U.S. citizens in a list of nearly 100,000 potential noncitizen voters to the secretary of state.
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Election officials say voters can trust the machines to keep results accurate, just as they have for the past 17 years. They dismiss concerns from critics who say the danger of vote manipulation is real.
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In order to free up more broadband space, the FCC has required public stations to upgrade their equipment and switch channels or to stop broadcasting altogether. A $7.36M grant is helping the transition.
