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Officials at the capital city this week approved a one-year moratorium on data center development. The suspension will provide time to review potential impacts and guide responsible development. -
In the two years since the state released guidance for localities interested in speed or red-light cameras, fewer than 10 percent of its municipalities have submitted and won approval of plans.
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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.
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As it stands now, starting Jan. 1, 2018, to board a plane state residents will need a passport.
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Of the six licensed pilots in Hanover, some are representatives from the police and fire departments.
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With the new waiver, Westelcom will be able to operate uninterrupted as a rural provider until 2020.
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The bill — long sought by companies like Uber and Lyft and opposed by the traditional taxi industry — sets statewide regulatory standards for the companies, smoothing over the state’s patchwork of local regulations.
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Questions loom over the effects automation has had on the American workforce — a topic that for years has been the subject of debate among economists and policymakers.
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Consumer groups and some lawmakers warned that the deregulation steps taken by the FCC would trigger more media consolidation and higher prices.
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The bill could help bring high-speed Internet to 3 million people in 85 of North Carolina’s 100 counties.
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Providers often have regional monopolies that make access too expensive for people who live in more rural or poor areas -- but that must change.
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Lots of cities use social science data to help make decisions. But the District of Columbia is going a lot further.
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Six Missouri cities and 12 counties are joining an online prescription drug monitoring program that observers say lends momentum to state legislation.
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The bill is headed to Gov. Bill Haslam for his signature.
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While the highest standards are reserved for city-operated accounts and pages, the policy also limits offensive comments on personal accounts, especially posts that might reflect negatively on the city.
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A coalition that includes the youth-driven Generation WV and AARP West Virginia is urging Gov. Jim Justice to quickly approve legislation that will allow the same type of cooperatives that were used to build out the nation's electrical grid.
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Though routing personal data through a VPN’s server may hide it from the outside world, it also gives the VPN provider near unfettered access to personal and identifying information.
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Alaska licenses are currently not Real ID compliant, and it seems that Alaskans would rather keep it that way.
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Unlike old-economy taxicab companies, the new ride-hailing services often pay little to none of the license fees or taxes that taxi businesses hand over to cities, counties and states for the right to operate.
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This bill would protect Pennsylvanians by requiring that state employees use encryption when transmitting Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, financial information and other sensitive data.
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Despite a landslide vote in favor of legislation to completely retool the agency, officials said there is still work to be done when it comes to the language and scope of the bill.
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