Policy
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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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A nonprofit agency is questioning the removal of key privacy protections in AB 1592, which would allow testing of a driverless shuttle in Contra Costa County.
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Much of the opposition has solidified around the Legislature’s most conservative Republicans, who are leery of broadening police powers and see anti-texting laws as furthering an intrusive, “nanny state” government.
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The Bay State will redirect ride sharing money toward infrastructure and taxis.
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Georgia’s open meetings laws do not forbid public officials from having private conversations during a meeting using their smartphones. But should that change?
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Housed within the U.S. Department of Commerce, NIST is charged with promoting competition in the private sector while advancing innovation that serves the public.
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Pennsylvania's autonomous vehicle task-force is working to make the state a leader in the self-driving industry and recently proposed legislation to allow cars to test without people behind the wheel.
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Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate said the partnership with Google is part of an ongoing effort to promote and encourage entrepreneurship in Iowa.
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The CalGang database has been open to local law enforcement agencies, but the state auditor has found that it's neglected and riddled with problems.
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A growing number of states have changed their laws and given adult adoptees some type of access to their original birth certificates.
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The U.S. Court of Appeals told the Federal Communications Commission it was overstepping its powers in allowing municipalities to ignore state laws prohibiting public broadband rollouts.
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Privacy advocates say that pay-for-privacy doesn’t create additional choices for consumers. It denies some people a basic right.
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In a study aimed at the state legislation across the country, the Sunlight Foundation found that the overarching theme of legislation could largely be described by looking at four main points.
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Videos the city released indicated in painfully clear detail that issues that have plagued the department -- including insufficient training and tactical blunders leading to questionable uses of force -- remain unresolved.
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According to one city official, Fredricksburg's number of college-educated locals and local Small Business Development Center have greatly attributed to the level of entrepreneurial success.
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Politicians who want to govern openly and honestly shouldn't limit themselves to what financial-disclosure laws require.
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Moon Express got the OK to proceed with plans to send a small robotic lander to explore the moon's surface in the fall of 2017.
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The portal is intended to promote Rock Hill as both a technological and knowledge-economy hub, which includes careers in Internet technology, engineering, design, finance and marketing.
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