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All e-bikes must be registered and insured, whether they are low-speed e-bikes that require pedaling and can't exceed 20 miles per hour, or they are motorized bicycles that reach 28 miles per hour. -
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.
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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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In an open letter signed by dozens of local tech executives, the group says patent trolls are hurting Bay State companies.
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Some driver's license offices will start the transition this week, although officials did not specify which ones.
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Some gunmakers know how to manufacture smart guns. But they have faced obstacles to selling them — until possibly now.
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Though demand for ride services is said to be lower in San Antonio than in Austin, many Austin drivers are taking advantage of San Antonio’s more flexible regulations.
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Gov. Jerry Brown on Friday vetoed a bill intended to shed light on billions of dollars in state spending and consultants who help companies win lucrative government contracts.
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Millions of people use the electromagnetic waves of energy that make up the spectrum when they watch television, use a microwave or drive their new collision-avoidance cars, while the Pentagon uses it for military preparations.
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The budget includes a provision that establishes a subsidiary within Connecticut Innovations known as CTNext that is intended to foster innovation, start-up and other early-stage businesses.
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Oklahoma Governor, Mary Fallin will decide on whether to sign a bill, that would ask out-of-state companies to voluntarily charge state sales tax to Oklahoma customers.
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Critical transportation projects all over the state are being shortchanged and threatened with delays because of the Legislature’s failure to find a way to fund them.
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Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill that will make private emails by public officials subject to the Kansas Open Records Act if they pertain to public business.
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Mayor Rahm Emanuel is endorsing a proposed ordinance that would require any unit that is rented out on Airbnb or a similar online service for more than 90 days a year to be regulated as a commercial property.
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The ride-sharing prop supported by Uber and Lyft was voted down, a result which the companies said would force their operation within Austin.
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Apple, Facebook, Google and nine other tech companies urged for the trade deal to be passed and to reduce barriers in digital trade.
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The bill would expand statewide regulations and create regulatory parameters ranging from insurance and vehicle safety requirements to driver standards, as well as a “zero tolerance” for drug and alcohol use by drivers.
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Originally states were supposed to comply with the Real ID law by the end of 2009. Federal authorities have repeatedly pushed back the deadline to give states time to change their procedures and update technology. The deadline for all states to comply is now 2020.
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A bill making its way through Congress may finally remedy legislation drafted three decades ago -- that couldn't predict a future of digital mobile devices and cloud-stored data.
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U.S. Rep. Chuck Fleischman is pushing legislation that would require the Department of Homeland Security to use testimonials from former extremists and defectors to counter-message the propaganda that groups like ISIS offer up in their recruitment efforts.
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Sen. Ben Hueso, D-San Diego, wants to expand the 2-1-1 number to all of the counties that don’t have it yet and provide a single, easy-to-remember number for essential services.
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