Policy

All of the electric vehicle chargers that are funded through the federal government must now be assembled in the United States, the Department of Transportation announced Wednesday.

A trio of state bills working their way through the Connecticut Legislature would ban state employees there from downloading or using TikTok from state-issued or state-owned devices.

Proposed legislation in Washington state would require school districts to purchase emission-free school buses beginning in 2035, although distance limits and lack of charging infrastructure are potential obstacles.

A House bill that passed the education committee, with some controversy, would establish the West Virginia STEM Scholarship Program, granting $5,000 in debt relief to STEM teachers employed for five years.

Lawmakers brought forward a bill this year that, if passed, would add interim goals and a more stringent timeline for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, encouraging people to buy electric lawn equipment.

It isn't clear how much it would cost to add a rebate program for e-bikes, but the state’s Efficiency Maine program currently provides at least $500 for eligible electric vehicles.

Legislation introduced by Del. David Moon would limit the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement to the investigation of certain violent crimes, human trafficking offenses or ongoing threats to public safety or national security.

Members of both parties — and most Americans — think Big Tech controls too much of our personal data, isn't transparent and targets children in an unseemly way in the pursuit of profits.

Public charging networks like EVCS are turning to technology to make their platforms easily accessible and interoperable across a range of charging operators.

The Department of Homeland Security has once again pushed back the deadline to get a federally compliant REAL ID. Officials say lingering problems caused by the coronavirus pandemic are to blame for the delay.

Congress is set to hear from TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew next month about the company’s data sharing relationship with the Chinese government. The situation underscores the overall lack of federal data privacy legislation.

Seven months after the deadline set by Proposition 24, the CPPA is still working to complete its rulemaking.The delay reveals the painstaking and complicated process of actually implementing an idea signed into law or approved by voters.

Lawmakers from both parties are supporting a bill that would help law enforcement agencies in the state afford body cameras and the necessary storage technology. Smaller agencies have struggled with these costs.

Education advocates and researchers say recent increases in federal funding for the Institute of Education Sciences could help further the evaluation and development of new instructional tools and methods.

In Massachusetts, the latest piece of technology to take the Internet by storm — ChatGPT— helped craft a bill aimed at regulating AI. But, the lawmaker behind the bill says the tech isn't ready to write laws without help.

Following a 2020 state law targeting illegal bus-passers, safety tech company BusPatrol says it has equipped 1,000 school buses in Pennsylvania with cameras that captured just under 8,000 violations since August 2022.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul's economic development proposals aim to capitalize on growth in the semiconductor industry and steadily increase the minimum wage in step with rising prices.

Under the terms of a newly approved franchising policy in Hanceville, Ala., Internet service providers that use city right of way will pay 5 percent of their annual gross income to the city for maintenance.