Allen County is one of just a handful of public libraries that have set up multipurpose workshops for patrons who want to share and collaborate in order to create and build things.
Milwaukee has overhauled how it responds to serious crimes -- but not without criticism. Are the risks of challenging policing's status quo worth the rewards?
States are gaining access to Medicare data for the first time and using it to target high-risk populations in an effort to lower health costs. View our series on aging in America at governing.com/generations.
If states can get out of the way, advances in telehealth could lead to savings by reducing unnecessary hospitalizations and catching chronic problems early.
Source: Los Angeles Times | California |
September 28, 2012
Governor approves one measure protecting students' Internet accounts from university officials and another banning employers from asking for workers' email and social media passwords.
Source: AP/San Francisco Chronicle | California |
September 26, 2012
Gov. Jerry Brown rode to Google headquarters in a self-driving vehicle before signing legislation that will establish safety and performance regulations to test and operate autonomous vehicles on state roads and highways.
Emergency-warning systems are an important element of public safety, typically alerting people in Colorado to the threat of tornadoes, dangerous thunderstorms and flash floods