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Employers across the state are struggling to fill vacant positions as the pandemic-exacerbated worker shortage continues. There are currently more than 110,000 open jobs on the Job Center of Wisconsin website.
Before self-driving vehicles can be safely deployed in cities, the technology must learn all of the diversities of driving and pedestrian behavior, like the technically illegal “Pittsburgh left.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom requested that residents voluntarily reduce their water usage by 15 percent as the drought worsens. Some wonder if state officials should mandate water restrictions while others think it’s unnecessary.
Forty-one percent of residents have yet to be vaccinated, while new daily COVID cases and hospitalizations are increasing. Officials say more outreach and requirements may be necessary to help curb the growing spike.
New legislation would provide residents with more control over when their personal data is deleted or sold. The data privacy bill was announced as breaches are on track to break a previous record set in 2017.
As discussions around cryptocurrencies increase, fintech innovators are looking to receive direction on how to launch new products more easily while lawmakers focus on risks and volatility.
The city will begin its $230,000 campaign to try and increase public transit ridership, which dropped 80 percent in March 2020 and is still 60 percent below pre-pandemic levels.
The good conduct system California recently implemented is mistakenly adding time to inmate firefighters’ sentences. Officials have fixed the malfunction and are working to recalculate the sentences.
Gov. Charlie Baker’s future of work study suggests that as many as 25 percent of workers could potentially be displaced over the next decade as remote work, e-commerce and automation increase.
Gov. David Ige will maintain the current COVID regulations until the state reaches its 70 percent vaccination rate target, despite complaints that the restrictions are unnecessary. Currently, 58.6 percent of residents are fully vaccinated.
State lawmakers and Gov. Gavin Newsom still have not agreed on a budget deal. A lot of time was used to determine how to allocate the state’s unexpected windfall. Placeholder legislation has kept the government running.
Officials recently announced a statewide program to provide municipal police departments with money for body cameras, but some cities already have purchased and maintained the technology for years.
  • Charlie Wooley, director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Great Lakes regional office, regarding the change of the name of some fish previously known as “Asian carp” to “invasive carp” in an effort to combat anti-Asian hate crimes that surged during the pandemic. Other wildlife organizations are also revising names that can be considered offensive; the Entomological Society of America recently removed “gypsy moth” and “gypsy ant” from its listings. (Associated Press — July 15, 2021)
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As cyber attacks grow in frequency and cost, chief executives are becoming greater targets for hackers for the expansive access the executives have. To mitigate future attacks, cybersecurity can’t just involve the CISO.
Duluth Transit Authority has proposed reducing the number of bus routes by half and creating two high-frequency routes that will have buses running every 10-15 minutes throughout the day.
A new study found that adopting electric vehicles more quickly and increasing the amount of renewable energy could nearly eliminate CO2 emissions from passenger and freight vehicles on Oahu by 2050.
The earnings broke a record for oil and gas royalties, which have been recovering since the pandemic. But the state is still increasing its climate regulation enforcement of the industry.
Data privacy advocates are pushing for a bill that would tighten restrictions on federal agencies’ access to personal information from driver’s licenses that could lead to civil immigration arrests.
News in Numbers
The amount that Amazon is donating to Arlington County, Va., for 550 affordable housing units to be built near the site of a planned Amazon headquarters.
The number of overdose deaths that occurred in 2020, a record high and an increase of 29 percent compared to the year prior.
The amount that natural gas traders and pipeline companies made in just nine days when Texas’ power grid collapsed earlier this year.
130
The degrees in Fahrenheit that Death Valley, Calif., reached on Sunday amid an intense heat wave pushing across the Western U.S., marking a new record for highest temperature ever recorded on Earth. Later in the weekend, a park ranger measured the sidewalk temperature at 178 degrees Fahrenheit.
The amount that proposed legislation would spend on repairs to the country’s 90,000 dams to increase safety and power generation capacity.
The amount that the Democratic party will invest in voter registration and education to combat the Republican-led efforts to restrict voter access.
The amount that California could pay in reparations to thousands of victims who were sterilized after the state deemed them unfit to have children decades ago. California is at least the third state to pay victims of the so-called eugenics movement, but the state’s proposal is also unique because it will also pay female inmates who were forced to get sterilized between 2005 and 2013.
The extortion amount that hackers, suspected to be behind a mass attack that affected hundreds of companies worldwide late on Sunday, are demanding to restore the data they are holding ransom, according to a posting on a dark web site.
75
The number of years that President Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn have been married, making them the longest-married presidential couple in American history. At 96, Carter also is the longest-lived of the 45 men who’ve served as chief executive.
6
The number of federal agencies that used facial recognition software to identify protesters during demonstrations following the death of George Floyd last year.
70%
The proportion of state and local government employees who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Of the government workers who have not been vaccinated, 33 percent cited a lack of trust in government as the reason why they are undecided or will likely not get the shot.
108
The temperature (degrees Fahrenheit) reached in Portland, Ore., over the weekend, a new record for the city. The previous record of 107 degrees Fahrenheit was last hit in 1981.
View demographic data showing representation of racial and ethnic minorities in each police department.
Newly released data shows an increasingly diverse American population. About 30 percent identify as racial or ethnic minorities, according to the latest Census Bureau estimates.
Governing is building a 50-state map to visualize the changes underway to declare states “Open for Business” even as the coronavirus remains at large across the country.
Recent data shows that while overall spending has increased, there is great variation among states on public education expenditures per student. The average is $12,612, but New York spends nearly double that amount.
View population density and land area data for U.S. cities.
State totals on active duty, reserve forces and civilian employees for each branch of the military.
Connecticut tops the list of states whose taxpayers receive the least bang for their buck from the feds.
Voters made Texas the 19th state to add legal protections for hunting and fishing, which are now also the preferred methods for controlling wildlife.
In hopes of reducing the city's high crime rate, Camden, N.J., made a controversial and unprecedented move a year ago to replace its police force.
Data shows total law enforcement staff and per capita rates.
Thirty-seven states had legalized same-sex marriage prior to the Supreme Court ruling.
Updated medical and recreational-purpose marijuana laws by state
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