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Broadband and vaccine distribution will be the big winners when it comes to new relief spending by cities and counties, according to a survey. PPE purchases and IT infrastructure could see fewer dollars.
Given its location and the tax and deregulatory policies the governor has pursued, Arizona looks well-positioned for the economic recovery. The state still suffers one of the highest coronavirus caseloads, however.
The past year has forced medical professionals to rethink how they provide care to patients. From drive-thru testing and telemedicine, many COVID innovations will have impact beyond the pandemic.
The Oklahoma city believes that surveillance cameras, such as Amazon’s Ring, help make communities safer by deterring crime and helping to identify suspects. The police department has partnered with Ring since May 2019.
With the passage of the American Rescue Plan, the state’s labor department is working to extend unemployment benefits to those who are eligible while verifying documents to prevent further fraud.
Despite statewide efforts to establish better broadband coverage, one in six Maine households still don’t have Internet access. While officials work to expand access, progress is slow.
Experts, vendors and local governments are designing online services in an accessible way while at the same time working toward community-wide banking equity.
Almost no one disputes the need for America to repair and expand its physical infrastructure. But there’s a right way to do it, and there’s a wrong way.
Gov. Kate Brown announced that residents could expect a wider rollout of the Exposure Notifications Express technology by January, but two months later there’s still no app and no explanation for the delay.
Beckley, W.Va., wants to welcome remote workers to the city as a part of the downtown redevelopment plans by leveraging collaborative work spaces, affordable cost of living and other lifestyle amenities.
The California city is home to heavy industry, the nation’s busiest port complex and high levels of pollution. In many cases, companies that cause the pollution aren’t held responsible for cleaning it up.
Officials predict city budgets will be cut anywhere from 15 to 40 percent in the next year. The best way to do more with less is to use data as a tool to find out what works and where there’s opportunity to save.
The author of a new book on the coronavirus discusses how political expediency and an immature public have impaired America’s ability to meet the challenges and what we have learned as a country and what we have not.
Even as transit authorities expect $70 million from federal COVID relief funds, the interim CEO sees no easy way to finish the final segment of rail. The project was supposed to be entirely finished by Jan. 2020.
The DMV’s app, Delaware Mobile ID, will offer a digital identification option that could prevent identity theft. While the mobile license is not widely accepted yet, officials are working to change that.
Wayne Langerholc has introduced legislation to slow down bridge tolling as a way to finance the state’s transportation needs. Previously, the state’s use of public-private partnerships has been a bipartisan success.
The number of unemployed Americans skyrocketed due to COVID-19 and the surge hit state unemployment systems hard. We look at systems in Hawaii, Rhode Island, Indiana and Texas.
Billions in new federal funding come with some strings attached. Nevertheless, the sheer amount will be enough to erase budget shortfalls in states and cities across the country.
Some government employers are exploiting the peculiar rules of public finance to transfer public assets or cash from clever deals to their pension funds. But there’s risk to taxpayers when it’s magic beans and shell games.
More women than ever are serving in state legislatures. But an interview with the longest-serving woman legislator reveals just how slow change has been in bringing an end to gender inequities in statehouses.
Rancho Mirage, Calif., will soon have the nation’s first community of 15 eco-friendly homes created from 3D printers. The homes sold out within minutes and two buyers paid their deposit in bitcoin.
COBOL is a 50-year-old programming language that some say government should get away from. But it could still have a place in modern IT organizations.
It would address the leading cause of preventable death in the U.S. while boosting revenue to address the public health and economic crisis caused by the pandemic.
Some cities are paving the way to getting beyond outdated governance and funding structures, creating viable alternatives to our antiquated institutions for distributing transportation resources.
It’s premature for states to lift mask mandates. Relying on personal choice isn’t enough when the decline in COVID-19 cases has stalled and potentially more-lethal variants are showing up around the country.
The ACLU challenged Baltimore’s use of an aerial crime surveillance plane, claiming the surveillance program infringes on privacy rights. Supporters merely say the technology is controversial, not unconstitutional.
950 lithium-ion batteries will not only store excess output from solar and wind power plants, they will also ensure the electric grid is more reliable. Lawmakers want to encourage more projects like this.
An email exchange reveals that Tesla has been marketing two different stories regarding self-driving vehicles: one that promises the technology’s much-touted autonomy and another that assures the DMV the tech is far off.
The trial of the former city police officer has become a proxy for the state of racial tension in America, and perhaps the impetus for completing what the civil rights movement began in the 1960s.
Gov. Cuomo wouldn't be the first politician to ride out a political storm. If he does manage to survive, it might suggest the #MeToo movement has lost some of its sting.
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