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People of color are receiving the COVID vaccine at disproportionately slower rates across North Carolina’s counties. Black residents receiving vaccines are underrepresented in 77 percent of counties, Hispanics in 93 percent.
The new legislation would require departments to diversify recruiting, create a fund for officers to pursue higher education and increase required classes on mental health, social services and other topics.
Boston Consulting Group, Common Sense Media and the Southern Education Foundation issued a report last month about the big picture of digital inequity in education, as well as potential solutions.
A glitch in Black Hawk County’s COVID vaccine software has prevented it from collecting demographic fields for race, ethnicity and geographic location. The data has also disappeared when providers input patient data.
The City Council has okayed a contract with Blink Charging to build more than 140 electric vehicle chargers in 32 sites across the city. But concerns have been raised about the firm’s business practices.
There has been an exodus of nearly 1,600 unemployment department workers in California since the pandemic began, further impeding the state’s ability to quickly respond to the huge wave of jobless claims.
Several major hospital systems across the country will aggregate the data and make it available to researchers, other health-care companies through an app, called Truveta. Many have legal and privacy concerns, however.
The acquisition, probably the biggest gov tech deal ever, would bring together a giant of local government software with a giant of state software. Here's how the deal came together, and what it might mean for gov tech.
Washington state has been the victim of massive unemployment fraud and a data breach that exposed 1 million people’s personal data. Lawmakers want to improve cybersecurity and data sharing to prevent future cyberattacks.
California has increased its immunization rate overall, but vaccine distribution still greatly varies between counties. Some have nearly one-third of their residents vaccinated, while others are at just 5 percent.
As a way to keep money in the state’s economy, lawmakers have introduced several proposals that would allow those who mistakenly received unemployment benefit payments to keep the money, instead of returning it.
Fraud scammers from all over the world began targeting the states’ mostly antiquated employment insurance systems, moving swiftly to collect billions of dollars and using the money to fund other illegal activities.
A one-size-fits-all approach defies local cost-of-living realities. County-based indexing could help avoid losses of jobs and tax revenues, and it could appeal to policymakers on both sides of the rural-urban divide.
Assembly Member Chiu has proposed a bill that would prevent police agencies from buying certain types of military-style equipment, such as armored vehicles and drones, in hopes of cutting back the use of deadly force.
Recent trials show the new smartphone app, PedNav, is about 95 percent effective in communicating with traffic control systems and audio directions, and can aid the visually impaired to cross the street.
Hackers continue to use the coronavirus pandemic as a multi-billion dollar opportunity, flooding the state with thousands of false claims. Many fraud victims are unable to receive any helpful response from the state.
Black, Latino and Native American communities have been impacted the most by COVID-19, and yet they have the lowest rate of vaccinations in Los Angeles County. Officials are increasing efforts to fix the racial disparities.
Variants of the original COVID-19 strain are making their way into the U.S. While the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines still seem to be effective, there are concerns if the virus continues to mutate.
When a development causes a problem, we should be dealing with the problem where it exists – not cordoning off whole areas of the city. Let’s scrap the old Euclidean codes and update with market urbanism zoning.
Across the country, legislators are trying to gain more control over their states' courts. Many of the efforts are from Republicans aiming to diminish the role of judicial nominating commissions.
As strains on public resources grow, a new center at the National Conference of State Legislatures shares lessons from evidence-based policymaking to help states make the most of programs and budgets.
A move by Uber signals an opportunity to permanently end Prohibition-rooted restrictions that prevent many Americans from getting their drinks the same way they get their groceries and takeout meals.
The state is paying San Diego prison guards to wear body cameras in an attempt to increase transparency about the treatment of disabled inmates. The facility will also install a surveillance system.
Lawmakers proposed two bills that would ban registration of new gas- and diesel-powered vehicles to further push the state towards EVs. The bills do not put end dates on ownership and the sale of 2029 or earlier gas models.
The coronavirus has altered Oklahoma’s businesses permanently. While many were forced to close, some simply closed their buildings and shifted online. Others have increased their staff as demand changes.
A cyberattack on Oldsmar’s treatment system tried to increase the amount of lye in the water, but it was caught before damage was done. The county has disabled remote access to the system and is investigating the attack.
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Over the past several decades, spending on jails has grown significantly. As the coronavirus pandemic reduces revenue and forces budget cuts, cutting jail expenditures could save cities and counties billions of dollars.
Data loss from a 2019 ransomware attack on the New York county could result in the dismissal of some criminal cases. The district attorney claims he didn’t learn of the loss until 18 months after the attack.
State representatives have proposed a bill that would clear 50 percent of debt owed by low-income utility customers in arrears and the other half would be paid through payment plans, giving many immediate relief.
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