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Missouri’s Department of Labor will reinstate unemployment benefit requirements that were waived during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, including a one-week waiting period and required job-seeking efforts.
The city council has approved a slimmer budget as the city expects a $103 million revenue loss for the upcoming fiscal year. Notably, the proposal cuts $23 million that typically goes to law enforcement.
The $1 trillion proposal would jumpstart the U.S. economy after months of shutdowns due to the coronavirus. Though the plan isn’t finalized, lawmakers are wondering where the money would come from.
Once a playground for the rich and famous, Adirondack Park today relies heavily on middle-class visitors for business and sustainability. But now, uncertainty reigns, as COVID-19 puts lives and livelihoods on hold.
There's a good chance that midsize cities and smaller towns in the heartland will see renewed interest from companies looking for places that combine desirable amenities with sparser populations.
Many of America’s founders were slaveholders yet wrote eloquently about the rights of man. To understand Jefferson, Washington and the rest, we need to see them for what they are, not for what we wish they had been.
Gov. DeSantis signed the Essential State Infrastructure bill that would establish more electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along state highways, in hopes of reducing the impacts of climate change.
Ohio’s sixth-largest city still does not require police officers to wear body cameras. But, as protests have called for greater police transparency and reform, Mayor Whaley is beginning to reconsider the technology.
500,000 Houstonians lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. As the city begins to reopen, it must establish a new working normal as recovery will still take months or even years.
Mayor Ted Wheeler called for a reorganization of the current civilian oversight system of the city’s police, though many are waiting to see the mayor’s words turn into actions first.
Attorneys general have the power to oversee the police departments in their states that need to be turned around. Solutions handed down from Washington are slow, cumbersome and unevenly applied.
Especially amid coronavirus concerns, voters are receiving more of their election information online. This means that candidates must combat disinformation from bots and trolls in addition to convincing voters.
Across the state, more than 1,000 private labs run tests, collecting DNA swabs and personal information. Standards for data collection vary, raising data security concerns. Some labs have no previous health-care experience.
California’s Legislature recessed in mid-March over concerns of the spread of the coronavirus. Now, the legislators are back but many aren’t pleased with how the governor is still enacting his powers.
There have been Black Lives Matter protests in more cities and towns than any set of demonstrations in U.S. history. Rather than traveling to the nearest big city, residents are determined to take a stand close to home.
Google and Apple paired up to produce software allowing health departments to create apps that trace how COVID-19 spreads. But most states aren't interested in the system and most Americans don't want tracing apps at all.
After decades of revival, they've been dealt severe blows across multiple dimensions by the coronavirus pandemic, putting them in danger of a period of extended decline.
The challenge for government's information security executives is to integrate risk-mitigating technology into core services and processes — and to play the long game.
The state is spending millions of dollars on contact tracing, but only 48 percent of those infected are answering the call from contact tracers, reducing the effectiveness of its response to the coronavirus.
The Census Bureau claims to have improved its ability to provide accurate data without risking the privacy of its responses, but experts are concerned there isn’t time to test the method before the data is published.
The state altered unemployment benefit payments from weekly to biweekly without notifying any of the applicants or recipients. A spokesperson claims the weekly payments were only to help offset the pandemic emergency.
Responding to national protests, Gov. Whitmer called for an increase in police training on implicit bias and de-escalation techniques as well as other measures to ensure safety and trust across the state.
From the Great Depression to the 1960s and on, local governments have found innovative ways to cope under extraordinary pressures. The pandemic is testing them once again.
To date, dozens of bills and resolutions have been introduced by legislators to address shortcomings with police training, qualified immunity and racial profiling, including the use of facial recognition technology.
Protestors are calling for cities to ‘defund the police,’ but the odds of that happening are low. Philadelphia will be watching to see what happens in Minneapolis as the city considers such a move.
Activists and politicians in Massachusetts say the need to ban government use of facial recognition is dire, as protests about racial injustice sweep the nation. Many are concerned about its bias and lack of transparency.
Calbright College in California has been criticized for its high costs per student, lack of accreditation and difficulty providing accurate enrollment data. Others see it as an opportunity for nontraditional students.
Democrats have inquired whether agencies, like the FBI and Customs and Border Protection, have tracked protesters via facial recognition or cellphone data. Many are concerned about infringement of First Amendment rights.
In his review of Lindsay Chervinsky’s ‘The Cabinet,’ Editor-at-Large Clay Jenkinson finds a well-researched, thoughtful and fascinating book that points to the strength and the weakness of the U.S. Constitution.
The pandemic has highlighted long-standing public workforce problems. But the crisis has also prompted some changes that point the way to work environments that support high performance.
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