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Gov. Inslee says the state is nearly ready to deploy 1,371 contract tracers as part of the state’s first phase of reopening. Washington state is still sheltering in place through the end of May.
Jim Newton’s biography of Jerry Brown details the former governor’s captivating relationship with California public office as well as his impact on both state and national politics.
A researcher from the University of Tennessee believes that the power grid is secure against cyberattacks, coronavirus and lightning but may face challenges as society shifts towards more electric usage.
California is working to offset the $54 billion deficit caused by the coronavirus pandemic through two financial proposals. Neither go directly towards the state budget, but instead hope to jumpstart the state’s economy.
The state Senate approved a bill that would require the Department of Public Health to provide more COVID-19 information on state agencies, nursing facilities, and correctional facilities in daily reports.
Despite some hurdles, government through remote work is performing better than expected. It will likely lead to permanent changes in everything from labor management and technology to physical footprints.
The pandemic has upended how we work and interact in the public and private sector. As the push to work-from-home increases, here are a few tips to maximize the productivity of your virtual meetings.
The state is expecting a severe revenue loss as tourists and residents are staying off the roads during the coronavirus pandemic. “Things were not good and COVID is making things worse.”
California was going to purchase $800 million of masks from an Alabama vendor but the delivery was incomplete. This is the state’s second incomplete mask purchase, bringing concern to the purchasing decisions.
Betty Yee uses her role as California’s state controller to uplift underserved communities, encourage female participation in politics and public office and remind others that a state is only as strong as its individuals.
Last March there were 240,000 scooter rides in San Antonio, Texas, whereas there were only 50,000 rides this year. Scooter companies are seeing severe losses as the number of rides has dropped during the coronavirus. The pattern is repeating itself in cities across the country.
Even though numerous consumer and civil rights organizations opposed it, a California bill about facial recognition technology use only had a single organization support it: Microsoft. The bill passed in an 8-3 vote.
Cases continue to pile up each day that courts are closed to the public due to COVID-19, so Lehigh County will begin using technology to limit the number of people in courthouses and increase access to public proceedings.
Even though they live in ZIP codes with some of the lowest numbers of coronavirus cases, “Black Ohioans are hospitalized or infected by COVID-19 at more than twice their share of the overall population.”
The nation has enjoyed public health triumphs, with life expectancy far higher than it was a century ago. But responsibility for health has always been scattered, with disease tracking less a priority than treating individuals.
It may seem hard to believe that the time of a deadly pandemic might one day be remembered wistfully by those who lived through it. But something like that has happened before in American life.
Currently, the country has hired just a fraction of the contact tracers needed to contain the spread of the coronavirus and help the economy return to life. Experts say a national workforce is needed.
Twenty miles of Seattle streets that have been closed during the pandemic will be permanently closed to car traffic by the end of May. The closures will provide extra space for alternate transportation methods.
The state only has about 300 tracers currently and has plans to begin the first phase of reopening on May 15. Some are upset that the search for contract tracers didn’t begin months ago, “We wasted two months.”
The coronavirus has revolutionized how Americans work and those changes could be permanent. For many organizations, this coronavirus-caused shift to working from home could be a welcome excuse for change.
After two and a half years of development and less than a year after unveiling a $2.8 billion (US) master plan, the New York-based Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs has cut its losses and put Toronto’s smart-city project in limbo.
Researchers have employed a supercomputer to help with faster development of a treatment for the coronavirus. “Instead of doing the tests in the test tube, we replicate that process in the computer.”
Officials worry that citizenship and the coronavirus concerns may deter Latino participation in the 2020 Census. As the coronavirus increases government distrust, encouraging participation is harder than ever.
Boston city council members introduced an ordinance that would ban the city government from using the technology. The ACLU hopes to pass the ordinance before the existing surveillance network is renewed on May 14.
The newly released document reveals that the 300 million N-95 masks that California had ordered have yet to arrive. Gov. Newsom is now requiring a $247.5 million reimbursement by the end of the week.
Florida released a list of coronavirus deaths but blacked out the probable cause of death and description of each case. The redacted document reinforces the so-called Sunshine State’s lack of transparency in dealing with the pandemic.
Pennsylvania’s unemployment compensation fund is not expected to run out, despite the historic number of unemployed workers, but the state may have to eventually repay billions of dollars, which could increase taxes.
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