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The U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services hid hospital ratings on surgical complications from public view for the first half of 2020 due to COVID-19 and proposed to continue the practice for data through mid-2021.
A Livermore-based company hopes to implement fleets of driver-optional, electric tractors to farms and vineyards by the end of this year. But critics say the company has yet to prove its autonomous tractors are safe enough for use.
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver, regarding the Republican-led Otero County Commission’s refusal to certify the June 7 primary election results due to distrust in the vote-counting machines. State law allows county canvass boards to call on a voting precinct board to address specific voting discrepancies, but the Otero commission has not identified any discrepancies. Toulouse Oliver has accused the commission of willful violations of the state election code. (Associated Press — June 15, 2022)
The number of customers’ water taps that lost pressure or went completely dry in Odessa, Texas, after a...
Local governments are eyeing spaceports as a way to boost economic development within their regions. But environmentalists are concerned about the ports' impacts on sensitive habitats, public safety and drinking water.
With billions of broadband infrastructure dollars at stake, states have to ensure that digital equity programs are sustainable long after federal money has been spent. Here’s how they can do it.
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Perry Johnson wants Michigan to stop printing ballots for the August primary while he tries to overturn his disqualification from the race. A federal judge denied Johnson’s request on Monday.
Starting this year, an initiative between several of the California county’s agencies could approve the clearance of up to 10,000 low-level criminal convictions annually; the current court process tops out at 1,800 clearances a year.
The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure program will provide $140 million to develop electric vehicle charging stations. About 40 percent of the federal funding will be invested in disadvantaged communities.
A state judge has vacated a $1 million fine levied against the energy company in 2019 for repeated power outages between 2014 and 2017. The City Council has vowed to appeal the ruling.
California state Assembly member Heath Flora, regarding Amazon’s testing of its drone delivery in Lockeford, Calif. The delivery service, called Prime Air, will begin in Lockeford later this year and will be able to deliver packages weighing up to five pounds. (The Hill — June 13, 2022)
The amount the Federal Railroad Administration will use to fund 25 projects in...
Pre-emption has been on the upswing in recent years, leaving many city leaders frustrated. Richard Schragger, author of City Power, talks about the fallout from this power struggle and how it can hurt urban growth.
It seemed we were on a path to genuine progress after the death of George Floyd, but those efforts have faded. There are things we can do to get back on track.
Federal cybersecurity grants are expected “in the coming months,” with CISA still mulling feedback and finalizing. Local governments should use the time to ensure they’re part of any state planning processes.
During the pandemic, a record-breaking number of people of all ages quit their jobs in “the Great Resignation.” But as inflation rises and employers increase wages to attract workers amid a labor shortage, many are returning to the workforce.
Every candidate running for Wyoming’s secretary of state has said election integrity was their top priority, even as several of the candidates believe the state’s 2020 elections were without fraud.
While the state has always been an open-carry state, the new law now allows gun owners to carry a firearm without undergoing gun safety training required for a permit. Critics worry the new law will risk public safety.
The state’s Republican Legislature failed to pass several bills on controversial social issues, like concealed carry, anti-vaccine and gay rights, instead opting to pass legislation to fund infrastructure projects.
Christopher F. Koller, president of the Milbank Memorial Fund, apologizing for its role in the Tuskegee syphilis study, which was revealed 50 years ago. The foundation covered the funeral expenses for the hundreds of Black men in Alabama who were left to die so that government researchers could study the impacts of syphilis. The fund also made a monetary donation to a descendants’ group, the Voices for Our Fathers Legacy Foundation, in addition to its formal apology. (Associated Press — June 11, 2022)
The number of Patriot Front, a white nationalist organization, members who were arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, on Saturday, June 11, on charges of...
Consensus among the states on issues of national importance now seems as elusive as it was in the nation’s pre-Constitution days.
The congressional House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol held its first prime-time televised hearing on Thursday evening. Dismissed by critics as show trials, these hearings may test the medium’s ability to capture the nation’s attention.
For decades, states have relied on the so-called "sin tax" to fund vital social programs. If the FDA's recent proposal to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars prevails, states will need to find another funding source to keep the programs afloat.
Curtailing parking minimums represents a sweeping shift in American attitudes, swapping a glorified car culture for climate-friendly and affordable housing options.
The state Supreme Court ruled that a person’s race should be taken into consideration when determining the legality of police seizures. The Court also changed the rules for excluding a potential juror based on race.
The city wants to require commercial and residential properties to include minimum electric vehicle infrastructures in parking lots, making anywhere between 5 and 15 percent of parking spaces EV-ready or EV-capable.
Mayor Jim Kenney’s proposal has a broad definition of anti violence and would include initiatives to push for police and prison reform and would restore spending to agencies that saw cuts in the pandemic. Some say it’s not enough.
The New Orleans City Council voted unanimously on June 9 to hold two of Mayor LaToya Cantrell’s top aides in contempt for missing a deadline to turn over documents relating to the failed “smart city” broadband deal.
Erin Carroll-Manning, the owner of Massachusetts-based Gentle Giraffes, which helps new parents set up routines and spaces for newborns, regarding the increased demand for her services throughout all of New England. Thirteen states, including all six New England states, had more births in 2021 than in 2019. Birthrates dropped the most in California, Hawaii and New Mexico. (Stateline — June 7, 2022)
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