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The state’s regional jails have had more than 800 inmates test positive for COVID-19, due in part to over capacity by 1,300 inmates, making virus control extremely difficult.
As the summer months approach, state energy officials are scrambling to find ways to reduce stress on the state’s power grid, including reductions in air conditioner use and briefly powering down refrigerators.
The state’s vaccination rollout has been far from perfect. Local officials have asked Gov. Cuomo to allow county leaders to activate their vaccination plans that have been carefully crafted and prepped.
We need to give the public servants who manage safety-net systems the technology tools and incentives to track critical outcomes and meet people where they are.
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice, speaking to criticisms that the Republican governor isn’t taking coronavirus response seriously after a New Year’s Eve gala took place at the resort he owns, which had guests packed into a ballroom without masks. The governor did not attend the gala and has been an advocate of mask-wearing and vaccinations. (AP News — Jan. 4, 2021)
The proportion of Americans who support monthly stimulus checks of $2,000 during the course of the COVID-19 pandemic. While many Americans are beginning to receive the $600 payments that were approved in the most recent stimulus package, some lawmakers don’t believe this is enough financial support and more needs to be done.
The contested Senate race will determine which political party has control of the U.S. Senate. If Republicans maintain majority, Biden will enter into a divided government that has not been seen since George H.W. Bush.
Councilmember Steven Matteo wants a detailed cost breakdown of extending the HOV lane on the Staten Island Expressway, which the state has estimated to cost as much as $800 million and has been debated for years.
Gov. Baker signed a law that requires police officers to recertify every three years and subjects them to losing their certification if they violate certain standards that will be set by an independent state entity.
With incoming President Joe Biden pledging to unify the country, author David French talks about the nation’s current divide, whether the country is in decline and the prospects for a lasting union.
Rep. Ken Buck, a Republican from Colorado and six other Republican members of Congress, in a statement concerning Republican attempts to overturn the presidential election results to ensure a second term for President Trump. (The Denver Post — Jan. 3, 2021)
The number of fewer travelers that U.S. airports screened in 2020, a decrease of 61 percent from the previous year.
The state’s Special Transportation Fund will drop to just over $100 million by the end of this fiscal year, which is not enough to fund the multimillion-dollar transportation projects Gov. Lamont hopes to achieve.
As companies shift to remote work to adhere to the pandemic, geographic constraints for workers are disappearing. Chattanooga, Tenn., hopes to capitalize on this shift.
When California enacted its statewide lockdown, it was praised for its quick and effective response. Now, months later, hospitals are full and residents are tired of the restrictions.
America uses tons of rock salt to de-ice roads, but the chemical is harmful to the environment and concrete. Emerging methods could reduce the need for machines, salt, and high snowplow budgets.
Vaccines, a new presidency, a reshuffled Congress and a pandemic-shifted economy will transfigure the state and local fiscal landscape.
Around the country, legislative leaders are still scrambling to figure out the safest way to meet in person. At least a half-dozen legislators have died from COVID-19, with dozens more infected.
Political polarization has become so familiar and entrenched that we barely think how it came about. The backstory is more than a half-century long, involving race, media and a diverging economy.
After a record-breaking hurricane season, city planners in Florida focus on best practices to rescue affordable housing, while architects adopt new housing designs for the long-term needs of a changing coastline.
Head of Anna Julia Cooper Episcopal School Mike Maruca said of the Richmond, Va., community’s enthusiasm for purchasing Charlie Brown Christmas trees from a small lot to raise money for the private middle school which provides full scholarships for its students, all of whom come from low-income families, and is entirely funded by donors and local foundations. Frank Pichel’s Charlie Brown Christmas trees helped raise $5,554 for the school across three weekends. (AP News — Dec. 22, 2020)
The amount of money allocated in the coronavirus relief package that will be put towards expanding broadband access. The allocation will involve broadband programs for low-income families, tribal lands and historically Black colleges and universities.
Former Kentucky State Auditor Adam Edelen hopes to provide about 300 former coal miners with jobs for years to come working on a solar farm. But the jobs would be part time and the solar farm is still in development.
Sen. Harry Reid made sure Nevada became a key state for presidential elections, which helped to cinch President-elect Joe Biden the nomination. Now he wants Nevada to start the next presidential nominating process.
Attorney General Ken Paxton and his team spent more than 22,000 staff hours on voter fraud cases this year but only ended up resolving 16 of them, all of which were due to false addresses.
An alleged hack of federal agencies by Russian operators could precipitate more widespread concern for supply chain cybersecurity — a silver lining to a scandal that continues to get bigger, uglier and more complicated.
Join the Center for Digital Government Co-Executive Directors Teri Takai and Phil Bertolini as they gather (virtually) with CIOs to share their favorite holiday recipes.
The number of days since President Trump declared the novel coronavirus a national emergency on March 13, 2020. Two weeks later on March 27, Trump signed the CARES Act into law which was the largest economic recovery package in history.
Washington State’s majority leader, Andy Billig said of the new legislative session that will be done remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Reps. Donald McEachin and Jennifer Wexton, commenting on Virginia’s removal of a Robert E. Lee statue from the capitol’s National Statuary Hall’s collection. (NPR — December 21, 2020)
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