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The starting price of Rivian’s electric truck that will begin taking orders next week with deliveries to begin in June. All models can travel more than 300 miles on a single charge and go from zero to 60 mph in three seconds.
As the industry continues to grow, there could be as many as 3.5 million unfilled positions by 2021. To help fill this gap, Detroit’s cybersecurity industry is looking to find ways to build student interest and diversity.
Attorney General Xavier Becerra is optimistic about the fight, but if the court strikes down the health-care law the effect could be catastrophic. Experts don’t expect a decision from the court until Spring 2021.
The massive transit proposal only lost by 1,000 votes out of nearly 400,000 cast, but election officials aren’t inclined to ask for a recount. Many think that the pandemic and an overwhelmed electorate contributed to the failure.
An appellate court ruled that a small number of voters failed to provide state-required ID by the required deadline, which resulted in their votes being discounted. However, the ruling only applied to a small “batch” of votes.
In recent years, multiple candidates for governor and other state offices have declined to admit defeat. This has served to erode public trust and lessened cooperation among elected officials.
Getting away from our continuing reliance on legacy technology and moving toward a centralized organizational model would improve security organizations' ability to meet today's threats.
Hundreds of thousands of small businesses have closed because of the pandemic. A surge in new cases and unresolved election results are casting shadows on their year-end prospects, but recent bills offer help.
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, regarding the state’s decision to recount the ballots from last week’s presidential election due to close margins. (Reuters — Nov. 11, 2020)
The amount that California’s Golden Gate Bridge, Highway and Transportation District is losing in bridge tolls and transit fares each week. The district faces a $48 million deficit despite severe cost-saving measures.
Butler County Job and Family Services have expanded their online services to allow clients to access Medicaid, food and cash assistance remotely. Officials hope that the services are now more accessible.
Only a quarter of young adults in Dallas County earn a living wage, a proportion that decreases for Blacks and Latinos. The county hopes to shrink the living-wage inequity by 2040.
As COVID cases continue to increase, many residents have voiced their opposition to using relief funds to purchase the police tech. The city is still waiting for guidance as to whether or not the purchase is legal.
Los Angeles County’s $300 million election system investment has paid off without any serious problems during last week’s voting. But mail-in ballots continue to trickle in around the state, slowing the final tally.
Republicans have claimed that Trump’s loss is a direct result of voter fraud and illegal ballots. Antrim County says the flawed results that were eventually corrected resulted from human error.
The winners in this year’s Digital Cities survey have long been following well-laid plans for modernizing infrastructure, cybersecurity and citizen services, meaning they were prepared to stand up to the pandemic.
Cities and suburbs moved further to the left in this year's elections, while rural areas swung right. But there were some surprises — and perhaps opportunities for conservatives — in the voting.
Fox News host Neil Cavuto, commenting on air as the network cut away from White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany as she was accusing Democrats of fraudulent and illegal voting practices. There has not been any evidence to support the Republicans’ claims of Democrats cheating during the election. (The Hill — November 9, 2020)
The proportion of COVID-19 patients who developed a mental illness, such as anxiety, depression or insomnia, within the first three months of diagnosis, according to a study.
There has been a 111 percent increase in drive-by shootings that the city hopes to reduce in a pilot program to identify violent crime offenders. But privacy advocates have concerns about the plate-reading technology.
Most of the state has seen large Black Lives Matter demonstrations in the wake of the death of George Floyd and other Black people, but for some rural towns being a BLM ally means death threats and harassment.
Despite the seamless process on Election Day, election officials agree the elections system will need an overhaul if the state expects to see such large numbers of vote-by-mail ballots in future elections.
Georgia Sens. Kelly Loeffler and David Perdue have claimed “failures” with the November election while providing no evidence of such claims and are demanding that Secretary of State Raffensperger, a Republican, resign.
The way things worked out in Georgia reflected not only changes in demographics in a one-time citadel of the Confederacy but also the evolution of political beliefs and social attitudes.
John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at online watchdog Citizen Lab, regarding anonymous text messages that were sent out to thousands of voters in Pennsylvania, urging them to rally near vote centers on Thursday because Democrats were stealing the election. The messages were sent to numbers associated with text-messaging platform Opn Sesame, whose CEO is Gary Coby, the Trump Campaign’s digital director. (AP News —Nov. 6, 2020)
The number of passengers involved in the Virgin Hyperloop’s test ride that was conducted on Sunday. The company has previously run more than 400 tests at the Hyperloop’s test site in Las Vegas, This is the first test that included passengers.
Sedgwick County is seeing a spike in coronavirus cases and community spread. But a recent House bill limits what data contact tracers can collect without being at risk for misdemeanor penalties.
The state’s Attorney General commended the Public Utilities Commission of its efforts to jumpstart the state economy, but also says that the commission doesn’t have the macroeconomic experience to make those decisions.
The city has 18.5 police officers per 10,000 residents, which is far below a national, big police department average of 26.5. With budget cuts and public pressure to defund the police, the number could drop further.
The career public servant has served a president and in the cabinets of three governors, and is not afraid of tackling big, complicated jobs that help the disenfranchised while building better communities.
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