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Carl Sedoryk, CEO of Monterey-Salinas Transit, explains how his agency went from moving not just people, but also food and medical services, while providing Internet service for families as the pandemic upended bus service.
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Nash County, N.C., Sheriff Keith Stone, commenting on a crash caused by a Tesla driver watching a movie while the vehicle was on auto-pilot. The collision threw two officers to the ground, but nobody was seriously injured. (CBS17 — August 27, 2020)
The net worth of Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos, which is equivalent to 1 percent of U.S. gross domestic product. Even when adjusting for inflation, nobody has ever reached this milestone before.
Community hospitals took loan money from Congress to cope with the surge in patients during the height of COVID-19. But the loans will soon fall due and many medical centers don’t know how they will pay the money back.
Many workers foresee working from home to be a long-term situation and working from the kitchen table isn’t suitable any more. So how do you create an office without returning to work? By introducing the backyard commute.
While workers and customers are contracting COVID-19, legally it is hard to prove exactly where the person contracted the virus. So far this detail has protected businesses, but some think it’s time for that to change.
In addition to managing unprecedented unemployment numbers, states have to avoid processing thousands of fraudulent benefits claims. Sorting it all out takes time, only further delaying relief for legitimate claimants.
In the absence of substantial pandemic aid from Washington, there might be a role for the central bank: longer-term loans. But let's not create another perpetual-deficit machine.
With the highest incarceration rate in the developed world, America’s overcrowded prisons have become hotbeds for COVID-19. Now, the virus has accelerated efforts already underway by lawmakers to reform prison policies.
The Portland Police tweeted late on Tuesday after determining that a gathering outside City Hall was a riot and required the crowd to disperse or risk arrest or crowd control actions. The protests are a direct response to the death of George Floyd. (Reuters — August 25, 2020)
The amount that the Trump administration has promised for research in artificial intelligence and quantum computing. The money will be distributed to seven institutes for artificial intelligence and five for quantum computing across the next five years.
A new study suggests that age, gender and even the region of the country being targeted with virus-tracking technology could have a lot to do with its success rate. Experts urge a tailored approach.
San Diego County adopted a $6.55 billion budget that it hopes will be enough to support the community through continued COVID response, predicted wildfires and ongoing issues like homelessness and affordable housing.
Harris County will have more than 100 places to cast ballots, including one drive-through and one 24-hour voting center. There will also be an extra week of early voting and 12,000 new election workers.
Up to 4 million Californians risk eviction if the COVID-19 renter protections expire on Sept. 2. Some hope to extend relief for renters, but many are concerned that it’s just a temporary fix to a larger problem.
Congress is blocked from passing bills that impose unfunded mandates. The 25-year-old restriction isn't perfect but has saved states, cities and counties billions of dollars.
If we are genuinely searching for national healing and reconciliation, look at the aftermath of the election of 1800, which was as angry and mean-spirited as any in our history.
Anjuli Mishra Cameron, the research director for Minnesota’s Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, speaking of rural cities that are dependent on resources and representation that is determined through the Census count. For some cities though, immigrants, who might not necessarily participate in the Census, are the reason that their population has swelled. (PEW — August 25, 2020)
The value of Customs and Border Patrol’s newly signed contract with Venntel, a company that collects and sells people’s phone location data. The contract states that the agency purchased Venntel software, but there is no explanation as to how the software is planned to be used.
Legislators have introduced a bill that would effectively prohibit mail-ballot drop boxes to determine a winner more quickly. But Gov. Wolf is fiercely against anything that inhibits Pennsylvanians’ ability to vote.
Evacuation maps that are a year old, coding errors that stop emergency alerts and an emergency official who didn’t hear his phone that was set to vibrate are just some of the many errors in California’s emergency alert system.
The police department in Pennsylvania has worked to balance legal requirements and moral imperatives of public demands for more transparent policing. Some believe more data will help build trust, but not everyone agrees.
Certain school districts in Florida and Tennessee have formally classified school teachers as essential workers, which means that they must continue to work even if they’ve come in contact with COVID-19.
Outdoor learning can slash the odds that in-person classes will put staff or students at risk of contracting the coronavirus. A national coalition is developing guidelines and resources to help schools in any climate.
Cynthia Giles, Environmental Protection Agency’s former assistant administrator under the Obama Administration, commenting on the waivers that thousands of oil and gas operations have received to suspend environmental regulation checks during COVID-19. (AP News — August 24, 2020)
The number of laptops that the three biggest computer companies are short and are therefore unable to provide schools for distance learning.
Officials aren’t worried about fraud. They’re worried about disqualified mail-in ballots because they weren’t postmarked on time, arrived beyond the 17-day eligibility period or were missing signatures.
Many minority communities have grown to rely on the independent contract work flexibility of ride-sharing and delivery apps, so classifying workers as full-time would actually be detrimental. “It’s not good for folks of color.”
There is no national data network that allows quick and effective responses to disasters or disease outbreaks. Many doctors still have to fax documents to public health agencies, a problem many want to change.
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