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Massachusetts, Nebraska and Minnesota are among numerous states where legislation has recently been introduced to address the affordable housing deficit. Some bills are more concrete than others.
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Digital technology has changed how people live, move and do everyday tasks. The cities of Portland, Maine, Buffalo, New York and Omaha, Nebraska, share a common vision—a future where parking is no longer a burden for city leaders or the communities they serve.
Faid Quran, campaign director at nonprofit advocacy group, Avaaz, addressing the health misinformation that is being spread across Facebook. Most of the deceptive news came as COVID-19 was reaching its peak in April. The misinformation networks received 460 million views in a single month. (The Hill — August 19, 2020)
The proportion of Americans that agree that “a well-functioning United States Postal Service is important to having a smooth and successful election during the coronavirus pandemic,” according to a new poll. The support was bipartisan, with 92 percent of Democrats and 67 percent of Republicans in favor of spending more money on helping the country’s mail system.
The state will begin paying one-time relief checks to as many as 70,000 residents who haven’t received unemployment benefit payments from the state. While the $500 payment isn’t sufficient, leaders hope it will help.
Nearly 25 percent of students in the state do not have Internet access at home. Lawmakers are considering how they can address the problem, but until then, school districts are having to make temporary solutions.
Gov. Charlie Baker has announced that the funds in grants will be put toward addressing food insecurities caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Some funds will be invested in technology to help producers distribute food.
The COVID-19 committee has asked for more data regarding positive cases from the Hawaii Department of Health so that citizens can better know which activities to avoid. The department is still considering the request.
The president’s re-election campaign accused New Jersey of a “brazen power grab” because of its plan to send ballots to all registered voters for this fall’s election. There still is no evidence of widespread voting fraud by mail.
More than a dozen incumbent legislators may have lost seats in Tuesday's primaries, including a state Senate president. The results continued a trend of insufficiently ardent partisans being unseated in both parties.
Around this time each year, tens of thousands of “Burners” descend outside a small town in the Nevada desert, turning it into part carnival, part cultural experiment for the 21st century. But 2020 will be different.
Megan Srinivas, an infectious disease physician in Iowa, speaking of the state’s Department of Public Health data glitch that has caused underreporting of new coronavirus cases and daily positive tests. Potentially thousands of new coronavirus cases that have been reported in recent weeks have been dated for as far back as March. School districts have been relying on the state’s data to determine what the upcoming school year will look like. (AP News — August 17, 2020)
The proportion of students in Louisiana that do not have the Internet access necessary for remote learning. Overall, 42 percent of Louisiana households lack high-speed Internet access that would allow multiple users in a home to simultaneously participate in virtual learning.
Even with a 2 percent increase in total tax collections, Virginia is still 3.1 percent below the revenue growth predicted at the beginning of 2020. Now officials project there will be $2.7 billion less over the next two years.
With millions of Americans seeking jobs, many formerly incarcerated people worry that ex-offender prejudice will prevent them from being rehired. Without a job, many can’t pay the fines and fees associated with probation.
California’s backlog means some people wait two or more weeks before receiving their COVID-19 test results, long past the point of efficiency. To improve, the state needs a balance of policy, technology and behavioral changes.
As protests shine light on racial inequities in the U.S., tech firms that serve law enforcement are evaluating ways to avoid creating, rather than solving, problems — and at least one has pledged not to support policing.
Too little progress has been made to ensure that high-speed Internet is available to all. As the pandemic has demonstrated, far too many still don't have what they need to function in a virtual world.
Growth remains a bigger worry than unemployment in at least a few cities. They're scattered around the country, but their economies have a few qualities in common that have made them pandemic-proof.
The AI-driven technology helped states and localities deal with overloaded hotlines during the pandemic. But it will have to do more than answer simple questions if it's going to be truly effective.
Jurisdictions across the country are facing a shortage of poll workers for the November election. Local government workers should be deployed to augment the volunteers who do show up.
The Los Angeles Unified School District will test nearly 700,000 students and 75,000 employees as the district awaits permission from public health authorities to resume in-person instruction.
Tax competition among the states has squeezed funding over the years, which in turn has meant less generous benefits, narrower eligibility, and administrative systems starved of staffing and technology.
Legislators voted to cut planned spending by about $400 million and tried to avoid cuts that would have lessened any matching funds from the federal government. Two prisons were spared the axe.
Berkeley, Calif., city leaders, advocates and experts imagine the future with police reform. The results are some practical steps that might, one day, result in new futures for the East Bay city. Here are some scenarios.
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What we do right now will define the future, and yet making decisions and acting with assurance has never been more challenging.
Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a research and consulting group, commenting on the places most intent on changing police practices that are putting the greatest pressure on their chiefs. That makes it almost certain that more chiefs will call it quits. (Governing — August 17, 2020)
Dr. Miles Davis wants to use his platform as first Black president of Linfield college to affect systemic change. Even as COVID-19 drastically changes the face of education, Dr. Davis is determined to create the next generation of leaders.
Scott Becker, CEO of the Association of Public Health Laboratories, speaking of the need to reduce the number of unnecessary coronavirus tests to improve the turnaround time for results. (PEW — August 14, 2020)
The number of miles Michigan is dedicating to automated vehicles on a stretch of highway between Detroit and Ann Arbor.
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