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Schools across the nation are encouraging students to use artificial intelligence. In San Diego, Calif., teachers help students learn the benefits and consequences of AI use in daily life.
“Valet trash,” boiler management, pest control and service fees are some of the many “junk fees” that landlords are adding to rents in Denver, which can significantly inflate costs. Rental advocates want more transparency.
On Jan. 7, 2021, allies of former President Trump walked into Coffee County’s election office and allegedly copied confidential software and files that could be used to undermine an election. Now the investigation has been paused.
Krista Gulbransen, of the Berkeley, Calif., Property Owners Association, regarding a proposed rent control measure in California that will appear on the statewide ballot next week. The measure, Proposition 33, would repeal a state housing law that limits cities from enacting rent control measures. More than 30 California cities already have some rent increase limitations, with caps ranging from 3 to 10 percent annually for covered units. (Associated Press — Oct. 29, 2024)
Republicans are defending eight of the 11 governor's offices up this year, but Democrats still have little chance for pickups.
Texas challenged federal supremacy by creating a state crime for illegal entry into the U.S. The courts will decide whether it's constitutional — and whether other states can follow Texas’ lead.
The November election could boost Native representation in the state’s legislature.
The Hawthorne Fire on Lamentation Mountain continues to spread. 127,000 gallons of water from next-door Silver Lake has been dumped on the fire so far.
Insurance companies are increasingly using aerial images instead of human inspectors to analyze properties. But residents are frustrated by the practice as images get misinterpreted or capture the wrong home.
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, in their “PFAS Do Not Eat Advisory” that was issued last week. The department has detected high levels of “forever chemicals” in some deer and wild turkey that were harvested in portions of Albion, Fairfield, Freedom, Skowhegan, Unity and Unity Township, and has therefore advised residents to avoid consuming wildlife from those areas. (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife — Oct. 24, 2024)
Like his father, the city’s longest-serving mayor combined preternatural instincts with sheer audacity. Sometimes Richard M. Daley overreached, but he left his city better than he found it.
Oakland and Alameda County, Calif., are holding unusual overlapping recall elections, with two top officials both facing complaints that they have been too soft on crime.
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Drawing from his experience in San Jose, Seattle Chief Technology Officer Rob Lloyd seeks to address pressing issues like homelessness and public safety in a post-pandemic landscape in the Emerald City.
A new task force made up of several county law enforcement agencies is tasked with keeping voters safe.
Recent food recalls have raised concerns about safety and regulation within the industry, but experts say that increased regulation, better technology and more public awareness make the issue more complicated than it may seem.
39 South Carolina counties will choose a coroner this election.
John Suthers, a former U.S. attorney and Colorado attorney general who is now representing the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Boulder, Colo. Suthers responded to the NonHuman Rights Project’s (NhRP) claim that five elephants in the zoo should be able to dispute their detention. The NhRP unsuccessfully tried to have an elephant at the Bronx Zoo named Happy legally considered a person with the ability to pursue a petition seeking release. The New York ruling said giving such rights to an elephant “would have an enormous destabilizing impact on modern society.” Now, the NhRP is again arguing that the five elephants, Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou and Jambo, are such intelligent and social creatures that they are, essentially, being held prisoner in the zoo. The Colorado court will issue a ruling in the coming weeks or months. (Associated Press — Oct. 24, 2024)
Fear and confusion in the aftermath of disasters create fertile ground for misinformation. Social media and AI can amplify it, but there are ways to weather the storm.
Far too often, family courts award shared custody to fathers accused of domestic violence. Hundreds of children have been murdered. There’s much that policymakers could do to prevent some of these tragic outcomes.
The total damage in Western North Carolina is estimated at $53 billion; Gov. Roy Cooper has proposed a small fraction from state funds for costs that won’t be covered by the federal government or private insurance.
At least 11 states have enacted laws to restrict the use of PFAs in apparel, cleaning products, cookware, cosmetics and menstrual products. Since 2007, 30 states have approved 155 PFA policies.
The Los Angeles Metropolitan Transportation Authority has a $3.3 billion list of projects to achieve ahead of the 2028 Games that is only 5.2 percent funded so far.
South Carolina state Rep. Brandon Cox, regarding the state’s installation of its first individual statue for an African American on its Statehouse lawn. The statue will honor Robert Smalls, a congressman and ship pilot who helped to rewrite South Carolina’s Constitution to grant civil rights to Black men after the Civil War. (Associated Press — Oct. 22, 2024)
The number of towns in Maine, about one-third of the state’s voting jurisdictions, that still...
Cherelle Parker is the 100th mayor of Philadelphia and the first woman to hold the job. She has forged ahead on her first-year agenda, but some constituencies feel left out.
Millions are falling behind on their retirement goals. There are proven policy solutions at the state level, and federal policymakers could build on those to help all workers save what they will need and reduce the burden on taxpayers.
Child care involves a mix of public, private and nonprofit providers. Mayors are trying to make systems easier for parents to navigate and afford.
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