Digital Government
COGE report recommends New Hampshire split apart health department, embrace AI
The commission's final report, 10 months after being stood up by Gov. Kelly Ayotte, calls for breaking the department into smaller agencies to improve accountability.
Artificial Intelligence
Hochul and legislative leaders play game of chicken with AI regulations
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to rewrite the RAISE Act with language nearly identical to a California law, a hard no for lawmakers.
Digital Government
How automated data can help states address new SNAP requirements
COMMENTARY | The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will change social service programs substantially. Automation can reduce the need for caseworkers to sift through paperwork.
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Public Safety
Texas city launches a new dashboard to fill gaps in gun violence data
Accidental shootings are often overlooked by officials when considering efforts to reduce gun violence incidents, one Houston city official said.
Artificial Intelligence
Still early days for state chief AI officers
The role is still being defined by its earliest incumbents, as states remain uncertain about the future of the technology and how to deal with its impacts.
Artificial Intelligence
‘AI Week’ crashed by Trump-DeSantis battle over regulation: What’s next?
Florida House plans comprehensive, multi-committee study of technology’s implications.
Management
Bluesky social media app restores access for adult Mississippians
The social media platform said it would allow legal adults in Mississippi to access its app, while keeping the service unavailable for minors.
People
Feds float tying kids’ screen time to school subsidies
NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth said in a speech last week the agency will study whether schools are now too reliant on educational technology, and if spending has resulted in bad outcomes for students.
Artificial Intelligence
New House commission to scrutinize AI's impact on the economy
The House Democratic Commission on AI and the Innovation Economy will address policy issues like guardrails for AI and its economic, safety and health impacts.
Management
‘Away for the day’: Indiana lawmakers take up bill expanding cellphone ban to entire school day
The bill would build on an existing state law that already restricts student cellphone use during “instructional time.”
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Management
Nevada’s HR modernization push sets the scene for future innovation
The state is looking to revamp how it approaches human resource and staff operations after upgrading a decades-old legacy system.
Emerging Tech
States urge more federal coordination amid growth of new aviation options
Advanced air mobility promises air taxis, delivery planes and others in the nation’s skies. Leaders said while the FAA must lead on airspace management, it must listen to those on the ground.
Infrastructure
Data centers for AI could nearly triple San Jose’s energy use. Who foots the bill?
AI’s planned data-center boom is straining California’s grid forecasts and raising fears that customers could pay for upgrades if projects never materialize.
Artificial Intelligence
As lawmakers push to regulate AI in advertising, this New York agency is running AI ads
The state's Office of Addiction Services and Supports is running television ads featuring AI-generated faces without disclosing the technology to viewers.
Artificial Intelligence
Trump plans to sign order preempting state AI laws
Congressional efforts to legally place a 10-year moratorium on state artificial intelligence regulation have thus-far failed to garner enough support.
Digital Government
State social media laws run into familiar challenges
As states barrel ahead with their own regulations in the absence of Congressional action, barriers like age verification, the First Amendment and worries about data privacy remain.
Artificial Intelligence
Google data centers will bring nuclear power back to tornado country
A destructive storm in 2020 prematurely shut down Iowa’s only nuclear plant. With Google’s plans to reopen it to power nearby data centers, will extreme weather threaten the reactor’s safety?
Finance
Texas launches cryptocurrency reserve with $5 million investment
Lawmakers created a state Strategic Bitcoin Reserve earlier this year and dedicated $10 million to investing in cryptocurrency.
