Two Ohio counties plan to use more than $60 million in federal COVID-19 relief funds to develop broadband networks, a move a policy group believes could eventually be costly to taxpayers. The Buckeye Institute cautioned…
A measure ready to be sent to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker would provide tax rebates for the purchase of a new electric motorcycle. Before they adjourned earlier this month, state lawmakers approved Senate Bill 2940….
Indiana granted an additional $189 million on a third round of projects to extend broadband service to rural areas of the state. The money will fund 154 projects to provide broadband infrastructure to more than…
The Spokane County Sheriff’s Office (SCSO) is seeking to help survivors of sexual assault feel secure at home by providing them with a Ring doorbell surveillance system. April is National Sexual Assault Awareness Month and…
About $500 million is needed to cover Arkansas households lacking adequate broadband access, according to a report released by a company hired to study internet availability across the state. The study from the Broadband Development Group (BDG) found…
Blaring TV commercials, keyboard typing, loud coughing, street noise and laughter. These noises were among the many interruptions participants faced in a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation teleconference Thursday. The department conducted the teleconference…
When our economy is strong, that typically correlates with the U.S. president having a good job approval rating. But even though the country added 431,000 jobs in March, and unemployment has hit a pandemic-era low…
General Motors (GM) and Honda plan to produce millions of “affordable” electric vehicles (EV) with prices of some popular models starting at around $30,000. GM Director of Finance and Sales Communications David Caldwell told The…
Dislocated Iowa workers can enroll in a new, federally funded training program that provides an accelerated pathway toward a career in information technology, Iowa Workforce Development announced Thursday. IowaWORKS and JobWorks Education and Training Systems…
Among the many changes brought about by the pandemic is the widespread use of QR codes, graphical representations of digital data that can be printed and later scanned by a smartphone or other device. QR…