public policy

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/10/30/biden-unveils-us-governments-first-ever-ai-executive-order.html TECH Biden issues U.S.′ first AI executive order, requiring safety assessments, civil rights guidance, research on labor market impact PUBLISHED MON, OCT 30 20235:17 AM EDTUPDATED 2 HOURS AGO Hayden...

https://undark.org/2023/10/13/book-review-crossings/ BOOKS PRINT Book Review: How Our Roads Have Become an Invasive Species REPUBLISH In “Crossings,” Ben Goldfarb explores the science of road ecology, or how roadways affect plants and animal life. Visual: John Duarte/Tetra images via Getty...

https://www.wbur.org/news/2023/08/24/healey-massachusetts-massreconnect-higher-education-cost-free-students Community college is now free for Mass. residents 25 and older. Millions qualify August 24, 2023 Max Larkin Gov. Maura Healey wants to get the word out: Attending community college is...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/rural-montana-housing-crisis-supply/674950/ The Anti-California How Montana performed a housing miracle By Annie Lowrey Justin Sullivan / Getty AUGUST 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in...

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/08/rural-montana-housing-crisis-supply/674950/ The Anti-California How Montana performed a housing miracle By Annie Lowrey Justin Sullivan / Getty AUGUST 9, 2023, 11:02 AM ET This article was featured in One Story to Read Today, a newsletter in...

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/08/how-cities-can-stem-the-tide-of-pedestrian-deaths-from-large-cars-and-suvs/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social How cities can stem the tide of pedestrian deaths from large cars and SUVs Ever-larger cars and...

https://www.techdirt.com/2023/06/01/texas-age-verification-bill-would-plaster-health-warnings-on-porn-sites/ from the bull-shyt-pseudoscience dept Thu, Jun 1st 2023 10:52am - Michael McGrady Just when we didn’t think the state of Texas could get any more wacko on tech policy, this latest bill...

https://theintercept.com/2022/08/25/student-loans-debt-reagan/ In 1970, Roger Freeman, who also worked for Nixon, revealed the right’s motivation for coming decades of attacks on higher education. Jon Schwarz August 25 2022, 4:57 p.m. WITH THE vociferous debate over President Joe Biden’s...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w3aj/us-building-more-apartments-than-it-has-in-decades-but-not-for-the-poor-report They're not regular estate agents, they're cool estate agents. LP By Laura Pitcher April 24, 2023, 3:45am IMAGE: STEVE PROEHL VIA GETTY IMAGES The U.S. is building more...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3w3aj/us-building-more-apartments-than-it-has-in-decades-but-not-for-the-poor-report They're not regular estate agents, they're cool estate agents. LP By Laura Pitcher April 24, 2023, 3:45am IMAGE: STEVE PROEHL VIA GETTY IMAGES The U.S. is building more...

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jul/11/paris-charge-suv-drivers-higher-parking-fees-tackle-auto-besity Paris to charge SUV drivers higher parking fees to tackle ‘auto-besity’ Size, weight and motor will be taken into account as councillors target ‘dangerous, cumbersome’ vehicles Kim...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/jg5gjk/nycs-widespread-homeless-sweeps-resulted-in-3-people-with-permanent-housing-report A city audit reveals that sweeps encompassing over 2,000 people have largely failed to transition the unhoused into permanent housing. By Roshan Abraham June 29, 2023...

https://gothamist.com/news/vending-machine-providing-free-birth-control-and-overdose-prevention-products-debuts-in-brooklyn By Brittany Kriegstein Published Jun 5, 2023 Brittany Kriegstein A new vending machine in Brownsville, Brooklyn is attracting lots of attention – but not because...

https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2023/05/zoning-laws-nuclear-modern-family-definition/674117/ Across America, some places still outlaw living with people who aren’t your relatives. By Michael Waters Illustration by Paul Spella / The Atlantic. Sources: Shutterstock; Getty. MAY 22...

https://coloradosun.com/2023/05/24/municipal-internet-sb-152-repealed-colorado/ More than 160 cities, towns and counties opted out of Senate Bill 152, and some built their own gigabit service that was 4,000 times faster. But there were other reasons for the repeal. Tamara Chuang 4:11 AM MDT on...

https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wgv5/missouri-voted-to-defund-public-libraries-book-bans The new budget sets funds for libraries to $0. Library groups say the move is retaliation for suing the state over its recent book ban law. By Claire Woodcock March 30, 2023, 11:37am ALLAN BAXTER /...

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-14/can-car-free-living-succeed-in-cities-built-around-the-automobile https://archive.is/TJoZP A rendering of The Plant, a converted industrial space envisioned as the anchor for a car-free development in Houston. Rendering courtesy of Concept...

https://futurism.com/track-every-homeless-person-san-francisco https://archive.is/iT8hR PRIVACY TRADEOFF 2. 4. 19 by DAN ROBITZSKI The system can coordinate help for the city's homeless, but requires a lot of personal data. BIG BROTHER San Francisco, unsurprisingly, has decided that the...

https://www.cleveland.com/open/2023/01/with-stroke-of-his-pen-gov-mike-dewine-defines-natural-gas-as-green-energy.html Updated: Jan. 06, 2023, 6:30 p.m.| Published: Jan. 06, 2023, 5:20 p.m. FILE - A crew works on a drilling rig at a well site for shale based natural gas in Zelienople, Penn...

https://www.foxnews.com/us/parents-swept-controversy-after-school-satan-club-speak-out-at-wits-end Published December 9, 2022 2:00am EST Critics maintain After School Satan Clubs are 'wearing down the inhibitions' of impressionable children By Jon Brown | Fox News **allow cookies from...