Fearing Delays and Chaos, Swing States Weigh Early Counting of Mail-In Ballots
Some states, including Michigan and Pennsylvania, prohibit processing absentee ballots until Election Day. Right now, leaders are considering changing that to avoid long delays about the results of the November election.
A New Era of Coronavirus Testing Is About to Begin
A newly authorized test promises to double America’s monthly testing capacity, thanks in part to a huge purchase by the Trump administration. Can the test deliver?
Prognosis for Rural Hospitals Worsens With Pandemic
Financially troubled hospitals found themselves struggling even more as patients began postponing doctor appointments and elective surgery.
Hurricane Laura Pummels Southwest Louisiana, Leaving Trail of Destruction
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP | FBI to investigate Kenosha police shooting ... Florida could reinstate food stamp requirements ... Wyoming makes $250 million in budget cuts, including to health department.
Capital Budgets and Maintenance in Line to Take Hits, Local Government Survey Finds
The new poll indicates that public works is an area that will see less funding as the coronavirus pandemic weighs on state and local government budgets.
Ransomware Attacks Demanding Larger Payouts from Local Governments
The average ransom demanded of a local government in a cyberattack grew from $30,000 to $380,000, according to one cybersecurity firm.
Affluence Killed New York, Not the Pandemic
COMMENTARY | The city is in the midst of a reckoning—not simply because of the coronavirus, but because of what it had already become.
School House Rocked: How Covid-19 Could Change the Way We Teach and Test
COMMENTARY | If we want to prevent long-term economic suffering, we should rethink our K-12 education system.
GSA eyes SDN for post-pandemic telecom flexibility
The General Services Administration is counting on software-defined networking to help it manage demand for connectivity in offices nationwide, according to one of the agency's key IT managers.
How data can lead states to post-pandemic recovery
An essential element for recovery planning collecting and analyzing data to help policy-makers understand how workforce, health care and social services programs interact with one another, a new report says.
Fight Against Fraud Slows Payments to Unemployed
Generous states that acted quickly are juicy targets for fraudsters.
One Solution to California’s Blackouts? The World’s Biggest Battery.
As states move away from fossil-fuel energy, they are going to need increased battery storage to meet clean energy goals.
Unearned unemployment: Who is collecting money meant for Americans in need?
A lack of anti-fraud measures, bypassed processes that had been in place to help verify benefit claims and data inaccuracies -- combined with the rampant availability of cheap, stolen account credentials and personally identifiable information on dark web markets -- has led to an unprecedented increase in unemployment fraud.
DARPA hardware-based security holding up against white-hat hackers
About halfway into a bug bounty program, security researchers haven’t yet broken into systems protected by the System Security Integrated Through Hardware and Firmware program.
Hurricanes and wildfires are colliding with the COVID-19 pandemic – and compounding the risks
Using data on social vulnerability, pandemic risk and hazard probability, an interactive map pinpoints sources of vulnerability to help disaster response managers recognize the compound risks posed by the confluence of the pandemic and any natural hazard.
Teenager Charged With Homicide After Shooting at Kenosha Protest
STATE AND LOCAL NEWS ROUNDUP | Hurricane Laura, pushing ‘unsurvivable’ storm surge, makes landfall in Texas and Louisiana … Former New York assembly speaker begins serving prison sentence … Idaho House votes to revoke Covid emergency declaration.
Paid Leave Measure to Appear on Colorado Ballot This November
The medical and family leave program would be funded by a tax paid by employers and workers in the state. Eight other states now have similar programs in place.
New Unemployment Benefits Could Take Weeks to Distribute
Thirty-two states have been approved for the federal unemployment program, but only four states have begun issuing the $300-a-week benefits.
Watchdog Finds Legacy System to Blame for Delayed FEMA Data Reporting
The system used to track data from the flood insurance program lacks automation.
Preparing Your Mind for Uncertain Times
What ancient philosophers can teach us about embracing the unknown.
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