Many agencies worry their data isn't clean enough, but proponents of predictive algorithms said they've seen them produce favorable outcomes in child welfare.
Proponents of the president's executive order preempting state AI laws argue it's designed only to skirt the most stringent laws. Others say the order sets a dangerous…
And “it wasn’t even close," said Doug Robinson, executive director of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers, the group that collected data on technology officials'…
Two sanitation workers load discarded furniture into a Toronto waste truck as a woman adds more items to the curb. (Roberto Machado Noa / LightRocket via Getty Images)
Dallas City Council has voted to arm its waste collection vehicles with AI-powered cameras, what one official called a "smart-city approach to an everyday challenge.”
President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order beside Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and White House artificial intelligence and crypto czar David Sacks in the Oval Office of the White House on Dec. 11, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Alex Wong / Getty Images)
Many lawmakers and advocacy groups criticized President Donald Trump's executive order banning state AI laws as a threat to states' rights and a handout to Big Tech.
An EBT sign is displayed on the window of a grocery store on Oct. 30, 2025 in the Flatbush neighborhood of the Brooklyn borough in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago / Getty Images)
The nonprofit Center for Civic Futures is awarding grants to states and their partners to advance work that organizers hope can be scaled across the country.
President Donald Trump attends the signing ceremony of a peace deal with the President of Rwanda Paul Kagame and the President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Felix Tshisekedi at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, D.C., on Dec. 4, 2025. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds / AFP via Getty Images)
Lilian Coral, vice president of New America's technology and democracy programs, and Neil Kleiman, urban policy professor at Northeastern University’s public policy school, review a recent report…