Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks to media gathered on the first day of school at Deerwood Elementary on Sept. 2, 2025 in Eagan, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen / Getty Images)
Two executive orders from Gov. Tim Walz direct Minnesota agencies to begin pursuing data strategies to reduce gun violence. "Enough is enough," the governor said in a…
Alexi Giannoulias, the Illinois secretary of state, testifies during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing titled “Book Bans: Examining How Censorship Limits Liberty and Literature,” on Sept. 12, 2023. (Tom Williams / CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias has announced new technologies to be used in the state's Court of Claims designed to replace intensive and manual processes.
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.
Georgia's tech shop will use a digital operations platform from Civic Roundtable to help achieve web accessibility ahead of next April's federal compliance deadline.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick looks on during remarks to the press at the end of an EU Foreign Affairs Council about Trade in Brussels on Nov. 24, 2025. (Nicolas Tucat / AFP)
A letter signed by 164 state legislators urges the Commerce Department to release the full amount of funds states were set to receive through the BEAD program.
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)
