CATON DEUSO Tri-County United Way has announced the call for new partner agencies to apply for the 2024 Community Investment Fund, according to a news release on Friday, Nov. 17. Agencies such as nonprofit organizations and businesses may apply for funding and other help. The local United Way is looking to expand by five, adding … Read more
HAVERHILL — The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Public School Monitoring will conduct a review of Whittier Tech during the week of Nov. 13. According to Whittier Superintendent Maureen Lynch and Special Education Director Kristine Morrison, the Office of Public School Monitoring visits each district and charter school every three years to … Read more
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma lawmakers are struggling to regulate the artificial intelligence industry even as interest in the technology and its availability continues to grow. Experts say AI is present in everything from cell phone apps and facial recognition software to ChatGPT, which allows users to ask questions and receive human-like replies based on data … Read more
A House of Representatives panel has scheduled a hearing for next week on how the Social Security Administration has been clawing back payments it mistakenly made to beneficiaries. The announcement signals that members of Congress are focusing on the trauma many poor, retired, and disabled people have experienced from the government trying to reclaim safety-net … Read more
BOSTON — Police departments in Massachusetts would be significantly curtailed in their ability to rely on facial recognition technology under revived legislation touted by civil rights activists that’s meant to crack down on racial disparities among people of color wrongfully suspected of crimes. Proposals from Reps. Orlando Ramos and Dave Rogers and Senate Majority Leader … Read more
MADISON (WKOW) — Wisconsin elected leaders have set up a pair of task forces designed to study the impacts of artificial intelligence on Wisconsin’s workforce with the goal of informing regulation going forward. Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, announced at the end of August a largely nonpartisan taskforce on the subject of AI and its … Read more
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A week after Sequoia Union High School District trustees held a study session on streamlining courses, providing a stage for community members to express their concerns about lost honors courses, the Sequoia Healthcare District voted unanimously to affirm its commitment to supporting the school district. The health care district’s Board of Directors stated its support … Read more
BOSTON — The Biden administration “planted its flag here in Massachusetts,” Gov. Maura Healey said Tuesday, by agreeing after a competitive process to create a biomedical and health hub in Greater Boston through the federal Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, or ARPA-H. Massachusetts was chosen to host the National Institutes of Health agency’s Investor … Read more
Higher education in Vigo County in the past year made some major advancements in projects, programs and facilities that will help foster economic development and help address workforce needs both locally and statewide. Indiana State University is moving forward with plans for a $66 million renovation/expansion of its Bailey College of Engineering and Technology. Rose-Hulman … Read more