Keely Quinlan

1 week ago | statescoop.com | Keely Quinlan

A group of 23 internet service providers in Texas, backed by the industry group Wireless Internet Service Providers Association, sent a letter to two senators Tuesday with concerns about proposed changes to a widely used stretch of shared spectrum featured in the president’s budget bill. The letter, which was shared with StateScoop, was sent to Sen. John Cornyn and Sen. Ted Cruz, both Republican senators from Texas.

2 weeks ago | statescoop.com | Keely Quinlan

Following a jailbreak last month at the Orleans Justice Center, the New Orleans City Council is set to consider revisions this month to an ordinance that would allow police broad use of facial recognition technology. The proposed ordinance revision, authored by a member of the New Orleans Police Department, would allow local police to use facial recognition technology while investigating crimes and missing persons cases.

2 weeks ago | statescoop.com | Keely Quinlan

Hawaii Lt. Gov. Sylvia Luke, who’s acting as governor while Gov. Josh Green is out of state, signed a bill Monday that creates a centralized broadband office and is designed to expand access to the internet and digital literacy resources. The law, which takes effect July 1, establishes the Hawaii State Broadband Office within the state’s Department of Accounting and General Services.

3 weeks ago | statescoop.com | Keely Quinlan

The National Telecommunications and Information Administration on Friday released its much anticipated guidance for states on the Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment, or BEAD, program. The new BEAD guidance, which comes three months after Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick announced his intentions to “revamp” the $42.45 billion program, features a removal of what Lutnick called “burdensome regulations” imposed by the Biden administration on states and bidding internet service providers.

3 weeks ago | statescoop.com | Keely Quinlan

A pet zebra has been on the loose in Rutherford County, Tennessee, for several days, and local governments and law enforcement agencies are using artificial intelligence to generate meme-like images of the zebra in different locations to help raise awareness about the lost, striped equine. The zebra, named Ed, escaped on May 31 and caused a traffic jam on a main interstate in the greater Nashville area over the weekend, briefly forcing the road to close after it ran through traffic.