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Route Fifty is an online magazine under Atlantic Media's Government Executive Media Group. It focuses on delivering news, technology updates, innovative ideas, and effective practices within state, county, and local governments throughout the United States.

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Albany’s blueprint for schools: cell-free halls, looser Yeshiva rules, new aid math

3 days ago | route-fifty.com | Bianca Fortis

This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. At Medina Junior-Senior High School, where Joe Byrne teaches 8th grade social studies, cellphones had become a problem: Kids came to school anxious, depressed, and altogether distracted by the devices, Byrne said.
Ken Paxton says Google will pay Texas $1.4B to settle privacy suit

3 days ago | route-fifty.com | Zach Despart

This article was originally published by Texas Tribune. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday announced that his office had reached a preliminary agreement to settle a privacy infringement lawsuit against Google for $1.4 billion. Paxton said the deal delivers a “historic win” for Texans’ data privacy and security rights. In 2022, Texas sued the tech giant, alleging it unlawfully tracked and collected users’ private data including geolocation, incognito searches and biometric information.
Raleigh to launch self-service portal for residents

3 days ago | route-fifty.com | Frank Konkel

LAS VEGAS — This summer, the city of Raleigh, North Carolina, plans to launch a new digital self-service portal that will give its half-million residents a simple, intuitive way to request services, report issues and access records online.
Tech helps New Jersey house unsheltered veterans

6 days ago | route-fifty.com | Kaitlyn Levinson

The number of unhoused veterans in the nation has steadily decreased over the last decade. Since 2010, the estimated number of veterans without a home has declined by 55%, and last year saw the fewest number of veterans experiencing homelessness at 32,882 since 2019, according to .
Senate votes to repeal rule allowing Wi-Fi hotspot loans

6 days ago | route-fifty.com | Chris Teale

The U.S. Senate voted Thursday to repeal a Federal Communications Commission rule that allows schools and libraries to use federal funds to loan out Wi-Fi hotspots to students and educators. Senators voted 50-38 on a joint disapproval resolution that would bar public schools and libraries that participate in the FCC’s E-Rate program from buying Wi-Fi hotspots for use away from their premises. E-Rate provides discounts to help schools and libraries buy affordable devices and internet access.
How states can prepare to leverage AI for benefits eligibility

1 week ago | route-fifty.com | Kaitlyn Levinson

Earlier this year, Tennessee and its Department of Human Services were served with a class action lawsuit from families and nonprofits in the state who claim the government failed to administer benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which offers financial support for low-income Americans to access food and groceries.
Alabama governor to weigh cellphone ban bill

1 week ago | route-fifty.com | Alander Rocha

Skip to Content Insights & Reports This story was originally published by the Alabama Reflector. The Alabama Senate gave final approval Wednesday to a ban cellphones during school hours in public schools. HB 166, sponsored by Rep. Leigh Hulsey, R-Helena, would require local school boards to adopt a policy for students to store cellphones during class hours. The bill passed on a 30-2 vote and goes to Gov. Kay Ivey.
Watchdog details how to build community trust in smart cities

1 week ago | route-fifty.com | Kaitlyn Levinson

As tech increasingly becomes the future of local government innovation, cities across the U.S. are eager to roll out advanced systems to streamline data analytics and enhance service delivery to their constituents. “With a recent expansion in computing power and development in artificial intelligence, the underlying technology is there to enable these kinds of smart technologies,” said Brian Bothwell, director of Engineering and Technology Assessment at the U.S. Government Accountability Office.
Data centers defend environmental record amid AI push

1 week ago | route-fifty.com | Chris Teale

Two recent announcements from two different states highlight the growing importance of data centers, especially as they are crucial to providing more computing power for the expanded use of artificial intelligence. Stillwater, Oklahoma, announced in March that Google had purchased land on which it intends to build a data center, part of the company’s planned $75 billion investment in data centers and other infrastructure.
New York’s cellphone ban: Exemptions, enforcement, and costs explained

1 week ago | route-fifty.com | Michael Elsen-Rooney

This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for their newsletters at ckbe.at/newsletters. There are still many questions about what New York’s recently passed statewide “bell-to-bell” student cellphone ban will look like across New York City’s 1,600 public schools. Under the policy, announced last week as part of the budget deal between Gov.