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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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Louisiana will turn to AI to detect Medicaid fraud, health officials say

1 day ago | route-fifty.com | Piper Hutchinson |Greg LaRose

This story was originally published by the Louisiana Illuminator. On his first day on the job Monday, Louisiana Department of Health Secretary Bruce Greenstein announced the launch of two initiatives – one to target Medicaid fraud and another to reduce the number of overdose deaths during pregnancy.
‘Water is complicated’: Utah looks to data-driven future for natural resources

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

Even though 2023 saw record snowpack, Utah is consistently one of the driest states in the U.S. and so is constantly either in drought or planning for the next one. Indeed, the U.S. Department of Agriculture recently designated three counties as natural disaster areas due to the drought conditions that exist there, meaning that farmers and other producers can take on emergency loans to help them replace equipment or livestock, or refinance their debts.
State-level DOGE work gathers speed

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

State efforts to establish their own Departments of Government Efficiency modeled after the federal DOGE are beginning to make more significant strides to slash spending, workers and real estate.
Lawmakers strive to protect New York’s universal broadband rollout

1 week ago | route-fifty.com | John Celock

New York’s efforts to bring universal connectivity to the state continue to push forward with a goal of supercharging the state’s economy and addressing a variety of needs from all corners of the state, particularly in rural areas. The hub of the state’s universal connectivity program is the ConnectALL program at Empire State Development, which has been handling the planning and implementation of the state’s goals, including administering various state and federal funding.
States turn to tech in push for safer roads

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

LAS VEGAS — Federal figures released earlier this month found that just under 40,000 people died in traffic crashes last year on U.S. roads. The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said in its early estimates that 39,345 people died in 2024, which it said was the lowest fatality rate since 2019.
Law enforcement taps drones to improve response times and safety

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

Law enforcement agencies across the nation are increasingly turning to drones as first responders to improve public safety missions, relying on their advanced capabilities to enhance situational awareness and communication for streamlined operations. In Georgia, for instance, the Dunwoody Police Department — about 20 miles north of Atlanta — aims to reduce police officers’ response times by enabling first responder drone operators to listen in on active 911 calls in real time.
How cities are making data-driven decisions in the age of AI

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

Cities have excelled at collecting data, but the recent growth of artificial intelligence has brought into focus the need for that data to be clean, standardized and ready to use. Unclean data could lead to all kinds of negative consequences from AI tools, like incorrect outputs, hallucinations and bias, and those concerns have city leaders thinking hard about what to do next. Thankfully, help is at hand.
GOP-backed bill would help verify the results of hand-counted ballots in Texas

1 week ago | route-fifty.com | Natalia Contreras

This article was originally published by Votebeat, a nonprofit news organization covering local election administration and voting access. A year after Gillespie County Republicans hand-counted thousands of primary ballots, a bill from a Republican Texas lawmaker whose district includes parts of the area could make it easier to verify the accuracy of hand-counted election results. State Rep.
Michigan turns to AI to spruce up its workforce development efforts

2 weeks ago | route-fifty.com | Kaitlyn Levinson

Michigan kicked off 2025 with more than 200,000 job openings to be filled, according to . A revamped career portal hosted by the state’s Economic Development Corporation aims to fill those gaps and bring in workforce and economic development to Michigan. The Michigan Economic Development Corporation, or MEDC, first debuted its Michigan Career Portal in 2023 as part of the state’s campaign to attract workers the same year.
Lawmakers fear AI data centers will drive up residents’ power bills

2 weeks ago | route-fifty.com | Alex Brown

This story was originally published by Stateline. In many places, a sharp uptick in power demand has been driven by data centers, the industrial buildings that house huge banks of computer servers and support our increasingly digital society. State lawmakers have long sought to attract such operations with generous tax breaks and incentives. But now, some are concerned that the infrastructure needed to add all those data centers to the electric grid will drive up residents’ utility bills.