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From chaos to coordination: What true payment alignment looks like for cities in 2026
2+ day, 10+ hour ago (750+ words) Andrii Yalanskyi via Getty Images A new wave of federal infrastructure funding has poured billions into state and local governments, but many cities are still wrestling with an older problem: their payment systems." From parking meters and transit fares to…...
Denver launches AI platform to boost permitting efficiency and housing development
2+ day, 5+ hour ago (768+ words) Micro Stock Hub via Getty Images The Denver Permitting Office in Colorado has launched an artificial intelligence tool that aims to simplify and expedite the permitting application process for customers and staff, a move one official says will help reduce…...
North Carolina senators consider new restrictions on artificial intelligence in insurance and medical billing
3+ day, 9+ hour ago (663+ words) Rockaa via Getty Images By Clayton Henkel, NC Newsline This story was originally published by North Carolina Newsline. Senator Amy Galey (R-Alamance) says artificial intelligence in medical research has led to new understanding of diseases, new treatments, and new efficiencies....
You can't manage what you can't see
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (625+ words) Simple Images via Getty Images Agility, accuracy and efficiency. Constituents have been imploring state and local governments to improve it for years, and now government policy is mandating it." The passing of HR1, which penalizes states if they reach a certain…...
Missouri Department of Social Services uses Service Now to boost citizen experience
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (504+ words) Missouri Department of Social Services Chief Information Officer Toi Wilde (left) spoke at Service Now's Knowledge 2026 conference in Las Vegas May 6 alongside Service Now vice president of State & Local Government and Education Barry Ridgway. FRANK KONKEL FOR GOVEXEC Through savvy…...
AI is a "New York story" " for better or worse, official says
3+ day, 8+ hour ago (286+ words) Thinking about AI. Ayman Siam/Office of NYC Comptroller Will the artificial intelligence revolution help or hurt New York's economy? New York City Comptroller Mark Levine "and a team of economists " puts the odds at about 50/50. What's certain is that…...
How data integration could help maternal health outcomes
4+ day, 3+ hour ago (717+ words) skynesher via Getty Images The U. S. continues to have the highest maternal death rate of high-income countries, despite such deaths often being preventable. One major threat to women's maternal health outcomes is the loss of benefit coverage, which could be mitigated…...
How Dayton's citizens' assembly showed a new path for community engagement
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (408+ words) Denis Tangney Jr via Getty Images PHILADELPHIA " Dayton, Ohio has a long history of community engagement, with a system of what it calls Priority Boards for different areas of the city. Those geographically based boards are composed of elected volunteers…...
Water, electricity remain major data center concerns, survey says
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (349+ words) Andriy Onufriyenko via Getty Images Local residents nationwide remain most concerned about the impact of data centers on their water supply and electricity costs, according to a recent survey. Zencity, a platform that measures public sentiment and trust, found that…...
Utah's fragile desert could feel like the Sahara if America's biggest data center gets built
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (838+ words) Plans for a celebrity-backed "hyperscale" data center in rural Utah, so massive that it would consume more than double the state's current electricity use, have generated an intense public and political backlash in a state where the motto is "industry…...