States rush to deny AI personhood amid growing fight over who should regulate

States are rushing to implement laws and regulations to deny AI personhood as chatbots and autonomous tech grow in popularity ...
Center on Budget and Policy PrioritiesOpinion

States Should Support an Energy System That Is Affordable, Safe, and Reliable for All

There are a range of steps states can take to meet our growing energy needs in a way that works for consumers and helps ...
Oregonian

Readers respond: Transportation funding isn’t Oregon’s real problem

Oregon doesn’t have a transportation funding problem. Rather, it has a public finance problem. Budgets for all aspects of public service and capital investment are falling short. To date, our leaders ...
MarketWatch

College sports has a new money problem — and St. John’s may be the latest example: ‘It’s the Wild West’

Name, image and likeness (NIL) deals have flooded college sports with hundreds of millions of dollars — but universities and team general managers have been operating with little formal oversight, ...
The Big Lead

Kendrick Perkins points out NBA’s American athlete problem using Ja Morant example

June 8, 2018; Cleveland, OH, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers center Kendrick Perkins (21) during the second quarter in game four of the 2018 NBA Finals against the Golden State Warriors at Quicken Loans ...
The Vindicator

City schools transportation committee hears more details on busing woes

YOUNGSTOWN — As the implementation of the Youngstown City School District’s two-pronged reconfiguration plan draws closer, school officials are strategizing to restructure the district’s ...
The Hill

National Transportation Safety Board ‘vehemently opposes’ NDAA provision

National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy on Wednesday said the board “vehemently opposes” one of the provisions in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) passed by the ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: There are real solutions to our transportation problems. Air taxis aren’t one of them

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. To the editor: Let me count the reasons why air taxis are a bad idea (“Why an unproven air taxi company is ...
The Atlantic

The Biggest Problem With Air Travel: Pajamas?

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy wants us to return to the golden age of air travel, when nobody got into a punching match for reclining a seat into someone else’s lap. He says this golden age ...
The Hill

Duffy warns Transportation Department may have to close some airspace next week

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Tuesday that his department may have to close certain parts of the country’s airspace next week if the government shutdown continues. Blaming Democrats in ...
Seattle Times

WA residents deserve more from their transportation system

Gridlock on roadways. Bridges closed. Projects backlogged. Ferries out of service. We have all been personally impacted by our state’s transportation problems. Meanwhile, Washington residents continue ...