Colorado Gov. Jared Polis is calling on state lawmakers to attend a special legislative session next week to reevaluate the implementation of artificial intelligence regulations he signed into law last year. 

The Lewisville Independent School District (ISD) in Lewisville, Texas, has appointed Leslie Garakani as the district’s new chief technology officer (CTO).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on August 1 that it is offering $103.8 million of grant funding to state, local, and tribal governments to “strengthen community cybersecurity.”

The company behind Canvas – a learning app used by thousands of high schools and colleges worldwide – is giving artificial intelligence a central role in students’ education with plans to embed a new AI-powered platform into its platforms. 

U.S. states and territories have until Sept. 4 to complete the next step in applying for Federal government broadband funding under the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s (NTIA) Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) program.

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) and its partners $20 million to build their new Nexus supercomputer that aims to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI)-driven research and scientific discovery.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has announced a new initiative – dubbed the California Breakthrough Project – which aims to bring together leaders from the state’s top tech companies to make government operations more efficient.

The state of Missouri is investing $3 million in a new small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) science and development program at the Missouri University of Science and Technology. 

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear announced on July 10 that the state is awarding a total of $750,000 to eight Kentucky-based tech companies as part of the state’s Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) matching funds program.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul launched a website on July 2 that provides resources for school districts across the state as they prepare to implement “bell-to-bell” restrictions on student use of smartphones for the coming school year.