As a new school year kicks off across North Dakota, student technology use is top of mind for education leaders and lawmakers with new policies being floated for the 2027 legislative session. Participants in a recent survey of more than 2,200 North Dakotans said they think technology access is important to supporting teaching and learning.  […]

FILE - Cars drive past data centers, July 16, 2023, in Ashburn, Va. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)

Over the past couple of years, New Hampshire lawmakers have taken a few stabs at regulating artificial intelligence. The National Conference of State Legislatures, which has created a database to track AI-related legislation, lists seven bills filed by New Hampshire lawmakers during the most recent session. Those proposals run the gamut from the narrow, such […]

In the recently passed budget, North Carolina lawmakers included $5 million for a statewide digital credential system for the state’s 58-school community college system.  The budget provision includes technical requirements that appear to favor a politically-connected vendor that participated in a state pilot program last year. Who wrote the budget language remains unclear, but the […]

North Dakota lawmakers will consider a temporary ban on non-disclosure agreements for data centers and other industrial developments during a September special session.  Legislative leaders also voted Monday to consider a line of credit for a stalled Military Gallery project, advance a technical correction to a property tax credit and debate two bills related to […]

Social media giant Meta gets to keep records for its projected $50 billion data center secret after state utility regulators overturned a judge’s order to make them public.  The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 3-1 Wednesday to overrule its administrative judge’s order that required Meta to disclose how it calculated publicized job projections and electricity […]