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Washington’s key climate law is under attack

GCN

In 2023, the state’s Climate Commitment Act generated more than $2 billion for projects to clean up transportation, shift to clean energy and help communities adapt to the effects of a changing climate. But this fall, voters will get a chance to shut it all down.

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Infrastructure Works: Kicking off Infrastructure Week 2023

NLC (National League of Cities)

In 2023, Infrastructure Week looks different than it did just a few years ago. Cities, towns and villages across America have access to a historic level of federal funds from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, Inflation Reduction Act and CHIPS and Science Act to invest […] Source

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Investigations of Border Encounters that End in Serious Injury or Death

GAO (US Government Accountability Office)

Customs and Border Protection law enforcement personnel along the southwest border have raised concerns about officer and civilian safety, as well as potential misconduct. In 2023, a child died while in Border. Deaths and injuries involving U.S.

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What @sog_ced is reading online: September 2023

Community and Economic Development Program of UNC

Items of interest related to CED in North Carolina: UNC SOG faculty Kristina Wilson on “Three Public Records Law Changes in the 2023 Budget.” August 2023 Follow us on twitter or facebook to receive regular updates. link] Last month’s edition of “What @sog_ced is reading….”

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How One Law Library Marketer Breaks Through the Noisy Digital World To Reach a Target Audience

Super Library Marketing

Now Renee gets to spend every day surrounded by books (and other great services, of course) in her role as Library Education and Communications Coordinator for the Law Library Victoria. Their physical and digital collections are made up of legal databases, textbooks, legislation, journals, law reports, and research tools.

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States’ efforts to regulate social media will face greater scrutiny in 2024

GCN

Many of the laws passed in 2023 against social media platforms have been challenged in court. But states appear undeterred as they continue weighing ways to curb social media’s effects on young people.

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What cybersecurity trends can we expect to see in 2023

Open Access Government - Technology News

That’s why mitigating the risk to critical business systems and applications from human error or newly added, complex systems or technologies will need to continue being any organisation’s number one priority in 2023. The post What cybersecurity trends can we expect to see in 2023 appeared first on Open Access Government.

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