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US Representative from New York, a progressive Democrat known for advocacy on climate policy, economic inequality, and tech regulation.
Rep. Ro Khanna's Free Child Care for America Act would cost $80 billion a year and Project 2029's similar plan about $200 billion, Vox reports. Employers have a stake in the design, since Vox says reliable care affects whom they can hire and keep.
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Six House Democrats asked the FAA on October 13 to pause SMART, its AI air traffic tool, 22 days after it went live at three Washington-area airports. The letter cannot block adoption, and the only case for slower rollout or higher vendor costs is Cryptopolitan's conditional one.
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Bernie Sanders' Ban Flock Act would strip local governments of grants from five federal departments unless they ban license plate readers. For the city officials who sign camera renewals, that turns a police tool into a grant-budget question while Congress waits out the midterms.
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Sens. Josh Hawley and Bernie Sanders introduced license-plate camera bills within three days, each covering every ALPR vendor, including Motorola and Axon. Departments that left Flock for a rival in recent weeks would sit under the same rules.
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The IBEW and three building trades organizations have lined up behind data center construction, but towns are the ones issuing the vetoes, so a developer's problem is now assembling allies rather than negotiating abatements.
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Opposition to compute buildouts now polls at three-quarters of Americans and has become the central charge in Senate races contested by both parties, which makes permitting, rather than megawatts or capital, the variable that moves a capacity schedule.
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