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How ransomware threats are evolving and how to spot them

A series of new reports explains how ransomware attackers are changing techniques and how...

Back to Work and School: Space Planning in a Covid-19 World

Top 7 Post-Pandemic Space Planning Concerns As states continue to transition from sheltering in...

FirstNet tops 1.5 million connections, 13,000 agencies, according to AT&T

FirstNet is supporting more than 1.5 million connections that are being used by more than 13,000...

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Smarter criminal justice reform

The United States has a massive incarceration problem. Since the 1970s, there has been a 700 percent increase in our prison population. Currently, about 2.3 million women and men are incarcerated, with close to 650,000 people released from prisons each year. The reality that these people face when released is a lack of marketable skills […]

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New York City subway deliberately shut down for the first time in its history

For the first time in its 115-year history, the entire New York City subway system was intentionally shut down on Wednesday. The famed train system is one of only a handful in the country that usually runs 24 hours a day; however, as the pandemic grips the city, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has decided it […]

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Survey results: local government leaders express coronavirus concerns

American City & County recently polled its readership to understand their worries during the continued pandemic. A second wave of COVID-19 infections topped the list of concerns. Economic and social pressures are causing communities to consider relaxing their shutdowns, despite warnings from the medical community that doing so prematurely might set off a second wave of […]

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New Mexico governor closes all roads into city to halt rapid coronavirus spread

In response to requests from Gallup, N.M.’s new mayor and immediate former mayor to declare a state of emergency in their city, New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham closed all roads into Gallup between May 1-4 to try to halt the rapid spread of the coronavirus in the area. As of April 30, McKinley County, […]

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FirstNet Band 14 coverage serves about half of U.S. rural population

About half the rural population within the U.S. is within the FirstNet coverage footprint for operations using 700 MHz Band 14 spectrum licensed to the FirstNet Authority, according to the FirstNet Authority’s annual report to Congress that was released last week. Although the information in the report is about seven months old—reflecting the FirstNet Authority’s […]

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Los Angeles becomes first major U.S. city to offer free coronavirus testing

Los Angeles is now the first major U.S. city to offer free coronavirus testing to all residents – even those who aren’t exhibiting symptoms of the virus. “We have the capacity so don’t wait, don’t wander and don’t risk infecting others,” Mayor Eric Garcetti said in yesterday’s news conference. The city has established an online portal where […]

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NACo’s We Are Counties campaign celebrates front-line county employees across the country

The National Association of Counties (NACo), today announced the launch of the “We Are Counties” campaign – an effort to put names and faces to front-line pandemic workers most of the population might not know are county employees. “Dedicated county employees are addressing unprecedented challenges related to the coronavirus pandemic. The We Are Counties campaign will show […]

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Seven types of data guiding COVID-19 decision-making as we move from response to recovery

The rate of spread of COVID-19 varies from state to state, with some successfully flattening the curve while others still await peak infection levels. As governors wrestle with how and when to begin reopening businesses and easing shelter-in-place orders, they must lean on reliable, accurate, and timely data to take decisive action that will ultimately […]

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New Hampshire county to become second in U.S. to offer methadone to inmates

Once the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration gives Rockingham County, N.H., a license, the county’s jail will become the second in the nation to dispense methadone to inmates in opioid recovery. Rockingham County Corrections Superintendent Stephen Church told Seacoast Online that doing so would help incarcerated people in recovery transition back to communities with a lower […]

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Miami has seven homicide-free weeks for first time since 1957

Miami had no reported murders for seven weeks — a record it had not hit since 1957. For the seven weeks and six days between Feb. 17 and April 12, Miami police data shows that no reported homicides occurred, according to CBS News. The Magic City hadn’t gone so long without a reported murder since […]

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Public Safety

Highlights

How ransomware threats are evolving and how to spot them

Back to Work and School: Space Planning in a Covid-19 World

FirstNet tops 1.5 million connections, 13,000 agencies, according to AT&T

Article

Smarter criminal justice reform

Article

New York City subway deliberately shut down for the first time in its history

Exclusive

Survey results: local government leaders express coronavirus concerns

Article

New Mexico governor closes all roads into city to halt rapid coronavirus spread

Article

FirstNet Band 14 coverage serves about half of U.S. rural population

Article

Los Angeles becomes first major U.S. city to offer free coronavirus testing

Article

NACo’s We Are Counties campaign celebrates front-line county employees across the country

Article

Seven types of data guiding COVID-19 decision-making as we move from response to recovery

Article

New Hampshire county to become second in U.S. to offer methadone to inmates

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Miami has seven homicide-free weeks for first time since 1957

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