Kansas reviewing security for voter registration database
TOPEKA, Kan. — A Kansas election official says a multistate voter registration database the state manages is being reviewed for security concerns. The Kansas secretary of state’s office manages the...
View ArticleUS stocks move higher in afternoon trading; oil falling
Financial companies led U.S. stocks broadly higher Tuesday afternoon as investors weighed encouraging data on consumer confidence and housing. Industrial and retail companies also posted solid gains....
View ArticleChildren’s Cabinet launches online education, work site
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois has turned to an online database to help form policy decisions on health, safety, education and work opportunities for residents younger than 25. Gov. Bruce Rauner’s...
View ArticleIowa agency to release data on new family planning program
DES MOINES, Iowa — An Iowa agency will release a report early next year designed to start measuring the impact of a new state-funded family planning program that excludes abortion providers like...
View ArticleUber used tech tool to shield data from police outside US
NEW YORK — The ride-sharing company Uber confirmed Thursday that it had technology to shield company data when law enforcement raided its offices outside the U.S. Uber spokeswoman Melanie Ensign said...
View ArticleIllinois delays sending voter data to multi-state program
CHICAGO — Illinois will postpone submitting fresh voter information to a controversial multi-state voter registration database because the Kansas-based program has not offered updated security plans,...
View ArticleDo Maryland police target minorities? The data can’t tell us
BALTIMORE — In an effort to track how police officers are treating minorities, the Maryland General Assembly passed a law requiring police departments to report whom they stop and search. But 17 years...
View ArticleMichigan State creating online hub of slave trade data
EAST LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University is creating an online hub of data and documents related to the slave trade. MSU says it’s using a roughly $1.5 million grant from the Andrew W. Mellon...
View ArticleNYC college creates state’s first slavery history database
NEW YORK — A City University of New York college says it has compiled the state’s first slavery records index. The New York Slavery Index , created by CUNY’s John Jay College of Criminal Justice,...
View ArticleMinnesota prosecutors object to giving data to Prince family
CHASKA, Minn. — Minnesota prosecutors say they’ll object to releasing data connected to Prince’s death because a criminal investigation is ongoing. KSTP-TV reported this week that attorneys for...
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View ArticleBudget bill likely would end Supreme Court email search case
WASHINGTON — The budget bill before Congress includes an update to federal law that makes clear that authorities with a warrant can obtain emails and other data held by American technology companies...
View ArticleUnitedHealth Group joins blockchain pilot project
MINNEAPOLIS — UnitedHealth Group agreed to partner with a rival health insurer and one of the country’s largest lab testing companies in a pilot project to examine sharing health care data through...
View ArticleNewspaper analyzes Wichita police use of force data
WICHITA, Kan. — A Kansas newspaper found that black residents are more likely to be at the receiving end of force by Wichita police than any other race. The Wichita Eagle analyzed newly released data...
View ArticleOhio auditor subpoenaing data from closed online school ECOT
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The state auditor is subpoenaing computer data from Ohio’s largest online charter school to preserve information should the funding dispute that caused the e-school’s closure be...
View ArticleAP Explains: What’s changing under new data privacy rules
Europe’s new data and privacy rules take effect a week from Friday, clarifying individual rights to the personal data collected by companies around the world for targeted advertising and other...
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