Our Commentary

Keep up with what we've been saying lately about ways we can achieve our goals. Some of our recent featured articles include:

Viewpoint: Alcohol delivery apps show the futility of Florida's regulations

Jacksonville Business Journal 

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Alcohol delivery apps show futility of Florida regulations

Palm Beach Post

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Think the Gig Economy is Only for Small Tech Outfits? Big Companies Are Diving in, Too.

Entrepreneur.

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Trump was right to kill Broadcom Qualcomm deal. Here's what we have to do next

CNBC 

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Grocery wine sales: State laws must meet demands of modern economy

The Clarion-Ledger

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A case for expanding government's procurement reach

StateScoop

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Tech Can Help Shape the Future of Disaster Relief

Morning Consult 

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Modernized rules can help California lead the driverless race

Orange County Register

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It Seems to Me: Looking out for Wisconsin's Main Street

Eau Claire Leader-Telegram

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How cities and tech can partner to improve quality of life for residents

Smart Cities Dive

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Driverless cars can transform lives  —if we change rules and let them

USA Today

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Florida is leading the way to a driverless future

Tampa Bay Times

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Drones Can Save Lives—If the Government Lets Them

Fortune

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Joe Rinzel: Ohio is leading transportation innovation

The Columbus Dispatch

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Creating smart policies now can maximize future benefits of drone delivery

Newsday

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On deliveries via drones, leaders should start looking ahead

Las Vegas Sun

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Creating Smart Policies Now Can Maximize Future Benefits of Drone Delivery

InsideSources

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What Google's self-driving cars say about Arizona

The Arizona Republic

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Featured Column: Michigan offers roadmap for innovation

The Detroit News 

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The gig economy is on trial, and policymakers must take notice

The Hill

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Column: Banning Delivery Robots Would be a Short-Sighted View of the Future

San Fransisco Examiner

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How Will We Rewrite the Old Rules to Keep Up With Economic Innovation?

Morning Consult

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What We're Reading

We keep an eye out for the most intriguing stories about our subjects of interest: technological innovations, self-driving cars, the gig economy, artificial intelligence, consumer privacy concerns, and more. Here’s some of what we’ve seen lately:

Uber in ‘discussions’ to get Waymo self-driving cars on its network

The Verge 

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Michigan launches $8M mobility grant to reduce transportation gap

MLive

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Facebook is getting into the gig economy by bringing home services to the Marketplace

Quartz 

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A New Open-Source Framework for Government Projects

Route Fifty

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Cities Turn to Apps, Other Tech to Modernize Parking Payments

GovTech

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More Governments Turning to Gig Economy for Help

Governing 

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Artificial Intelligence Tools Help the Blind Tackle Everyday Tasks

The Wall Street Journal 

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Self-driving technology is going to change a lot more than cars

Ars Technica

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DOE Research Grants Target Lower Cost Solar Power Grid Integration

Clean Technica

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Atlanta Gets Creative Financing Green Infrastructure

Route Fifty

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Mass transit woes may be answered by looking more toward technology tools

The Plain Dealer

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From Restaurants to Insurers, the Race to Comply With New GDPR Privacy Rules

The Wall Street Journal

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Facebook and Qualcomm Partner to Bring High-Speed Wi-Fi to Major Cities

GovTech

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MTA unveils 'Fast Forward' plan to modernize New York City subway system

WABC 7 New York

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Verifly launches a business insurance product for gig economy workers

Tech Crunch

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Report: Most of us will be driving electric SUVs

Axios

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5G is coming soon, bringing more internet choices, faster speeds

Houston Chronicle 

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Wyoming Makes Rush for Hyped New Tech, Results Still Virtual

U.S. News & World Report

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Ford bought a Silicon Valley startup that will work with the automaker's rivals

Business Insider

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How One Illinois City Uses Automatic License Plate Readers and Other Police Tech

GovTech

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Puerto Rico’s Power Grid to Get Boost from Energy Department Project

NextGov

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Startup by students at MSU uses drones to boost rural internet access

The Clarion-Ledger

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Energy lab in Oak Ridge powers Tennessee economy

Chattanooga Times Free Press

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Meet the companies testing self-driving vehicles in the Pacific Northwest

KTOO Public Media

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Musk Pitches 10-Minute Tunnel Ride From Dodger Stadium to LAX

Bloomberg 

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DigitalTown raises $2.4M to build blockchain tech for smart city software services

GeekWire

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Self-Driving Vehicle Backers Push for ‘Federal Framework’

Route Fifty

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What Improved Tech Means for Electric, Self-Driving and Flying Cars

The New York Times

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North Carolina to Serve as an Aerial Medical Supply Delivery Testbed

The Drive

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Napa forum to explore how tech may reshape city life, general plan

Napa Valley Register 

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6 Pilots the Detroit Mobility Innovation Initiative May Deploy

Route Fifty

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Healthcare, freelanced: Where will gig economy workers get coverage?

Reuters

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How the World’s Biggest Companies Are Fine-Tuning the Robot Revolution

Wall Street Journal

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Silicon Valley Faces Regulatory Fight on Its Home Turf

The New York Times 

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DART Begins Fare System Overhaul Monday With New GoPass App

Dallas Observer

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An iPad for 80-year-olds: Senior-citizen carrier Consumer Cellular bets on tablets

The Seattle Times

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Uber Says It Will Test 5-Minute Food Deliveries by Drone

Grub Street

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4 ways technology could ease Nashville's traffic crunch

The Tennessean

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How artificial intelligence can be applied to the real world

Marketplace

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Drone Delivery Is Finally Coming, but Only These 10 Places Will Be Allowed to Have It

Slate

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Five Breakthroughs That Could Make You Love the Bus

CityLab

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How The Gig Economy Is Fueling A New Type Of Entrepreneur

Forbes

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California heads toward requiring solar panels on all new houses

Los Angeles Times

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WeWork's impact on neighborhoods and cities

Axios 

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NASA, Uber to study impact of delivery drones, small planes in populated areas

MLive

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Can a New 'Solar City' in Florida Make Suburbia Green?

CityLab

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A New MIT Project Could Bring Driverless Cars to Rural Roads

Futurism 

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New state office seeks to bring high-speed internet to rural Missouri

St. Louis Public Radio 

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The future of electrics in the U.S. is the pickup truck

Axios 

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Ford turns to start-up teams to develop new businesses

The Detroit News 

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Scorecard: Who’s Winning the Self-Driving Car Race?

Bloomberg

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Hyperloop for cargo aims to deliver at over 600 mph

CNN

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San José Paves New Path to 5G With the Wireless Industry

Route Fifty

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The gig economy could be the new path to middle class

WTAJ

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Lyft commits $1.5 million to help people who lack access to transportation

Tech Crunch

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How new transit options are affecting apartment rents

Curbed

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FCC Chairman Ajit Pai tours Gadsden County broadband access site

Tallahassee Democrat 

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SF expanding pilot program that gets public housing residents on Internet

San Francisco Chronicle

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How Side Hustles Can Keep Workers A Step Ahead Of Automation

Fast Company

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Plug Power, Workhorse, and FedEx Team up on Fuel-Cell Delivery Vehicle

The Drive

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Rhode Island Seeks Private Partner on Autonomous Transit Project

Route Fifty

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Energy Wants Electric Cars to Charge in 15 Minutes or Less

NextGov

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First robot delivery drivers start work at Silicon Valley campus

The Guardian 

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