SLED IT:

• Nevada smart city: A millionaire’s plan to create a local government
• Survey finds alert systems and video surveillance are riskiest 'smart city' technologies

Big Data / Analytics / AI / ML:

• Nevada Announces New Cities in State to be Run by Big Tech

Cloud Computing / Data Center Consolidation / Virtualization:

• Texas Blockchain Council lays out 'Legislator's Toolkit' to make the state a hub for the technology

Health & Human Services:

• Hospital IT leaders offer up-close views of their vaccine deployment strategies
• (Utah) Gov. Spencer Cox signs bill addressing the ‘confusing’ system to help the homeless

K-12 Education:

• North Carolina schools in the federal rescue plan — and beyond

Agency / Vendor News:

• Local governments to Bay Program: More support needed

Stimulus / Budget:

• ‘Curse of Riches’: States, Cities Now Must Divvy Up $513 Billion

Coronavirus:

• (Washington) Valley lawmakers fight to provide maximum COVID relief for townships
• (Florida) Mixed reaction to Gov. DeSantis' order to drop any local COVID fines

Legislation:

• (Idaho) Bill to limit local government’s ability to tax new growth dies by a single vote

Justice / Public Safety / Homeland Security:

• Judge rules Colorado cities cannot enact their own gun restrictions, case could move to state Supreme Court
• Senate panel approves bill to block Georgia cities from cutting police funding
• Dangerous when it works and when it doesn’t’: ACLU, state lawmakers’ efforts to restrict facial recognition