GovWin SLED Recon November 10, 2022

Cybersecurity:

• New State Cybersecurity Center Opens On Gulf Coast
• New York Proposes Changes To Financial Services Cybersecurity Regulation

Health & Human Services

• Voters Approve Medicaid Expansion And A Minimum Wage Increase In These States
• Pa. Social Services Staffing Issues A Challenge In Combatting Rise In Child Abuse

K-12 Education:

• California Voters Approve Proposition 28 For Music And Arts Education Funding
• 13 Districts And Schools Earn $800,000 In Grants For Coding & Mobile App Development
• WV Board Of Ed Approves Special Community Development Project

Higher Education:

• Kentucky Agency Looks To Higher Education To Raise Workforce Participation

Justice / Public Safety / Homeland Security:

• Lansing’s $175M Public Safety Proposal Passes
• NDDOT Prioritizes Public Safety: Technology Updates Help Drives During Winter Weather

Transportation / Public Utilities:

• California Regulators Appear Poised To Unveil New Solar Rules
• Public Meetings Planned This Month On Delaware EV Infrastructure, Clean Transportation Initiatives
• Public Utilities Commission Orders Hawaiian Electric To Redesign Rate Structure
• (Massachusetts) State Refuses To Renegotiate Offshore Wind Energy Agreements, Gives Developers A Mid-week Deadline
• (New York) Governor Hochul Announces Completion of $11.8 Million Project To Replace State Route 8 Bridge In City of Utica

Natural Resources/Environment:

• (California) Rural Ranchers Face $4,000 Proposed Fine For Violating State Drought Order
• Flood Maps Fall Short In Florida, Researchers Say
• In Maine, Mass Timber Seen As A Climate Solution And An Economic Opportunity
• Governor Murphy Announces Strategy To Safeguard New Jersey Communities And Contain Wildlife
• $4.2B Environmental Bond Act Will Support New York’s Economy
• Governor Hochul Announces Start Of Construction Of $3.2 Million Flood Protection Project In Village Of Sackets Harbor