Rhode Island has enacted a law allowing residents to bring certain constitutional-rights lawsuits against federal officials in state court, with limits on immunity defenses.
Milwaukee’s emergency communications department is implementing Motorola Solutions’ VESTA 911 platform, adding planned capabilities for expanded call handling, real-time information sharing, language translation and text and multimedia communications.
A former animal-hide processing mill in Manchester’s Amoskeag Millyard has been converted into a biotechnology engineering facility whose stated purpose includes manufacturing human organs.
Chesapeake City Council approved an eight-month hold on data-center applications while it develops policy, conducts research and seeks public input.
Indiana election administrators face a noon deadline Aug. 3 for certification of certain local public questions, while some Libertarian candidates for smaller-town offices may file or withdraw by the same time.
Manchester’s zoning board is scheduled to take up a continued proposal for 34 homes near the Lake Massabesic overlay district on Aug. 5, with watershed and impervious-surface requirements central to public discussion.
The District Department of Transportation has begun applying solar-reflective pavement coatings at five Washington sites designated as urban heat islands. American University will measure conditions before and after installation, with a comparative report planned by the end of 2026.
Frederick County has announced a pause on new data-center development after a Maryland Supreme Court decision involving a proposed referendum on a 2,615-acre data-center zone near Adamstown.
Metro Nashville’s Park Smart campaign says a majority of guns reported stolen in Nashville were taken from vehicles, urging residents not to leave firearms or valuables in parked cars.
Wildfire smoke from northern Minnesota moved into Minneapolis and the Twin Cities on July 16, 2026, as an Air Quality Alert covered the area and heat-index values were forecast to reach 95 to 100 degrees.