by GLC Staff | May 29, 2026 | automobiles, automobiles, business, business, civil, construction, crime, culture, district of columbia, economy, election, environment, environment, health, healthcare, home life, housing, housing, immigration, infrastructure, legal, opinion, outdoors, pets, politics, technology, technology, united states, violations, washington, zoning
(Photo: AZPM News) United States — May 29, 2026 Automated license plate readers (ALPRs) — widely deployed by law enforcement agencies through vendors like Flock Safety — are rapidly becoming one of the most extensive surveillance tools in the United States. What began...
by GLC Staff | May 28, 2026 | business, culture, legal, mackinac island, michigan, politics, STEM, united states
(Photo: Mackinac Island Policy Conference) MACKINAC ISLAND, MI — May 28, 2026 The annual Mackinac Policy Conference opened this week at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island with business leaders warning that Michigan faces serious long-term economic challenges despite...
by GLC Staff | May 24, 2026 | business, culture, education, election, legal, opinion, politics, united states
(Photo: Getty Images) United States — May 24, 2026 Across the United States, renewed battles over congressional maps are once again exposing a structural problem that has been allowed to deepen for years: the use of redistricting as a political weapon rather than a...
by GLC Staff | May 23, 2026 | agriculture, albert lea, business, cannabis, cannabis, cannabis, civil, crime, culture, economy, election, legal, minnesota, politics, retail, small business, united states, violations, zoning
(Photo: Albert Lea City Council) Albert Lea, MN — May 23, 2026 Court of Appeals reverses Albert Lea cannabis denial, finds city acted “contrary to law” and “arbitrary” The Minnesota Court of Appeals has reversed the City of Albert Lea’s denial of a cannabis...
by GLC Staff | May 23, 2026 | automobiles, automobiles, business, business, civil, culture, district of columbia, election, health, healthcare, infrastructure, legal, opinion, politics, technology, technology, Uncategorized, united states, washington
(Photo: MSN) United States — May 23, 2026 The federal push toward requiring AI-powered driver monitoring systems in all new vehicles by 2027 is being sold as a road safety breakthrough. But stripped of the marketing language, it raises a more uncomfortable question:...
by GLC Staff | May 21, 2026 | culture, illinois, legal, outdoors, politics, united states, waukegan
(Photo: Lake and McHenry County Scanner) Waukegan, IL — May 21, 2026 Authorities in Illinois are continuing to review water safety protocols along Lake Michigan’s shoreline following the death of a teenage boy in Waukegan earlier this week, an incident that has...
