Data Center Boom Raises New Questions About Electricity Bills and Grid Reliability Across the Great Lakes

Data Center Boom Raises New Questions About Electricity Bills and Grid Reliability Across the Great Lakes

by | Oct 13, 2026 | business, business, culture, district of columbia, environment, environment, home life, outdoors, politics, STEM, technology, technology, united states, washington

(Photo: DataCenterMap) WASHINGTON, D.C. — October 13, 2026 — Federal energy regulators have approved a new system for tracking data centers across one of the nation’s largest electricity networks while rejecting key parts of a proposal that could have required...
Opinion: Trump Criticized Obama’s Iran Policy. Now He Has Gone Further Than Obama Ever Did.

Opinion: Trump Criticized Obama’s Iran Policy. Now He Has Gone Further Than Obama Ever Did.

by | Jun 19, 2026 | business, culture, district of columbia, legal, opinion, politics, Uncategorized, united states, washington

(Photo: AA) Washington, D.C. — June 16, 2026 For years, Donald Trump attacked former President Barack Obama over the 2015 Iran nuclear agreement. Trump called it one of the worst deals ever negotiated, arguing that it gave Iran too much money and too many concessions...
Opinion: License Plate Readers Like Flock Are Expanding Faster Than the Rules Designed to Control Them

Opinion: License Plate Readers Like Flock Are Expanding Faster Than the Rules Designed to Control Them

by | 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...
Opinion: The Push for Mandatory AI Driver Monitoring Is Crossing a Line Into Constant Surveillance

Opinion: The Push for Mandatory AI Driver Monitoring Is Crossing a Line Into Constant Surveillance

by | 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:...