Hacker News with Generative AI: Local Government

The Crypto Racket (texasobserver.org)
The five members of the Navarro County Commissioners Court had rarely seen such a large audience for their Tuesday meeting as they saw in October 2024, when they weighed a Colorado-based company’s application for a multimillion-dollar tax abatement—an incentive to expand its already-established cryptocurrency mine near the small North Texas town of Corsicana.

Cryptocurrency, Texas, Local Government, Politics

7 points by cratermoon 48 days ago | 0 comments

An Upstate Town Took Back Its Power (2023) (nysfocus.com)
It was May 1974 and the Massena Observer’s printing press was running overtime. Splashed across the front page were the results of a groundbreaking referendum. A columnist wrote that “no other news story has stirred the imagination” like this one: public power.

Local Government, Energy, History

60 points by kotaKat 138 days ago | 25 comments

Montreal has dropped Amazon from its list of suppliers, pledges to buy local (cultmtl.com)
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced today that the city had dropped Amazon from its list of suppliers in response to the still-looming tariff threat from the U.S. Plante pledged to buy local, or use international alternatives.

Politics, Local Government, Trade, Montreal, Amazon

24 points by petethomas 140 days ago | 9 comments

Decision to dump water from Tulare County lakes altered after confusing locals (sjvwater.org)
Water managers were relieved Thursday evening after the Army Corps of Engineers agreed to back off of a sudden decision earlier in the day to dump massive amounts of water from Kaweah and Success lakes.

Water Management, California, Environment, Local Government

166 points by awnird 147 days ago | 77 comments

Ann Arbor hopes to bring rooftop solar to the masses by creating a utility (bridgemi.com)
In the shadow of a presidential election dominated by rhetoric about job-killing EVs and the virtues of fossil fuels, the residents of one Michigan city voted this fall to embrace solar energy.

Solar Energy, Renewable Energy, Local Government, Michigan

7 points by toomuchtodo 195 days ago | 2 comments

Chicago's State Capacity Crisis (citythatworks.substack.com)
In March, Chicago’s Progressive Caucus made a painful observation: voters believe that city government just isn’t functioning.

Chicago, Politics, Government, Local Government, City Planning

14 points by paulpauper 206 days ago | 2 comments

ERP rollout at Europe's largest local council slammed (theregister.com)
UK government-appointed commissioners have labeled Birmingham City Council's Oracle Fusion rollout as "the poorest ERP deployment" they have seen.

ERP, Software, Government, UK, Local Government

24 points by rbanffy 229 days ago | 13 comments

Arizona Town Cracks Down on Project Cars with Single 'Inoperable' Vehicle Limit (thedrive.com)
Car enthusiasts and collectors are having a rough go. There have been the right-to-repair battles in Maine and Massachusetts that eventually led to the feds getting involved. Kei cars have been banned and then (hopefully) unbanned in Rhode Island and Massachusetts (again?). But now the Southwest wants in on the anti-auto action by limiting “inoperable” vehicles to just one, even on private property.

Automobiles, Law, Local Government, Arizona

14 points by PaulHoule 270 days ago | 17 comments

How Local Governments Got Hooked on One Company's Janky Software (bloomberg.com)
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Local Government, Software, Cybersecurity

54 points by nolta 294 days ago | 21 comments

NYC elected officials push for student newspapers at every high school (gothamist.com)

Education, New York, Local Government

12 points by donohoe 317 days ago | 0 comments

California to impose permanent water restrictions on cities and towns (ktla.com)

California, Water Conservation, Drought, Environmental Policy, Local Government

35 points by lando2319 354 days ago | 99 comments

Long Beach man started a petition to ban Airbnb in his neighborhood – it worked (latimes.com)

Local Government, Neighborhood Issues, Housing, Airbnb

15 points by PaulHoule 407 days ago | 13 comments

Utah Locals Are Getting Cheap 10 Gbps Fiber Thanks to Local Governments (techdirt.com)