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A new bill would require AI developers to evaluate privacy risks, assess the potential for discriminatory decisions and the state’s Department of Technology would need to approve the software before its use in the public sector.

Table of Contents Programmers, Lawmakers Want AI to Eliminate Bias, Not Promote It Community activist Ashton P. Woods checks his phone in a Houston neighborhood. A Dallas-area entrepreneur has developed a housing assistance app that he hopes will use artificial intelligence to connect renters and help them avoid discriminatory practices. Artificial intelligence can provide racially biased results, but some states are considering legislation to address the problem. David ...

Jack Ciattarelli won New Jerseys Republican primary for governor, but the majority of GOP voters did not cast their ballots for him. There are still some votes to be counted, but Ciattarelli received 49% of the votes. Opponents Phil Rizzo, Hirsh Singh and Brian Levine split the rest. The disparity underscores how deeply divided the Republican party is both nationally and in New Jersey when it comes to former President Donald Trump. Ciattarelli was branded a "never Trumper" by Trump loyalist Hir...

Raises for state employees in new budget? Only for select law enforcement and correctional officers A state employee union leader and a disability rights activist lambaste the budget as miserly, especially to care attendants who help elderly Texans. Practically the only state workers who will receive pay bumps in the newly passed Texas state budget are several thousand law enforcement officers and some prison guards – just a fraction of the more than 200,000 Texans whose jobs depend on the bu...

“Eric, the mayor likes Eric.”History may be kind to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Former New Jersey Assembly partners scramble to succeed Sen. Loretta Weinberg in the 37th District in Bergen County.

Warehouse workers are twice as likely to be hurt in an Amazon facility than in a Walmart warehouse, analysis finds.

SANTA FE, N.M. — Use of federal stimulus funds is urged to compensate state employees

While union activity has been on the decline for years, President Joseph R. Biden vowed during his campaign to be “the most pro union president in history.” President Biden sent a clear...

Frontier Communications Corp. must bargain with unionized employees over its request that employees fill out entirely new I-9 forms, a National Labor Relations Board panel held Wednesday, affirming an administrative law judge's ruling last year that the telecom company had violated labor law by refusing to do so.