Massachusetts State House the seat of Government, with golden dome and columns in the city of Boston, USA. Photo by Sergi … As the new Congress goes to Washington, state lawmakers, too, will be starting fresh with a new slate of priorities, from cellphones in schools to housing policy. Gridlock at the federal level has driven state governments to take matters into their own hands, said Reid Wilson, founder and editor at Pluribus News. “A lot of legislators are taking on really big issues right now, from AI to digital privacy to social media to everything else, because they believe Washington is not,” Wilson said. “They believe Washington is incapable of coming to any kind of agreement on the big issues that face the country.” READ MORE: Kyrsten Sinema […]
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