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Universities try 3-year degrees to save students time, money
May 31, 2024 | News, FinanceAs states explore shorter degrees, some faculty say they undercut students’ education.
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Freedom Caucuses push for conservative state laws, but getting attention is their big success
April 02, 2024 | Management, NewsEleven states have formal chapters of the State Freedom Caucus Network, which aims to push Republicans to the right.
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If schools won’t ban kids’ cellphones, some lawmakers say, they will
March 13, 2024 | News, CybersecurityFlorida now bans cellphones during class, and lawmakers elsewhere like the idea.
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Cursive makes a comeback—by law—in public schools
November 23, 2023 | News, Management‘Keyboarding’ pushed cursive out of favor, but some lawmakers miss the script.
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Lawmakers try to keep kids from social media, porn
June 09, 2023 | News, CybersecuritySkeptics doubt legislators’ ability to thwart tech-savvy teens.
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States scramble to replace ripped-off SNAP benefits
February 13, 2023 | News, CybersecuritySkimming devices became a common way fraudsters steal money from electronic benefits transfer cards over the last year, and now states aim to strengthen debit card security and reimburse victims of fraud.
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Thieves hit on a new scam: Synthetic identity fraud
April 07, 2022 | News, CybersecurityCombining real Social Security numbers with mismatched or phony names to create new synthetic identities allowed swindlers to bilk the federal government out of nearly $1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program.
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Robocalls prompt states to join feds in crackdown
March 31, 2022 | News, Emerging TechNearly half the states are working with the Federal Communications Commission in the fight against spoofing and robocalls.