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Andrea Fox

Editor, Gov1

Andrea Fox is Editor of Gov1.com and Senior Editor at Lexipol. She is based in Massachusetts.

LATEST ARTICLES
Lead paint and other safety hazards in Detroit rental housing will be addressed this year as the city launches a website and compliance program designed to target 80,000 unregistered properties.
Wireless charging technology is part of the autonomous vehicle picture, and one company has wireless charging pads in development for a decade.
We wanted to hear why locals think their small cities, rated ‘coolest’ by travelers, are the best places to live, work and play. Ellensburg, Washington, and Bentonville, Arkansas, won.
Drone operators, in both public safety and outside of it, now have standards to follow in two key pieces of vetted guidance prepared by academics, industry and aviation organizations.
The Cook County Criminal Court is still on paper while nearby suburban areas have modernized records. With accusations flying among officials, some say paper records are more ‘feature’ than state legal delay.
The three most disruptive transportation technologies do not use rail or road, and would change the ways humans travel both near and far.
The FCC voted to update the WEA system, requiring texts up to 360 characters, more targeted distribution by November 2019 and Spanish language texts by May 2019.
Federal policy changes could address infrastructure spending and address maintenance backlogs by 2030, according to the RAND report Not Everything is Broken.
The Public Art Challenge by Bloomberg Philanthropies is for U.S. cities with 30,000 residents or more. At least three will each receive $1 million to use art to address imperative civic issues.