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Rather than security robots or gun detectors, officials could invest in tech that deters someone from jumping or being pushed into the tracks

Black women whistleblowers not only jeopardize their professional prospects, experts say, but often face more intense backlash

Prying eyes (like mine!) might be shoulder surfing your devices. Here’s how to protect yourself

Nearly 700 vendors showcased police tech from tracking devices disguised as Newport cigarettes to window-breaking drones

The International Association of Chiefs of Police brings police leadership and tech vendors together at its annual conference, where clear trends about the future of law enforcement emerged

Ese Olumhense, a new reporter at The Markup, outlines her vision for investigating the ways governments acquire and use emerging technology

The CEO's vision for Taser-equipped drones includes a fictitious scenario in which the technology averts a shooting at a daycare center

Election deniers’ push to target voters and election officials has only intensified in the four months since the 2022 midterm elections, signaling the most threatening wave of voter suppression in decades.

The Texas Legislature is considering at least nine bills that would increase criminal penalties for voting-related infractions or extend law enforcement’s ability to investigate voters.

Following the 2020 election, it looked like the midterms could create more chaos. But mostly, they didn’t. Why?

The proliferation of election crime legislation is the most threatening front in voter suppression efforts in generations.

Reveal created a first-of-its-kind database to track bills that target election crimes in state legislatures across the country.

En años anteriores, el gobernador y los líderes del Senado y la Asamblea —los proverbiales “tres hombres en una habitación”— trabajaron la maraña de proyectos de ley y resoluciones en un presupuesto ejecutivo, un proceso poco transparente. Si bien la óptica es diferente esta vez, algunos expertos en elaborar presupuestos dicen que no esperan

In years past, the governor and leaders of the Senate and Assembly—the proverbial “three men in a room”—worked the tangle of bills and resolutions into a budget, an often opaque process. While the optics are different this time, some budget experts say they don’t expect the process to change

Hochul, who became the state’s first female governor after former Gov. Andrew Cuomo resigned in 2021, has worked hard to distance herself from her predecessor, and from what she has described as a toxic working culture in the

The “Unity Map” was drawn by three civil rights legal groups—the Asian American Legal Defense Fund, the Center for Law and Social Justice, and Latino Justice—and features districts drawn to preserve a community's political power, the organizers said, particularly important given the growth of the Asian population in the city according to last year’s

In statements Tuesday afternoon, both Moya and Adams, who are Queens Democrats, projected victory in the coming contest for speaker. The body will officially vote on one speaker—who essentially sets the legislative agenda and liaises with the mayoral administration—after its members are sworn in at the beginning of the

The news sets up a competitive primary for Assembly District 37, which includes Astoria, Sunnyside, Ridgewood, and Queensbridge, and iterates an increasingly familiar dynamic in Queens politics: a seasoned incumbent facing off against a relative political

As of Nov. 30, according to a disclosure statement produced by the transition team, Adams had raised $993,478 from around 530 donors, including nearly 150 from outside New York

The speaker’s race—the Council’s own internal contest for electing its leadership—comes at a turbulent time, as the city attempts to rebound from the impact of the still-mutating COVID-19 virus. Each speaker sets the legislative agenda for the incoming Council and liaises between the lawmaking body and the