July 21, 2025 archive

Kansas legislator says it’s time to put controls on the AI takeover

  One Kansas legislator says it’s time the state took control of AI and how it affects Kansas, declaring that when a few billion-dollar firms lock up tools everyone needs, Kansas pay the price. Rep. Samantha Poetter Parshall, writing in The Kansas Informer, said “When one corporation controls the tools, out come the bloated contracts, …

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Energy briefs

** President Trump’s administration delivered a long-overdue blow to California’s high-speed rail project. Federal funding—$4 billion in unspent grants—has been yanked, halting what critics say is a boondoggle that has devoured billions while delivering broken promises. ** Rep. Bob Latta (R-Ohio), a powerful figure in U.S. energy policy as chair of the House Energy and …

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