New Dallas police academy gets funding boost
Funds will support design and construction of $140 million facility to be built on UNT Dallas campus
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Texas appoints members to AI advisory council
Seven-member board will study and monitor how the Lone Star State develops, uses and procures AI technology
Rural infrastructure improvements get $773 million boost
Projects will provide high-speed internet, clean water, modern infrastructure and a range of support to rural communities, agricultural producers and small businesses
U.S. investing $20 billion in American-made shipping cranes
Executive order also calls for Coast Guard to help bolster cybersecurity at nation's port's
Massachusetts creating task force to consider AI use statewide
Group would create recommendations for how the state can support AI adoption for public use and to support private business
Feds plan up to $40 million in renovations to Nebraska building, courthouse
Plans call for replacing the Lincoln’s Robert V. Denney Federal Building and Courthouse’s existing windows, curtain walls and doors
Program to prioritize ‘green’ materials for federal contracts
30-day comment period will help agencies define what constitutes "clean" construction materials
Texas A&M regents OK $258 million in construction projects
Plans call for a new engineering building in Galveston, a health sciences building in Laredo, a public health and education building in San Antonio, and an arts and media facility in Corpus Christi
$1.5 billion available to help convert bus fleets to electric vehicles
Grant programs support efforts to buy, lease and rehabilitate vehicles and infrastructure
$24 million available to strengthen local, regional food infrastructure
Infrastructure focused on specialty crops, dairy, grains, aquaculture and other products but excluding meat and poultry are eligible for funding
