SLED GovWin Recon May 2, 2024

Health & Human Services:

• Biden-Harris Administration Announces Critical More Than $1.5 Billion State and Tribal Opioid Response Funding Opportunities
• HHS Finalizes Rule Strengthening Protections Against Disability Discrimination

Higher Education:

• Police move in to clear NYU encampment, US campus arrests grow to 2,200 in pro-Palestinian protests
• Universities, the Police and Protests

Transportation / Public Utilities:

•  US loosens some electric vehicle battery rules, potentially making more EVs eligible for tax credits
• In deploying AI, the Federal Aviation Administration faces unique challenges

Environment & Natural Resources:

• NRCS Partners with Soil and Water Conservation Society to Fund Equitable Conservation Guidebook
• For cicadas, it's safety in numbers. Is climate change throwing off their timing?

General Government:

• The 2024 Swing States: Pennsylvania
• California bill would ban airport line-skipping services like Clear
• States’ online age verification requirements may bear more risks than benefits, report says

Justice & Public Safety:

• AI cameras helped Missouri police arrest getaway driver
• Over decade of Washington, D.C., protests, police scanned social media for ‘disrupters’

Economic Development:

• Stock market today: Wall Street surges as key report shows pullback in hiring
• Fed: High Inflation Stalls Rate Cut

K-12 Education:

• How Educators Are Using AI to Do Their Jobs
• New Title IX Rule Could Actually Simplify Some Things for Districts, Lawyers Say

Legislation:

• White House to Reclassify Marijuana
• Motion To Oust Johnson Dead On Arrival
• Federal Menthol Ban Put on Ice