Lawmakers in Sacramento introduced a budget fix on Thursday that helps film producers by adjusting a state cap on tax credits. The agreement, first reported by Variety on Tuesday, falls short of a full carveout for film and TV tax credits from a blanket $5 million annual cap, which industry leaders have been seeking since
Privacy advocates and musicians rallied outside Madison Square Garden on Friday, pushing for new legislation to prevent facial-recognition technology at the venue and other public spaces in New York City. “MSG and its CEO, James Dolan, have been flagrantly abusing biotechnology,” City Council member Shahana Hanif said at the event on Friday, after leading a
Lawmakers on Monday took the first steps toward potentially redrawing Mississippi’s legislative, congressional and judicial districts in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark Louisiana v. Callais decision that weakened minority voting protections. The Joint Redistricting and Reapportionment Committee, comprised of House members and senators, met at the state Capitol for the first time
US lawmakers want to give the government the ability to quickly order the shutdown of artificial intelligence (AI) tools that could threaten the public. Rep. Ted Lieu, a Democrat, and Rep. Nathaniel Moran, a Republican, introduced a bill called the AI Kill Switch Act on Thursday. They did so in light of OpenAI’s recent admission
A growing number of private investment firms are pouring millions into youth sports, and critics say their capitalization of the athletic development of young people across the country goes too far. Every year, more multimillion-dollar companies buy the most competitive tournaments in popular sports like football, hockey, and baseball. In many cases, they are also
