Maryland Gov. Wes Moore signed an executive order establishing a statewide review process and public dashboard for large data center projects, joining Virginia in a regional push to tighten oversight …
Maryland's Protection From Predatory Pricing Act, House Bill 895, takes effect October 1, 2026, allowing the Maryland Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division to begin enforcing the state's ban…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) argued that states should build their own AI regulatory frameworks in the absence of federal action, saying at a Clinton Global Initiative conference panel on Tuesday th…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore (D-MD) said he does not regret the 2025 artificial intelligence partnership he signed between Anthropic and the state of Maryland, telling CNN's State of the Union on Sunday, "…
Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger unveiled a nine-page executive order imposing what she called the "most comprehensive and aggressive" data center regulations in the country, limiting gas generation f…
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is promoting artificial intelligence while his administration has declined to offer solutions to potential job losses from the technology, according to a citybiz state roundup.…
Five weeks after the EU AI Act's Article 50 transparency obligations became applicable on August 2, 2026, no enforcement actions or fines have been issued under these provisions, according to a Forkas…
As of September 1, 2026, no public enforcement actions have been reported under the European Union's Article 50 transparency obligations, which became enforceable on August 2, 2026, but the EU AI Offi…
A Gallup survey in May found that 71 percent of Americans oppose new data centers in their communities, with 48 percent strongly opposed, exceeding peak opposition to nuclear power plants at 63 percen…
Power companies in states like Georgia and Pennsylvania are considering using eminent domain to seize private land for transmission lines powering AI data centers, according to University of Dayton le…
New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill signed the Fair Price Protection Act, banning grocery stores from using personal data to set individual prices, with fines up to $10,000 for first offenses and $20,0…
Maryland has not enacted a comprehensive private-sector AI law, with the Artificial Intelligence Governance Act of 2024 (SB 818) only directing state-government AI policies and inventory without impos…
Several states are enacting laws that restrict AI from making final medical necessity determinations for health insurers without human clinical review, requiring audit, documentation, and human-in-the…
New York's One Fair Price Act, passed by the state legislature on June 4, 2025, targets 'surveillance pricing'—the use of personal data to set individualized subscription prices. A class action lawsui…
A Consumer Reports investigation found that Uber and Lyft charge different customers significantly different prices for the same rides, with median price differences of about 50%. The investigation al…
Grassroots opposition groups have blocked or delayed at least 75 AI data center projects worth $130 billion in the first quarter of 2026, matching the total disruption for all of 2025. The number of o…
The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has acknowledged that a proposed detention facility in Williamsport, Maryland, requires a more rigorous Environmental Assessment (EA) after a federal…
New Jersey and the Township of Roxbury have intensified their legal fight to block the conversion of a Morris County warehouse into an ICE detention facility, filing new court papers that argue the De…
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes filed a federal lawsuit on Thursday to block the conversion of a warehouse in Surprise, Arizona, into an immigration detention facility, making Arizona the fourth s…