State legislator letter opposing federal AI preemption

 260 state legislators from all 50 states have signed a letter opposing a provision in the federal budget reconciliation bill that would limit state power in regulating AI. Texans signing this letter include: Representative Angie Chen Button, Texas House of Representatives Representative Josey Garcia, Texas House of Representatives Representative Donna Howard, Texas House of Representatives […]

Adieu—Federal chip manufacturing funds

5 competitively bid, congressionally authorized semiconductor manufacturing projects have been cancelled. These include already announced projects such as n aerospace HUB in WA & ID and a biotechnology center in AL. Some say these issue is that these projects included collaborations between health science centers and historically Black colleges and universities and had inclusion and […]