Public Policy & Government News

SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--More than 1,050 Californians have signed a petition that was sent to Attorney General Rob Bonta’s office urging him to withdraw cardroom regulations proposed in May 2025, rules that community leaders warn would devastate local economies, eliminate thousands of middle-class jobs, and undermine city budgets across the state, according to the Coalition to Protect Cardroom Communities. The proposed regulations would impose additional restrictions on roughly 80 l...

ARLINGTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) hosted U.S. government officials for a first-of-its-kind demonstration of software-defined capabilities that enable separate federal agencies to communicate instantly across domains. The full-scale, end-to-end demonstration united tactical communications devices, counter-UAS capabilities, advanced imaging technologies and mobile operations centers with command-and-control systems, successfully illustrating unmatched connectivity...

HALIFAX, Nova Scotia--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Long term care workers from Maplestone Enhanced Care in Halifax, represented by Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) 1416, held strike votes last week with 98% of those who voted casting ballots in favour of a strike vote. “Issues with long term care have been making the news for years,” said CUPE 1416 President Tammy Steeves. “Workers, the families of residents, and industry experts have been sounding the alarm that the workers are crumbling under th...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Neros Technologies, in partnership with Kela Technologies, today announced Archer Fiber, the world’s first NDAA-compliant fiber-optic FPV drone — a breakthrough platform engineered for dominance in the most aggressive electronic warfare environments. Archer Fiber is already BlueUAS cleared, following a rigorous component-level audit verifying that no critical parts originate from China. This is true compliance, not repackaging — a meaningful differentiator in a mar...

RESTON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NextNav Inc. (Nasdaq: NN), a leader in next-generation terrestrial positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) and 3D geolocation solutions, today announced that it will commence operations of a 5G PNT Network in Santa Clara County, California, as early as December 11. Network operations of positioning, navigation and timing applications represent the next milestone toward commercial readiness and the mission to deliver a resilient complement to GPS. The 5G PNT Netwo...

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Veeam completes its $1.725 billion acquisition of Securiti AI, the recognized leader in DSPM, privacy, governance and AI trust...

BASTROP, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Texas Original, the state’s leading medical cannabis provider, has expanded its operations, scaling from a 7,700 square-foot facility to its new 75,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art headquarters in Bastrop located at 176 FM 969. This strategic, patient-focused facility includes a hybrid greenhouse for plant cultivation – where the first sun-grown medical cannabis in Texas was recently harvested – manufacturing labs for extraction, processing and refining, testin...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sonic Fire Tech, the firetech startup pioneering next-generation wildfire protection, today announced the commercial rollout of its Sonic Home Defense system, the first residential wildfire defense solution to use infrasound technology to prevent ignition without water, chemicals, or delay. The company has been named a CES 2026 Innovation Awards® Honoree by the Consumer Technology Association (CTA) for this breakthrough system, recognizing its leadership in redefin...

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--DHA Collaborates with Dallas Fire Rescue on First Responder Training...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard Nuclear, Inc., a reactor-agnostic producer of TRISO nuclear fuel, announced today that it has executed an Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), marking a major milestone in an effort to bring privately funded advanced nuclear-fuel production infrastructure online in support of TRISO-fueled reactor demonstrations in 2026. The final agreement is a direct outcome of federal priorities established in recent executive...