By Leann Ray | Editor-in-chief
Happy Sunday! Here's a roundup of this week's stories in case you missed them.
NEWS
Del. Marty Gearheart, R-Mercer, questions how the Department of Arts, Culture and History failed to properly remit sales tax for 10 years during a meeting of the Post Audits Subcommittee at the state Capitol in Charleston, West Virginia on Sept. 14, 2026. (Photo by Will Price/West Virginia Legislative Photography)
COMMENTARY
A server room in a data center. (Photo by Getty Images)
Stories from the States
Anxiety over artificial intelligence is growing. Will it replace humans and take jobs? How will it change our privacy? Will it impact our elections? The list of existential questions about AI goes on.
The technology has not been regulated on a national level. Congress has struggled to pass federal legislation, while the Trump administration has pushed to limit state oversight efforts.
One expert says states have stepped up to the plate to create commonsense guardrails on AI.
In Episode 47, you’ll hear from Maddy Dwyer, a policy analyst on the Center for Democracy & Technology’s State Engagement team. She’ll break down how states are regulating AI and whether it’s too out of control for the federal government to set limitations on what the technology can do.
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