New Mexico Courts: New Mexico Courts HelpLine offers assistance to navigate the civil legal system. This link goes to a PDF file. “Trained staff with the New Mexico Courts HelpLine are available six days a week by telephone to provide legal information and answer questions about state courts. The no-cost service guides people to court forms and rules for filing or responding to lawsuits, […]

#NewYork #shelters #WiFi #CommunityServices

'Every homeless shelter in New York will be required to have Wi-Fi under a state bill passed by lawmakers in Albany Friday...'

(The bill still needs the gov's signature)

https://citylimits.org/state-lawmakers-pass-bill-requiring-every-homeless-shelter-in-new-york-to-have-wi-fi/

#Illinois #libraries #media #CommunityServices

'...every Illinois resident now has free access to a vast collection of trusted online resources, including e-books, journals, magazines, newspapers and research databases.'

https://www.ilsos.gov/news/2026/june-9-2026-giannoulias-announces-first-ever-statewide-digital-library-resource-program.html

Illinois Secretary of State: Giannoulias Announces First-Ever Statewide Digital Library Resource Program. “Through their local library, or through the Illinois State Library’s website, every Illinois resident now has free access to a vast collection of trusted online resources, including e-books, journals, magazines, newspapers and research databases. Content is provided through an annual […]

Florida State University: FSU alumni launch AI startup to make legislation more accessible. “Florida State University alumni are using artificial intelligence to help make legislation easier to understand. Their startup, Delilah, is an AI-powered platform that summarizes complex bills and allows users to ask questions about proposed laws through a conversational interface. Founded by recent […]

Kansas Reflector: Kansas secretary of state moves 60-year-old system from paper to online. “In place of the previous paper-based system is a public website that launched Tuesday. [Scott] Schwab said the new digital system improves transparency, efficiency and cost. Users can view proposed regulations, search an in-progress archival catalogue and subscribe to email notices for scheduled public […]

VT Digger: A new body will recommend how state government and Vermont businesses could adopt AI. “Through an executive order, Gov. Phil Scott created the Vermont Artificial Intelligence Economic Taskforce on Monday. And first on its agenda, the body must present up to five recommendations within 90 days for how state government could adopt AI to better serve the public.”

This is Reno: New online tool helps Nevadans find their polling place . “A new online tool on the Nevada secretary of state’s website is available to help voters find their polling location before the June 9 primary election.”

Athens County Independent: Athens chatbot helps some users, frustrates others. “Athens residents used the city’s ‘Benny the Brick’ artificial intelligence chatbot in its first year to access varied local information, but the bot’s limitations left many users frustrated. The AI chatbot on the Athens city website uses information from the site, as well as a manually entered dataset, to […]