It looks to be a busy week at the North Elba Town Hall. The town of North Elba and village of Lake Placid will hold a vote on a series of proposed updates on the joint Comprehensive Plan on Tuesday, ...

Using centuries of land-use data, scientists have trained an AI system that evolves policy ideas the way nature evolves species—testing, mutating, and keeping only the best. The result? Smarter ...

Peking University, December 11, 2024: A team of researchers led by Professor Piao Shilong at the Institute of Carbon Neutrality of Peking University (PKU) has made significant advances in ...

In the last scheduled days of their tumultuous 2025 session, Florida legislators passed Senate Bill 180 “to bolster hurricane relief and recovery and enhance response efforts in Florida,” according to ...

Venable attorneys discuss New York City Charter Revision Commission’s proposed reforms to the Uniform Land Use Review Procedure aimed at streamlining processes, reducing costs, and accelerating ...

A recent report from Anne Arundel County calls for changes to the county’s land use decision-making processes. It follows negative feedback from area businesses and developers about the permitting and ...

Researchers say the AI system can lead to better decision-making around a wide range of complex policy choices. Using global land use and carbon storage data from the past 175 years, researchers at ...