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As lawmakers develop legal frameworks for AI, they need a clearer understanding of how AI preemption—federal and state law overriding lower level AI rules—affects public interest and community well-being.
Six things we learned from young adults experiencing gun violence in Chicago Of 345 young adults interviewed, one in three said they had carried a gun—almost all illegally.Rapid re-housing can help end children’s homelessness Children younger than 4 who experience homelessness are at increased risk for adverse health outcomes.Three ways states can boost the impact of new federal opioid legislation on Medicaid’s health homes program Federal opioid legislation was passed earlier this month and is awaiting the president’s signature.How small grants encouraged jail reform at the local level Local jails admit nearly 11 million people every year, a number that has almost doubled since 1978.Four ways today’s high home prices affect the larger economy House prices today are higher than they were in 2006, the year the housing market started to collapse.Expanding state and local preschool programs to support immigrant families Opening preschool to all children who speak languages other than English would lead to 3,200 new low-income preschoolers.