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 ...

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 ...

AI-driven mapping now captures daily global land changes, enabling unprecedented monitoring of Earth’s surface transformations on a daily basis. This advancement unlocks real-time global land cover ...

ROCHESTER — Olmsted County commissioners voted Tuesday to ensure they will have the final say on requested land-use changes in unincorporated portions of the county. “This is the right move and a much ...

On Monday, Jan. 6, Washoe County planners held the first of two barely noticed workshops to discuss proposed far-reaching changes to the Washoe Tahoe Area Plan (TAP). These changes didn’t come from ...

Addressing public concerns the ongoing Carson City Master Plan update is being used for a proposed downtown revitalization project, the city’s Community Development Department said the land use for ...