Route Fifty
Route Fifty is a policy‑focused news outlet dedicated to covering how state and local governments operate, innovate and respond to emerging challenges.
- Indexed articles, last 90 days
- 29
- Latest publication
- Aug 3, 2026
- Audience
- Top 5M sites
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- Jul 6, 2026
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Former county CIO reflects on lessons learned from decades in government (opens the original)
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Steve Monaghan, the former CIO of Nevada County, California, said workers should be focused on building their organizational health, not just fixing the issues of the day.
Rural health transformation funds go to tech companies for innovations (opens the original)
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The new fund will implement new technologies from health-focused startups in rural communities, but the strategy has its doubters.
Online prediction markets rile up state lawmakers (opens the original)
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They say Kalshi and Polymarket are more like sportsbooks than commodity markets.
Beyond the note-taker: What city managers should demand from meeting intelligence (opens the original)
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COMMENTARY | General AI tools and note-takers fall short of what is required to act on decisions made. Several key questions help separate a note-taker from meeting intelligence.
Community opposition helped block $170B in data center projects, report finds (opens the original)
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A lack of transparency around ownership, power and water requirements was cited as the most common issue in 46 cancelled projects across a two-year period in 20 states.
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