WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court agreed Friday to review lower-court rulings that make it harder for cities in the western United States to prevent people from sleeping on the streets when there aren’t enough beds in homeless shelters. The justices will hear an appeal from the city of Grants Pass, in southwest Oregon, that […]
Jan. 10—The director of the Hawaii Firearms Coalition admonished the police department for taking six months to hold a hearing on changes required by a state law that was signed by the governor last summer. As the Honolulu Police Department weighs compliance with newly enacted state laws, gun owners Tuesday flooded a hearing to weigh […]
The changing year signals a new start to a lot of things, including health legislation. While legislation can move slowly — for example, despite being signed into law last October, California’s so-called Skittles Ban (aka the California Food Safety Act, which forbids the sale of the food additives brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben and […]
GA lawmakers look to stiffen anti-swatting laws as bomb hoax evacuates state capitol The FBI says a hoax bomb threat at the Georgia State Capitol on Wednesday is linked to several similar threats at other state capitols. ABC News has reported at least seven capitols were targeted including Kentucky, Mississippi, Michigan, and Connecticut. Channel 2′s […]
In the US, Montana and North Carolina have been leading the list of states with the highest number of searches for “VPN” over the past few days. That’s most likely because their new age verification laws have gone into effect on January 1, and adult websites are now either requiring a copy of visitors’ government […]
28/22 NEWS (WBRE/WYOU) — A series of new laws went into effect Monday in Pennsylvania affecting everything from healthcare to education, to our very own pets. 28/22 News Reporter Emily Allegrucci spoke to some locals about a few new laws. Governor Josh Shapiro signed off on many laws going into the new year that will […]
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – The new year is bringing new state laws that will have an impact on students’ education. In an effort to keep students in the classroom learning schools will no longer be able to suspend or expel students for what is known as “willful defiance”. The policy is defined as a student […]
New gun safety laws are taking effect in several states around the US on 1 January after the country ended 2023 with more mass shootings than days. States including California, Illinois and Colorado are starting the year by implementing extreme risk protection orders, more commonly referred to as “red flag” laws, as a means to […]
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — As we begin 2024, a number of laws passed by the Tennessee General Assembly in the last few years now take effect. Generally speaking, laws in Tennessee have effective dates of January 1 or July 1, depending on when they’re passed and what they affect in the Volunteer State. 📧 Have breaking […]
A divided Congress faces a slew of fights in the new year. Japan issues a major tsunami warning after a 7.6 magnitude earthquake. And a Colorado mother suspected of killing her two young children was arrested in the U.K. Five big fights facing Congress in 2024 From confrontations over government funding and foreign aid to […]
A new year means new laws in Florida, including ones that affect the way you drive and spend. Among the state laws taking effect in 2024: a revised Move Over traffic law, clarification on what it means to do business with Iran amid the Israel-Hamas war, and who’s in charge of investigating cases of child […]
A labour court in Bangladesh’s capital has sentenced Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus to six months in jail for violating the country’s labour laws. Yunus, who pioneered using microcredit to help impoverished people, was present at the hearing in Dhaka and was granted bail. The court gave the defence 30 days to appeal. Grameen […]