Starting July 1, restaurants in California will no longer be able to add service charges or other surcharges to your check.
Self-checkout machines could be removed from grocery and drug stores. A new bill being considered by California lawmakers would impose conditions on stores wanting to use automated rather than manual checkouts. Chains continue to ditch
The Fend Off Fentanyl Act, passed by the House and the Senate, is designed to help combat the ongoing opioid crisis by targeting the fentanyl supply chain.
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke in Florida, where a six-week abortion ban took effect on Wednesday. Delivering her remarks in Jacksonville, Harris blamed former President Donald Trump for the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade in 2022 and said the state’s new, more restrictive law is “the new reality under a Trump abortion ban.”
California State Lawmaker Introduces Bill To Ban Excessive Homework Authored by Eric Lundrum via American Greatness, A state lawmaker in California has introduced legislation that would severely restrict a teacher’s ability to hand out homework assignments to students that are deemed to be too much. As reported by Breitbart, State Assemblywoman Pilar Schiavo (D-Calif.) introduced AB 2999, formally known as The Healthy Homework Act, in February. The bill would mandate public...
Stars like Jess Glynne signed a recent letter calling for more protection against "predatory" AI.
Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while bills to loosen a restrictive ban in Louisiana face an uphill battle
Kansas is requiring abortion providers to share patient information with the state and increasing funds to anti-abortion centers, while bills to loosen a restrictive ban in Louisiana face an uphill battle.
(The Center Square) - A California court ruled state laws cannot broadly override local control over development and zoning, finding one of the state’s most significant new zoning laws is unconstitutional. “This is not a case about whether or not our State Legislature may enact legislation to ensure access to affordable housing or whether it may act to address the different concern of a statewide housing shortage more generally,” wrote California Superior Court Judge Curtis A....
TikTok's CEO vowed Wednesday to fight in the courts to overturn a newly signed US law that could see the popular app banned due to allegations it is controlled by the Chinese government.The legislation gives TikTok nine months to divest from its Chinese parent company ByteDance or be shut out of the American market.US and other Western officials have alleged the social media platform allows Beijing to collect data and spy on users. It has 170 million users in the United States alone, many of...
Is California really a high-tax state? New findings question (Third column, 5th story, link)
The United Kingdom is the first country to roll out a law banning generic passwords on smart devices. One tech analyst says this is a great start, but the onus is on device owners.