Advocates sue EPA to enforce noise law: Shots
Excessive noise from aircraft, highways or equipment can affect health. Kevin Carter/Getty Images hide caption switch caption Kevin Carter/Getty Images Last June, an anti-noise organization, Quiet Communities, sued the Environmental…
Analysis suggests that Texas' 2021 abortion ban resulted in an increase in infant deaths in the state in the year after the law went into effect
A study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health estimates that infant mortality in Texas rose more than expected in the year following the state's…
When writing the nation's most sweeping AI law, Colorado focused on fairness and preventing bias: NPR
– d3sign/Getty Images/Moment RF hide caption change caption d3sign/Getty Images/Moment RF This spring, Colorado passed the the country's first comprehensive law about how companies and governments use artificial intelligence to…
TikTok goes to court with more evidence to overturn the US ban law
TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance have filed a brief in their lawsuit against the US government over the proposed ban. The letter, filed with the U.S. Court of…
Democrats are introducing a bill to repeal Comstock's abortion law and guard against Trump's actions
Democrats in the House of Representatives and the Senate introduced legislation Thursday to revise a long-dormant law that they fear could be used by a future Trump administration to severely…
New York law now requires paid breaks for breastfeeding employees
Breastfeeding parents are now required to get paid breaks in New York, under a new law that went into effect on Wednesday. It requires Empire State employers to provide paid…
Iowa law allows authorities to charge people facing deportations that have been temporarily blocked
DesMoines, Iowa – A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked an Iowa law that would have done just that allowed law enforcement in the state to file criminal charges against…
The tax authorities are addressing a loophole in the tax law for the wealthy. The effort could raise $50 billion.
The Massachusetts sales tax holiday comes in August The Massachusetts sales tax holiday comes in August 00:25 The IRS could generate more than $50 billion in revenue over the next…
Carl Maughan, Kansas lawmaker arrested in March, has had his law license suspended due to conflict of interest in murder case
A Republican Kansas lawmaker who halted his re-election campaign last month after being arrested during a traffic stop has now been banned from practicing law for at least a year…
FTC Chair Lina Khan on Startups, Scaling and 'Innovations in the Field of Possible Law Violations'
FTC Chair Lina Khan was the youngest person appointed to her position when she took over in 2021. But once her term ends in September – after which she will…
