Tag: Laws
EXPLAINER: Varying views on how to keep accurate voter rolls
ATLANTA — A key element of voting restrictions pushed by Republican state lawmakers this year focuses on cleaning voter rolls to ensure only those...
Critics of federal ban on firearms device win key decision
DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan should have blocked a Trump administration ban on bump stocks, a device that allows semiautomatic firearms to...
EXPLAINER: California’s net neutrality law springs to life
<p>More than three years ago, Trump-era regulators <a href="https://apnews.com/article/e1eabbdf1525477dbaacf1a482b57ed4">killed federal net neutrality regulations</a> designed to prevent AT&T, Comcast, Verizon and other major internet providers...
EXPLAINER: Varying views on how to keep accurate voter rolls
<p>ATLANTA — A key element of voting restrictions pushed by Republican state lawmakers this year focuses on cleaning voter rolls to ensure only those...
Critics of federal ban on firearms device win key decision
<p>DETROIT — A federal judge in Michigan should have blocked a Trump administration <a href="https://apnews.com/article/6c1af80fb290472c89fb930e223505af">ban on bump stocks</a>, a device that allows semiautomatic firearms...
Newsom taps lawmaker Bonta as California attorney general
<p>SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated state Assemblyman Rob Bonta, who is known for pushing criminal justice reform, to be...
Mississippi to increase lowest welfare payments in the US
<p>JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will increase the lowest monthly welfare payments in the nation under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's...
Newsom taps lawmaker Bonta as California attorney general
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Wednesday nominated state Assemblyman Rob Bonta, who is known for pushing criminal justice reform, to be...
Mississippi to increase lowest welfare payments in the US
JACKSON, Miss. — Mississippi will increase the lowest monthly welfare payments in the nation under a bill signed into law Wednesday by the state's...
California bill aims to jumpstart ‘microstamps’ on handguns
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gun control advocates are making a new attempt to force the gun industry to comply with California's unique law requiring individual...