Here we go again. This week, the Senate unveiled, honed and passed its version of the “Big Beautiful Bill,” and it’s a fiscal monstrosity. What was already an oversized mess in the House has been supersized into a $4-trillion ode to unseriousness. This isn’t tax reform. It’s a bipartisan piñata stuffed with pork, gimmicks and…
The Senate is making a final push to advance President Trump’s signature legislation with a flurry of last-minute changes that stunned Elon Musk and the already besieged clean energy industry while offering new support for fossil fuels. The controversy surrounding the bill’s energy approach is just one front in a frenzied final push with plenty…
KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) – Public school districts are now required to enforce a personal device ban for students during school hours. Gov. Abbott signed HB 1481 into law on Sunday. It requires school district policy to either ban personal devices from campuses entirely or mandate students to lock them away. The law also mandates that…
A company boss in China set up 252 tables for his daughter’s grand wedding, then refused to pay the 520,000-yuan (US$72,000) bill. A pork vendor, surnamed Wang, in eastern China’s Zhejiang province said the boss of a local company, surnamed Qian, commissioned him to prepare food for his daughter’s wedding banquet in April. Wang said…
Alabama’s Senate passed a bill Wednesday banning the access and use of cell phones at public K-12 schools within the state. Senate Bill 92 introduced the Freeing our Classrooms of Unnecessary Screens for Safety (FOCUS) Act, which bans the use of devices at school and requires education boards to establish an Internet safety policy. It…
A new bill in Louisiana aims to ban certain restaurant reservation apps unless they have explicit agreements with the restaurants.House Bill 90, sponsored by Lafayette lawmaker Troy Hebert, bans the sale of restaurant reservations without explicit agreements between the app and the restaurant itself. It also requires restaurants to have an agreement with the apps…
LOOKED INTO BOTH OF THEM FOR YOU TODAY. CONVERSATIONS IN THE CAPITOL SEEM CLEAR. OKLAHOMA STUDENTS WILL LIKELY BE BANNED FROM HAVING CELL PHONES IN THE CLASSROOM. INSIDE THE SENATE’S EDUCATION COMMITTEE TUESDAY, THE TALKS ON OKLAHOMA STUDENTS AND THEIR PHONES PICKED BACK UP. HOW MANY MORE KIDS HAVE BEEN BULLIED? HOW MANY MORE INAPPROPRIATE…
This is *** KCCI editorial. Finally, Iowa lawmakers in both chambers approved *** bill that would ban cell phone use while driving. The only exceptions would be voice activated or hands free use of cell phones. Governor Reynolds signed the bill into law this week. For years, various groups and people have been pushing hard…
WELCOME BACK IN. EMMA OWEN HERE AT THE BREAKING NEWS DESK. THIS JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM. THE ALABAMA HOUSE HAS PASSED A BILL REGARDING CELL PHONE USE IN SCHOOLS. ACCORDING TO THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THE BILL WOULD MAKE SEVERAL CHANGES. AMONG THEM, IT WOULD BAN THE USE, OPERATION AND POSSESSION OF CELL PHONES ON CERTAIN…
Utah just became the first state to pass a law that makes app stores — rather than individual apps — responsible for verifying user ages. Google and Apple, the tech giants behind the two main app stores, have opposed the bill. But Meta, Snap, and X have praised the law, which Utah Gov. Spencer Cox…