BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (WBKO) – A new state law will impact Kentucky students’ school day and how they will communicate with parents during that time. House Bill 280 requires school boards to adopt a policy restricting cell phone and social media use during the school day. The goal of the bill is to take pressure…
Dozens of public officials in Lancaster County have said they don’t conduct government business over message-deleting apps like Signal. For now, the public will need to take them at their word. Experts warned during a March 24 state Senate Intergovernmental Operations Committee hearing that there are no laws requiring officials to disclose their use of…
Hong Kong’s Democratic Party, once a powerful opposition force in the city’s political landscape, will ask its members whether the group should dissolve after its leadership backed the idea and set up a task force to handle the legal steps involved. Chairman Lo Kin-hei said on Thursday the task force, to be led by him,…
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Outgoing North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would strip powers from several Democrats elected to statewide office this month, including removing the authority of Cooper’s successor to appoint the state elections board. These and other provisions, contained in a wide-ranging measure stuffed through the Republican-dominated General Assembly…
A Kentucky state legislator predicts there likely will be new bills introduced in the 2025 General Assembly regulating students’ use of cell phones in Kentucky schools. State Sen. Steve West, co-chair of the Joint Interim Committee on Education, on Friday heard testimony on the effects of social media and cell phones on K-12 students. “With…
Slovakia is ready to join the “Friends of Peace” group launched by China and Brazil at the United Nations to resolve the war in Ukraine, the Central European country’s prime minister said on a trip to Beijing. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico met Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday. During the meeting, Fico said that…
The Board of Education has voted to urge the Tennessee General Assembly approve a cell phone ban in public and charter schools statewide, specifically during classroom time unless a teacher approves or instructs students otherwise. It also is joining a lawsuit against social media for alleged ill effects on students. Source link
There was a message in China’s focus on developing countries at the annual UN General Assembly leaders’ meeting last week. According to observers, China is eyeing greater support from the developing world as it faces increasing isolation from the West, while also seeking to position itself as an important player in the global order. China…
NEW YORK — The U.N. General Assembly adopted a “Pact for the Future” to meet the challenges of the 21st century. Now comes the hard part: uniting the world’s divided nations to move quickly to implement its 56 actions. As Czech President Petr Pavel put it Monday at the summit meeting surrounding the pact: “Our…