TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV/Gray Florida Capital Bureau) – Florida students are heading back to school without their phones in class. A state law that just went into effect this school year is cracking down on cell phone use in public schools. Under the new law, elementary and middle school students aren’t allowed to use phones at…
Ed Miliband shared a message from the King as an international energy summit began in London. The energy secretary said that King Charles had asked him to read out a message to attendees because he was “really interested” in the summit. Quoting the King, Miliband said: “As we all navigate the transition to cleaner energy…
Joanna Cherry, a former leading figure in the SNP, has hit out at the ex-first minister of Scotland following the Supreme Court ruling. “I’ve had to put up with my own party leader, Nicola Sturgeon, calling me a bigot and a transphobe for sticking up for the rights of women and lesbians. “I think she…
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…
Stock markets tumble after China retaliates against Trump’s tariff Updated: 7:32 PM EDT Apr 4, 2025 White House Correspondent Stock markets fell further Friday after China retaliated against President Donald Trump’s tariffs by imposing a 34% tariff on all U.S. goods suffering. The S&P 500 fell 6% — it’s biggest one-day drop since the COVID-19…
Senate Bill 142 was filed last week in the Arkansas State Legislature and is expected to be presented to the education committee on Monday. The bill is centered on an act known as “Bell to Bell no Cell,” and aims to require districts to create a policy to prohibit cell phones throughout the whole school…
Patrick Poon is a board member and consultant of the Tokyo-based Asian Lawyers Network and a member of Lady Liberty Hong Kong. Several friends of mine in Hong Kong will face long-overdue trials this year. One of these is Chow Hang-tung, a barrister and a vice chairperson of the disbanded Hong Kong Alliance in Support…
SACRAMENTO — There’s little disagreement on what needs to be done: Califonia schools must ban or restrict cellphones that disrupt learning. A law signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom mandates every school district in the state devise a plan for campus cellphone bans or restrictions by July 2026. But educators, who gathered recently with Newsom over the…