Controversial curriculum changes in Oklahoma: Focus on 2020 election disputes, erasure of George Floyd’s impact, and COVID-19 origin claims
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Newark’s mayor arrested at protest outside Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention center
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New Hampshire becomes first state in US to sign Bitcoin reserve bill into law
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West Virginia has one of the lowest crime recidivism rates in the US
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Abundance meets resistance: Are US Democrats finally ready to go all in on building housing?
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Elon Musk’s X sues to overturn Minnesota political deepfakes ban
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Indiana lawmakers pass bill to start taking Illinois counties
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Wisconsin governor can create 400-year school funding increase using a partial veto, court says
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As San Francisco car break-ins plunge, auto glass businesses are suffering
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University of Texas has 'power stripped' as bill passes
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An algorithm deemed this nearly blind 70-year-old prisoner a “moderate risk.” Now he’s no longer eligible for parole.
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American cities that want to attract business might want to focus less on financial incentives and more on making people feel safe
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Homeless people in Copenhagen will no longer face fines or eviction for sleeping in parks or green spaces under a proposal by the city government
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Swedish journalist detained on arrival in Turkey to cover protests over the jailing of Istanbul's mayor has been arrested on terror-related charges and for “insulting the president”
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Daniel Lurie’s new San Francisco housing rezoning map is a winner. Let’s make sure it stays that way.
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Bucking US President Donald Trump tariffs, California will push to maintain global trade independently, Governor Gavin Newsom says
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The investor backed proposed California tech city is now reframed as ship building hub and gains more local support
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She challenges one school book a week. She says she’ll never stop. (2023)
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Why Maui still hasn’t recovered
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San Francisco jails are packed for the first time in decades
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Texas arrests midwife and associates on charges of providing abortion
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GOP government funding bill threatens to cut $1Billion from Washington, D.C. local budget
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Puerto Rico is dying
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Utah legislature sends bill banning water fluoridation to governor for signature or veto
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Canadian provinces’ measures to limit electricity exports to US could strain cross-border ties, experts say
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Locals now have two fears: Donald Trump and climate change – Greenlanders don't want to be Danish. Greenlanders don't want to be American.
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Ontario Conservatives win majority government
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Luigi Mangione lawyer says New York City Mayor Eric Adams publicly discussed undisclosed evidence, claims defendant's rights were violated
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Can baby bonds reduce childhood poverty? California thinks so.
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Eastern Kentucky activists bought land where feds wanted to build a prison
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The legal blueprint for radical federalism - to protect state autonomy in the US
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Top US election security watchdog forced to stop election security work
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Arizona attorney general Kris Mayes: This is a coup
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Fourteen states sue Elon Musk and US President Donald Trump, calling billionaire’s role unconstitutional
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Successful policy in small or medium sized cities frequently goes unnoticed - a case for taking inventory of what works
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New York Governor Kathy Hochul proposes locking the door on corporate housing rollups
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Danielle Smith puts petroleum over country
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Ohio woman sues hospital, medical staff, city, and police after being arrested for miscarriage
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Arizona attorney general wants former special prosecutor Jack Smith's Donald Trump prosecution file to aid in state law fake electors case
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More than a dozen US states have passed new laws that led to restrictions on pornography. Now, the Supreme Court will weigh in.
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Abortion bans seem to be driving young people to move out of state
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A deadly accident has Hawaii officials pleading for an end to amateur fireworks shows [three killed, twenty injured]
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Pickering pausing in-person meeting due to alt-right threats, mayor says
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Berkeley's evolution on housing
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US anti-abortion officials from red states continue deputizing angry men to turn over their partners in new legal tactic
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Bold solutions to end the homelessness crisis
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US state courts will also have a strong impact on Donald Trump's plans through their authority over state officials and residents
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St Louis property owners receive giant bills from the city for repairs they didn’t agree to. Now, it’s under investigation.
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Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sues New York doctor accused of prescribing abortion pills to Texas woman
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What new laws go into effect on Jan 1 in your area?
I don't know how common this is but in Illinois, USA a lot of our new laws signed each year have an effective start date of Jan 1 of the next year. I thought it might be interesting to share some...
I don't know how common this is but in Illinois, USA a lot of our new laws signed each year have an effective start date of Jan 1 of the next year. I thought it might be interesting to share some new laws going into effect in your state and country, if not on Jan 1 specifically then in the coming year.
(Apologies, the tags aren't pre-populating anything useful so I'll leave this to the pro-taggers.)
Edit: fixed my parentheses
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