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January 19, 2022
PANAMA CITY, Fla. (WMBB) — A new study finds Florida is one of the most unsafe states for drivers based on recommended safety laws.
In the report, states were ranked green, yellow or red.
The Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety gave Florida, and 10 other states, the ‘Red’ ranking which means the state falls dangerously short when it comes to adopting the organization’s “Optimal Law” recomme...
January 19, 2022
A group of more than 50 notable transgender Americans, including the actor Elliot Page and director Lilly Wachowski, filed an amicus brief Wednesday in support of a lawsuit seeking to overturn a law in Arkansas that would limit health care for trans youth.
The friend-of-the-court brief, filed by the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, comes amid a lawsuit against Arkansas’s first-in...
January 19, 2022
DUBUQUE, Iowa (KCRG) -More people in Dubuque will now have the opportunity to grow fresh produce year round after after city council members voted unanimously to approve a zoning change to allow people to build commercial greenhouses on properties in more parts of the city.
Before the change, greenhouses could only be built in commercial properties in mostly residential districts, which are z...
January 19, 2022
SAN ANTONIO — FBI agents were in the area of U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar's Laredo home Wednesday afternoon, although specifics as to why remain unclear. Reporters with the local newspaper The Monitor, however, said agents were at the house.
The FBI confirmed to KENS 5 that they were in the neighborhood "conducting court-authorized law enforcement activity" near Windridge and Estate drives in Lare...
January 19, 2022
Remembering Caleb Scott. (Taylor Shifflett)
ROCKINGHAM COUNTY, Va. (WHSV) - After the loss of her unborn son in a car crash, a Valley mother is on a mission to get Virginia lawmakers to pass a new law.
In 2018, Taylor Shifflett of Elkton, said she was involved in a car crash off of Route 340. She said the vehicle that hit her was traveling more than 90 mph and was fleeing from police.
Shiffle...
January 19, 2022
SNYDER COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Snyder County has joined an initiative that collaborates with law enforcement on substance abuse treatment.
The Law Enforcement Treatment Initiative allows Pennsylvanians suffering from drug abuse to use local law enforcement as a resource. Snyder County law enforcement agencies will open their station doors to those suffering from addiction, assist with transporta...
January 19, 2022
Senate Democrats failed again to pass sweeping new voting protections on Wednesday, in what may be the most brutal blow yet to efforts to strengthen protections for voters at a perilous moment for US democracy.
Just as they have done four other times in recent months, all 50 Republicans united in their opposition to the measure. They relied on the filibuster, a Senate rule that requires 60 vo...
January 19, 2022
Pharmacy. (Screenshot of video 1.19/22.WICS)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — A new law that allows you to donate your unused and unopened prescriptions is causing some local pharmacies headaches.
The law, which took effect Jan. 1, was designed to take donated pre-packaged prescriptions and have pharmacies redistribute them to low-income and underinsured individuals.
Local pharmacies say they ...
January 19, 2022
Pharmacy. (Screenshot of video 1.19/22.WICS)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WICS/WRSP) — A new law that allows you to donate your unused and unopened prescriptions is causing some local pharmacies headaches.
The law, which took effect Jan. 1, was designed to take donated pre-packaged prescriptions and have pharmacies redistribute them to low-income and underinsured individuals.
Local pharmacies say they ...
January 19, 2022
Republican Sen. Zach Nunn's proposed "Second Amendment Preservation Act" advanced Wednesday.
Iowa local governments and law enforcement agencies would face a $50,000 fine if they enforce federal gun regulations under a bill advancing in the state Senate.
The two Republicans on a panel of three senators voted to approve the “Second Amendment Preservation Act” on Wednesday, while saying they ...
