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SACRAMENTO — The COVID-19 pandemic continued to slow the pace of governing California in 2021 as it did the year before, with the second fewest number of bills approved by the Legislature of any year since 1967, trailing only the record low number ratified in 2020. In all, Gov. Gavin Newsom considered 836 bills covering a range of topics, a mix of proposals prompted by the current COVID crisi...

Jack Cartwright, 89, was found safe by law enforcement, police said. He had been missing since Friday afternoon. Police said that at around 1:30 p.m. Cartwright drove away from his residence in Centerville and did not return. Cartwright suffers from various medical conditions, and police were concerned for his safety.

OLD LYME, CT (WFSB)-- On Saturday, a polar plunge will take place in Old Lyme at Soundview Beach. The plunge will start at 1:30p.m. This polar plunge event is hosted by Desmond's Army, which is a group that advocates for animal laws. For more information on Desmond's Army click here.

Jack Cartwright, 89, was found safe by law enforcement, police said. He had been missing since Friday afternoon. Police said that at around 1:30 p.m. Cartwright drove away from his residence in Centerville and did not return. Cartwright suffers from various medical conditions, and police were concerned for his safety.

Michiganders won't have to pay some taxes on feminine hygiene products and will be able to start buying booze at Michigan International Speedway again in 2022 thanks to some laws that take effect next year. While the Michigan Legislature typically ensures bills that it enacts take effect right away, occasionally there's a delay for a variety of reasons. When the Legislature does not vote for...

Nevada State Legislature Building More than 50 of the 500 or so bills that the Nevada Legislature passed in 2021 will go into effect today, including a bill that calls for mail-in voting in every election and establishes verification procedures for the mail-in ballots. The law requires county and city clerks to send each active registered voter a mail-in ballot for all elections and outlines ...

The Legislature on Saturday, May 22, 2021. (David Calvert/The Nevada Independent) With the new year comes, yet again, another new set of laws on the books. More than 55 bills enacted by the Legislature in 2021 take effect either in whole or in part today. They include several health care-related laws — making changes to Medicaid services, establishing a pathway for people to obtain birth con...

Department of Ecology/Contributed photo Plastic utensils. Submitted by San Juan County. Beginning Jan. 1, 2022, Washington restaurants will no longer automatically include single-use food service items like utensils, condiments, and straws with food orders. A new state law restricts the use of these items and prohibits packaged bundles of single-use items in order to reduce waste and litter –...

Last year, Nevada legislators passed AB 286, an anti-gun bill that would have made some elements of home gunsmithing illegal under a broad banner definition. As it was passed, the bill would have prohibited a person from possessing, purchasing, transporting or receiving an unfinished frame or receiver of a firearm or assembling a firearm without a serial number. The law was set to go into eff...

There have been several stories in your Clarksdale Press Register this past year reporting on crime. We believe no other news event impacts people’s lives like being the victim of a crime. We also believe the first duty of local government is public safety. And we have not always felt safe in 2021. Home burglaries, assaults, car burglaries and reports of shots fired have grabbed the headlines...