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State Capitol in Olympia.<p>{/p} OLYMPIA, Wash. — The arrival of 2022 also brings with it a raft of new laws set to take effect in Washington state, including legislation that aims to restore voting rights and ban the use of Native American images and names as school mascots. Customers who take food orders to go will now have to ask for single-use eating utensils and condiments because ...

Tech companies have relied on nondisclosure agreements (NDAs) for decades to maintain their competitive advantage, inserting confidentiality clauses into employment contracts and severance agreements in the name of protecting trade secrets. But in recent years, NDAs have become common practice across industries, in many instances giving cover to powerful people accused of harassment, or workp...

For years, millions of Americans with medical emergencies could receive another nasty surprise: a bill from a doctor they did not choose and who did not accept their insurance. A law that goes into effect Saturday will make many such bills illegal. The change is the result of bipartisan legislation passed during the Trump administration and fine-tuned by the Biden administration. It is a majo...

LOS ANGELES - California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed 770 new bills into law in October, but here is a look at what new legislation will impact your life beginning January 1, 2022. To-go alcoholic beverages SB-389 states that restaurants and other establishments with a liquor license will be permitted to continue selling to-go wine and cocktails until December 31, 2026. California minimum wage Ca...

Illegal aerial fireworks over a West Oahu neighborhood. KUNIA, OAHU (HawaiiNewsNow) - Hours before midnight, illegal aerial fireworks began filling the sky over Oahu. Only firecrackers with a permit are legal, and can only be set off between 9 p.m. New Year’s Eve and 1 a.m. New Year’s Day. However, a remote camera caught the pyrotechnics in the skies over Waipahu not long after sunset, even t...

Happy new year! Because you are a law-abiding citizen, take a look at what will get you in trouble in ’22… List: New California Traffic Safety Laws for 2022 List: New Laws in California in 2022

A Lakeside resident took a video of his neighbor plowing snow in front of his vehicles. He believed the plowing was intentional, he told the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office. A tenant told people he owned his apartment, so the apartment owner called the police. He was informed the complaint should be handled as a civil issue. Two horses got loose in Whitefish. A dog got out of its residence m...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks to supporters during a campaign stop in Edinburg, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 30, 2021. Supporters gathered at the University Draft House where they heard the governor tout health care and school during his Rio Grande Valley campaign stop. Texas is ringing in 2022 with 23 new laws on the books. The laws taking effect Jan. 1 include several measures concerning property t...

Horn Lake keeping an eye on compliance with new fireworks law  DeSoto Times-Tribune

A new Mississippi law eliminates the requirement for a prescription to buy decongestants that contain ephedrine or pseudoephedrine.  The Commercial Dispatch