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A plan from state Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, helping veterans use acquired skills to excel professionally has been signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (Photo courtesy of gophouse.org via Houghton Daily Mining Gazette) A plan from state Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Hancock, helping veterans use acquired skills to excel professionally has been signed into law by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. (Pho...

FILE – A plate of bacon sits on the kitchen table on the Ron Mardesen farm, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, near Elliott, Iowa. A 2018 voter-approved California ballot measure, to take effect, Jan. 1, 2022, set the nation’s toughest living space standards for breeding pigs. Critics have called for putting off enforcement until 2024 for fear prices will rise and jobs will be lost. Mardesen already mee...

AUSTIN, TX - JULY 12: The U.S. and Texas state flags fly outside the state Capitol building on July 12, 2021 in Austin, Texas. Texas Democrats have fled the state in order to prevent a quorum in protest over a Republican voting protection bill that they say is too restrictive. (Photo by Sergio Flores/Getty Images) Twenty-three new Texas laws go into effect this Saturday. Signed into law durin...

On December 23, President Biden signed the long-debated Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), after it passed through both chambers of Congress with strong bipartisan support. This legislation has the potential to broadly impact industries and companies with supply chain linkages to China. Application of “Rebuttable Presumption” to Ban Imports The overarching goal of the UFLPA is to pre...

FILE – A plate of bacon sits on the kitchen table on the Ron Mardesen farm, Thursday, Dec. 2, 2021, near Elliott, Iowa. A 2018 voter-approved California ballot measure, to take effect, Jan. 1, 2022, set the nation’s toughest living space standards for breeding pigs. Critics have called for putting off enforcement until 2024 for fear prices will rise and jobs will be lost. Mardesen already mee...

A new California law is designed to cut back on the organic waste in landfills responsible for emitting methane gas, and not only will it change the way residents sort trash, but it also aims to stop food waste from restaurants. From food scraps to fruit trees, organic trash will have a new use. And unused -- but still edible -- food will now be redirected instead of just tossed into a landfi...

scanner closeup Nearly a year after Palo Alto abruptly began encrypting police radio transmissions — meaning the public and news media can’t hear what officers are doing — the California Attorney General’s Office said law enforcement should “take any necessary steps” to help reporters get information they need. The comment came as the San Francisco Police Department this month rolled out proc...

An Aeronautics drone. Credit: Aeronautics Israeli drone-maker Aeronautics and three of its senior employees were charged on Wednesday with violating the law regulating defense exports in its dealing with one of its most prominent clients. A gag order issued by the Rishon Letzion Magistrate’s Court prevents the publication of further details. The firm has been under investigation for the past ...

A Kalispell resident called the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office to complain about people in the neighborhood throwing solid cat litter in the road, which was being eaten by dogs in the area. A Martin City man reportedly tired of a drunk woman’s company called to say she had been invited to stay one night, which turned into three weeks. A Whitefish woman was probably taken aback by a man’s re...