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BONNEVILLE COUNTY, Idaho (KIFI) - Local law enforcement is very concerned with the amount of fentanyl coming into the area. Earlier this week, Bonneville County Sheriff Sam Hulse met with Idaho Governor Brad Little about the issue where he shared some very worrisome numbers telling the governor since the start of this year, first responders are responding on average of one overdose call a day...

Gov. Tate Reeves has signed a law authorizing a $3.5 million tax credit for individuals and businesses that donate to non-profit pregnancy resource centers in the state. These centers are typically faith-based and frequently touted as providing alternatives to abortion services. The new law comes as Mississippi takes center stage during the upcoming Supreme Court ruling which could determine...

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Gov. Kevin Stitt signed ‘Ava’s Law’ Friday to educate new parents on infant cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and other life-saving first aid. Senate Bill 1462, by Sen. Jessica Garvin, R-Duncan, is named in memory of Ava Frizzell. Ava was the infant daughter of Garvin’s close friend who passed away a few weeks after her birth. Since struggling with whether they could ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill to strip the Walt Disney Co. the authority to govern its 37-mile Central Florida entertainment empire Friday afternoon. And there could be more consequences coming, DeSantis warned, if Disney does not adjust its diversity and inclusion program by Monday. The measure moved in lightning fashion through the legislative process this week and DeSantis acted quickly...

The Leon County Courthouse in Tallahassee, Florida. (Michael Moline/Florida Phoenix) One day after the Florida Legislature approved Gov. Ron Desantis’ highly contested congressional redistricting plan, a legal challenge has landed in state trial court in Tallahassee. Meanwhile, DeSantis said during a news conference in Hialeah Gardens that he had signed the plan into law, although there was n...

Loveland Police Department arrests Wednesday 4:56 p.m. In the 900 block of North Cleveland Avenue, a 57-year-old Loveland man on three misdemeanor failure-to-appear warrants. Thursday 2:24 p.m. In the 1400 block of South California Avenue, a 21-year-old man believed to be homeless for investigation of violation of a protection order as well as on a felony warrant and three misdemeanor fail...

(Originally published by Stanford Medicine’s Scope Blog on April 21, 2022) We all know, or have heard about, someone who’s refused to get a COVID-19 vaccine. While some individuals have medical or religious reasons for avoiding vaccination, for some, other factors influence their decision. Despite the importance of vaccines for public health — and the serious risk associated with being unvac...

Pritzker signs eight bills into law  The Center Square

School Classroom (Jordan Elder/WICS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KHQA) — A new Illinois law aimed at preventing teachers who are found guilty of sexual misconduct with a student from teaching elsewhere goes into July 1, 2023. Under House Bill 4316, when there is an allegation of sexual misconduct that is found to be supported, superintendents must notify school boards and notify parents. “This law chan...

School Classroom (Jordan Elder/WICS SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (KHQA) — A new Illinois law aimed at preventing teachers who are found guilty of sexual misconduct with a student from teaching elsewhere goes into July 1, 2023. Under House Bill 4316, when there is an allegation of sexual misconduct that is found to be supported, superintendents must notify school boards and notify parents. “This law chan...