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An increasing number of state and local jurisdictions place limits on how long trucks may sit idle with the engine running. Unnecessary truck idling is a significant contributor to local air pollution and results in additional greenhouse gas emissions to boot. In New York City, private bounty hunters contribute to the anti-idling law's enforcement. As chronicled the New York Times, local citi...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) -- The bill that aims to help curb Colorado's fentanyl crisis is now in the public's eyes, but is drawing criticism from law enforcement across the State. The fentanyl legislation comes on a wave of the drug's increasingly deadly impact in El Paso County. An issue that the El Paso County Board of Health pointed out at their regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesd...

As a young girl, Amanda Brandt suffered repeated sexual abuse at the hands of her best friend's father. Roy Pompa drugged and raped girls – ages 6 to 13 – in his home where he also videotaped the crimes. The trauma set Brandt on a path of self-destruction as an adult, including heroin addiction, attempted suicide and homelessness, she argues. In 2018, she filed a civil lawsuit against Pompa...

As a young girl, Amanda Brandt suffered repeated sexual abuse at the hands of her best friend's father. Roy Pompa drugged and raped girls – ages 6 to 13 – in his home where he also videotaped the crimes. The trauma set Brandt on a path of self-destruction as an adult, including heroin addiction, attempted suicide and homelessness, she argues. In 2018, she filed a civil lawsuit against Pompa...

Despite their concerns surrounding her lack of academic leadership experience, faculty members expect new opportunities, including funding and community input, from President-elect Rhea Law. ORACLE PHOTO/ALEXANDRA URBAN Rhea Law’s appointment as the university’s eighth president evoked predominantly positive support from faculty, excited for her continued fiscal leadership, although some were...

CHICAGO (CBS) -- There is a new push to get "ghost guns" off the streets in Illinois. Ghost guns can be made at home from kits bought on the internet. They don't have serial numbers, can't be traced, and people can buy them without a background check. State Rep. Kam Buckner is working on new legislation that would made the transfer, purchase, manufacture and possession of ghost guns illegal. ...

Gas prices across Georgia are falling, at least in part because of a temporary suspension of the state gas tax pushed by Republican leaders. But a similar effort in Washington championed by Democrats, including U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock, has gone nowhere. Republicans in Congress say a federal gas tax holiday would be all for show and not solve the issues behind the high prices for petroleum. ...

Economics teacher Brian Ayres, shown teaching an AP macroeconomics course at Brandon High in 2019, has said students don't get time to learn financial literacy in that advanced curriculum. The state now will require a separate financial literacy course for high school graduation. Catherine McEwen vividly recalls when she and her fellow federal bankruptcy court judges first started pushing for...

As violence against people who work in hospitals and nursing homes continues to grow, a plan is moving forward to increase penalties for threatening a health care worker in New Jersey. Assemblyman Lou Greenwald, D-Camden, said he was disturbed to find out “health care workers were five times more likely to suffer from workplace violence than other workers and we’ve seen those numbers only inc...