Photo credit: iStock.com/jovan_epn Parents play a primary role in the upbringing of their children, and exercise significant control over their children’s education. Nevertheless, the question of how absolute a parent’s right to dictate how their children are educated in public school has prompted many state legislatures to take up the issue. Several states are [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/KenKPhoto State legislatures are looking into possible solutions to address the adverse effects of per- and poly-fluoroalkyls (PFAS). PFAS are human-made chemicals found in many everyday products linked to increased risks of diseases and health conditions. Manufacturers have used these chemicals in various consumer goods, including carpets, paper packaging, non-stick cookware, and plastics. [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Liudmila Chernetska Contaminants in supplies of drinking water remain a regulatory challenge at both the state and federal levels. Recent legislation in California is the first of its kind to regulate microplastics in the drinking water. New Mexico, Michigan, and Mississippi are also facing issues of contaminated drinking water, and their state [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/tylim With about 72% of Americans using social media to share their thoughts, access information, or seek entertainment, social media companies’ content moderation policies and practices have become a topic of conversation. Three-quarters of U.S. adults find it very or somewhat likely that social media platforms intentionally censor information dealing with political viewpoints [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/LIgorko From 2002 to 2013, insulin prices in the United States have tripled, with some popular insulin products costing patients up to $900 monthly. From 2017 to 2018, 14.1% of Americans who use insulin—almost 1.2 million people—reached a catastrophic spending level on insulin products, spending over 40% of their post-subsistence family income on [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Traitov There has been a lot of momentum building at the state level for states to adopt comprehensive privacy bills. The vast majority of data collected from products people use frequently is not regulated. Most companies are free to use the data they collect unless a state has a comprehensive privacy law. [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Professor25 Human trafficking is the use of force, fraud, or coercion to obtain some type of labor or commercial sex act. Traffickers use violence, manipulation, and fear as force to procure the victims and keep them. The exploitation for profit of these men, women, and children of all ages and backgrounds results from [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/Sergey Demchenko Many states are ending the 2022 fiscal year with a budget surplus, resulting in significant legislative deliberations about the best way to utilize those funds. During the fiscal year 2021, some states grew their rainy day funds by 37.7 billion, approximately a 50% increase from the previous year. In the fiscal [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/BrianAJackson Since 1980, the cost of high education has tripled. Further, the average college graduate has $25,000 in debt, despite workforce shortages of college-graduates. While the Biden-Harris Administration’s Student Debt Relief Plan has made news because of the national impact on alleviating student indebtedness, various states have also been legislating to reform loan [...]
Photo credit: iStock.com/urfinguss Security and safety protocols in schools have become an increasingly talked-about policy initiative in recent years. The spread of COVID-19 in schools and repeated school shootings have focused significant legislative attention on school security. States like those below have implemented extensive measures to mitigate the risks to students while in school. Colorado [...]
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