Photo credit: iStock.com/24K-Production Across the United States, lawmakers are increasingly reconsidering psilocybin policy in response to growing evidence of its therapeutic potential. Psilocybin is a naturally occurring psychedelic compound found in particular species of mushrooms. [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Larisa Stefanuyk We last covered human body composting legislation in 2021. As we noted then, Washington State was the first state to allow for human body composting. Washington was soon followed by Colorado [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/AndreyPopov Each September 4, National Newspaper Carrier Day is observed because the first “paperboy” in New York City, Barney Flaherty, was said to have been hired by the New York Sun on September [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/ChrisBoswell New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy (D), in office since 2018, has been active in issuing executive orders. In 2022, Murphy issued a total of 39 Executive Orders; from January to August 2023, [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/SEASTOCK Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has signed and implemented various executive orders since he took office in January 2023. These executive orders relate to diversity, equity, and inclusion, economic growth, education, establishing standard [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/Rawf8 On Tuesday, March 15, 2022, the U.S. Senate passed the Sunshine Protection Act which would make daylight savings time (DST) permanent for the entire nation beginning in 2023. The Senate passed [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/winyuu Despite having been widely observed in the United States since at least the 19th century, state legislatures are continuing to make tweaks to laws affecting Halloween, celebrated every year on October 31. [...]

Photo credit: iStock.com/BruceStanfield For Halloween 2021, DMGS reviewed legislation introduced by Massachusetts state lawmakers that would have exonerated an accused witch from the Salem Witch Trials. The Salem Witch Trials began in 1692 and involved over 150 [...]