AUSTIN, Texas — House Bill 5 was the hours-long topic of discussion at the Texas state capitol Wednesday as Texans voiced their opinions on the proposed hemp ban legislation. HB-5 aims to ban the ...

Expected debate on SB 5 put on hold Monday as Texas Senate adjourned until Wednesday SB 5 as currently written has been described as a near-total ban on hemp products containing THC The clock on the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. The Texas Senate on Wednesday preliminarily approved its second ...

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas Senate gave initial approval to a bill Wednesday that would ban consumable hemp products containing THC, the compound in cannabis that can get users high. Senate Bill 5, by ...

In a move that has ignited a storm of opposition from Indigenous communities and environmental groups, Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government passed Bill 5 on Wednesday (June 4). Formally ...

Now that Ontario's controversial Bill 5 is law, all eyes are on what Premier Doug Ford does with the new powers it gives his government. Bill 5, also called the Protecting Ontario by Unleashing Our ...

TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nearly a thousand voting delegates at CUPE Ontario’s annual convention last week unanimously adopted an emergency resolution to oppose and defeat the Ford Conservatives’ Bill ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. (LEX18) — More than a year after Kentucky implemented House Bill 5, known as the anti-camping law that prevents unhoused people from street camping, those experiencing homelessness say ...

Martina Jakubchik-Paloheimo works in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change (EUC) at York University as a Postdoctoral Fellow, facilitating a collaborative project on human-polar bear ...

Ontario passed Bill 5, the Protect Ontario by Unleashing Our Economy Act, in June 2025. The omnibus bill amended environmental laws and proposes “special economic zones” where the government can ...

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