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 manufacturing, sale, ...

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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 ...

Congressional Republicans have passed their domestic policy bill that makes sweeping changes to entitlement programs like Medicaid and SNAP, significantly increases funding for the administration’s ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ontario’s Bill 5 eliminates key environmental protections and grants the provincial government sweeping powers to fast-track ...

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 ...