(The Center Square) – In the wake of new laws protecting sex workers in California, one Golden State lawmaker wants to give law enforcement agencies the tools they need to understand and combat ...

Gwendolen Reyes-Illg and Cameron Krier Massey. (Veterinary Association for Farm Animal Welfare photo) Ask any veterinarian about their professional oath, and they will describe a commitment to protect ...

Living close to nature is a major draw in Colorado. But it also increases the likelihood of human-wildlife conflicts. On Monday, the House Agriculture, Water & Natural Resources Committee advanced ...

DENVER (KDVR) — A proposed bill making its way through the state legislature is taking aim at human and bear interactions, trying to mitigate the safety risk, as Colorado Parks and Wildlife said those ...

A proposed bill making its way through the state legislature is taking aim at human and bear interactions, trying to mitigate the safety risk, as Colorado Parks and Wildlife said those conflicts are ...

A Silicon Valley lawmaker wants to require robotaxis like Google’s Waymo to hire human operators to be on standby locally in case the system goes haywire – like it did last winter when a blackout in ...

State and local officials from Manchester, as well as “The Pickle Guy,” were in Concord Tuesday to testify in favor of a so-called “Pickle Bill” that would prohibit municipalities from requiring ...

State legislators discussed several bills centered on school property tax rates, while the House cleared a bill centered on health care coverage for PrEP and PEP medication and two constitutional ...

I’m old enough to remember a time in American politics when leaders and candidates felt free to criticize the records and positions of those who disagreed with them without resorting to disgusting ...

India’s parliament passed a bill this week that changes how transgender people are legally recognized and removes their right to self-identification. If the bill becomes law, it will be a major ...

Sen. Matthew Lesser, D-Middletown, and Rep. Jillian Gilchrest, D-West Hartford, co-chairs of the Human Services Committee, speak at a rally in front of the state Capitol in 2025. Credit: Shahrzad ...

New legislation that was drafted in direct response to a yearlong Turn To Tara investigation into human trafficking is moving ahead in Albany. The New York State Assembly unanimously passed a bill ...