With President Trump back in the White House, this year has brought a barrage of executive orders and edicts that target workers. Trump reduced the minimum wage for federal contractors, made major ...

A new year means new legislation will take effect. Here's a look at some of the most impactful new laws that residents throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware will see take effect in 2026.

From responding to the Trump administration to grappling with the affordability crisis in the state, Massachusetts policy makers have dealt with a host of issues and challenges in 2025. State agency ...

BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Heading into the new year, some Louisiana laws are going into effect on Dec. 31 and Jan. 1, 2026. During the 2025 regular and special sessions, Gov. Jeff Landry ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed several new bills into law in 2025, with many of them addressing issues that continue to impact Californians such as consumer protections, labor and workplace ...

New state laws on cell phones in schools, health care reforms and transgender people went into effect Thursday. North Carolina now only recognizes two genders, male and female, based on biological sex ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The new year is bringing several changes to South Carolina law, with major legislation taking effect Jan. 1 and more set to roll out later in 2026. One of the most significant changes ...

(WHTM) — Pennsylvanians may remember the last half of 2025 for its political gridlock as state legislators worked to pass a budget. However, lawmakers managed to get a number of bills on Gov. Josh ...

Next to a vacuum business on busy Locust Street in Davenport is a glass-windowed storefront that advertises such services as deep-tissue massages, essential-oil massages, back walking and foot ...

Multiple states will increase minimum wages and expand worker protections in 2026. California will implement new laws affecting renters, students and consumers. Other states are enacting changes to ...

The law is called "Safe At Home." It says that if there is a child 18 or younger in the home that guns must be locked up or otherwise secured. The previous age was 13. The goal is to reduce the number ...

Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there is an armed conflict with suspected drug runners, the laws of war bar “perfidy.” Even accepting the Trump administration’s claim that there ...