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Ban the Box is an American campaign by advocates for ex-offenders aimed at removing the check box that asking applicants about their potential criminal record from hiring applications. Its purpose is to enable ex-offenders to display their qualifications in the hiring process before being asked about their criminal records.
As of May 2024, 12 states in the United States (California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington) have banned single-use plastic bags. [6] In Nigeria, reports shows that over 60 million plastic sachets are used and disposed daily, [1] and only about 12% is recycled ...
January 1, 2024 Plastic bag ban. 10-cent fee for paper bags. [253] Borough of Doylestown: December 19, 2022 June 17, 2023 Single-use plastic bag ban. [254] Doylestown Township: May 21, 2024 November 17, 2024 Single-use plastic bag ban. Five-cent fee for paper or reusable bag. [255] [256] Easttown Township: June 20, 2022 January 1, 2023 Plastic ...
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YORK, Maine — A single-use plastics ban, rules for short-term rentals like the ones on Airbnb, and a new athletic complex are among the issues voters will decide at the May 18 referendum ...
Louisiana allowed House Bill 266, a "ban the box" policy that holds up the question "have you ever been convicted of a felony" on employment applications to give a fair chance to those that have. In 2016, they also passed Senate Bill 324, changing the age for juveniles to be considered criminally responsible to 18.
Here is what advocates in gun policy had to say about the 2024 legislative year and a look at some laws coming into effect in the new year ... Kentucky is one of 10 states that passed an MCC ban ...
The law codifies extended producer responsibility (EPR) requirements for plastics, including a requirement that polystyrene be banned if recycling rates do not reach 25% by 2025. Recycling rates averaged 6% at passage, leading some to call the law a 'de facto ban', anticipating an inability to comply within three years. [97] [98]