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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.
The ban was expanded on January 1, 2021, to include the retail sale of polystyrene foam. [89] American Samoa banned the import, sale, and distribution of polystyrene foam containers on February 6, 2024, taking effect 60 days later. [90] In Hawaii, a de facto ban is in effect after every county enacted polystyrene bans except state-administered ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
On Dec. 9, TikTok and parent company ByteDance asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to pause legislation that could ban the social media app in January, until the ...
The resulting regulatory actions led to the passing of the act on August 28, 1958. As of October 2024, it remains in effect. [1] The law was amended in 2010 to add motion picture box office futures to the list of banned futures contracts, in response to lobbying efforts by the Motion Picture Association of America. [2]
In addition to calling out The New York Times for reporting "false" allegations by Blake Lively, actor Justin Baldoni is sounding off on Ryan Reynolds in his lawsuit. On New Year's Eve, Lively ...