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A new California bill will permit registered voters to indefinitely vote by mail in statewide and local elections beginning Jan. 1, 2022. The law will require the state to send ballots to nearly 22 million registered voters in June and November during the ...

Senate Bill 9—Toni Atkins (D-San Diego) SB 9 allows homeowners to build duplexes or fourplexes on their single-family ...

CANBERRA, Australia—Visitors to New Zealand can be fined 5,000 New Zealand dollars ($3,243) for refusing to provide passwords ...

In the long battle to bring industrial hemp farming back to the United States, the latest victories have ...

A brief recap of the major 2012 news stories taking place around the U.S.

Emergency legislation promised by Chancellor George Osborne will allow supermarkets and other big stores to open all day ...

About a dozen new laws took effect when the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, including the ...