The nationally-watched case of a Harvey fourth-grader suspended in a BB gun controversy arrived at the State Capitol on Wednesday when a House committee approved a bill that would give students and families more appeal rights. The measure, House Bill 83, would also require school boards to revamp discipline policies […]
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California governor signs corporate boardroom diversity law
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Hundreds of California-based corporations must have directors from racial or sexual minorities on their boards under a first-in-the-nation bill signed Wednesday by Gov. Gavin Newsom. The diversity legislation is similar to a 2018 measure that required boardrooms to have at least one female director by 2019. […]
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Self- regulation of the internet must come to an end through an online harms law that delivers meaningful and lasting change
There is no greater priority for the NSPCC than making sure our children are safe from abuse online. Children are being groomed at scale on social networks, child abuse images are being freely produced but not consistently taken down and vulnerable young people are being exposed to highly disturbing content […]
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Gavin Newsom signs CA law inspired by Kobe Bryant crash
Gov. Gavin Newsom this week signed a law crafted in the aftermath of the helicopter crash that Kobe Bryant’s that prohibits police, firefighters and paramedics from taking unauthorized pictures of dead bodies. First responders under the new law can be charged with misdemeanor crimes and face penalties of up to […]