A new law is closing what some officials have called a loophole in California’s plastic bag ban. Senate Bill 1053 was passed ...

A wave of new state laws taking effect in 2026 covers everything from wages and workplace protections to gender-neutral ...

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New year, new laws — Montgomery County’s plastic bag ban is now in effect. News4’s Jackie Bensen reports. It's out with the ...

The backstory: The law began as Senate Bill 53, authored by state Sen. Scott Wiener, a Democrat from San Francisco, to ...

For more than two decades, Chico entrepreneur Andy Keller has had a simple answer to the familiar grocery-store question: ...

That’s because California is finally closing a major loophole in its plastic bag ban. Starting on Jan. 1, stores will be ...

Shopping bags are going 100% paper for 10 cents apiece statewide in California on New Years’ Day. Some consumers say they ...

Plastic quietly piles up in Vietnam’s cities, a relentless tide of thin shopping bags, foam food containers and disposable ...

January is a great time of year to pick off decluttering projects, big and small. The new year, new you vibe can transform a ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - With the New Year just days away, there are several new laws in California that will affect you and your ...

Hundreds of bills signed into law by Gov. Gavin Newsom are set to take effect in California in 2026. The list of new laws, ...