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Tag: Crackdown

Biden admin punts major power plant crackdown until after 2024 election

The Biden administration is working to finalize most of its proposed environmental regulations targeting existing fossil fuel-fired power plants by after the next election. In an unexpected announcement Thursday evening, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) unveiled a “new” approach to regulating emissions from fossil fuel plants that generate more than 60% of the nation’s electricity. […]

Ghana’s LGBTQ crackdown draws ire of UN, international rights groups

A bill criminalizing LGBTQ+ people and their allies in Ghana drew international condemnation after it was passed by parliament on Thursday, with the United Nations calling it “extremely alarming” and urging it not to become law. I asked for it. The bill expands criminal sanctions against lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people simply for […]

Fargo loses challenge to North Dakota’s crackdown on local gun control laws

State District Judge Shelley Clark dismissed Fargo’s lawsuit against a North Dakota law limiting local gun control measures. The challenged law prohibits zoning ordinances related to guns and ammunition, and Fargo state law prohibits the sale of firearms from residential buildings. “While the court agrees that (the North Dakota Constitution) contemplates “maximum local autonomy,” this […]

CO lawmakers eye regulatory funeral home crackdown over mishandled remains cases

Following two horrific incidents in which funeral home owners mishandled bodies and cremated remains, Colorado lawmakers on Wednesday sought to tighten the state’s lax regulations that have failed to prevent the horrific incidents. Ta. At a hearing, a bipartisan House committee spoke about a bill that would bring Colorado’s regulations more in line with nearly […]

Biden admin reportedly doubling down on gas car crackdown

The Biden administration is poised to soon finalize tailpipe emissions standards for gasoline-powered vehicles that consumer advocates and energy industry groups have called a “de facto electric vehicle mandate.” The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) tailpipe emissions proposal, submitted in recent weeks to the White House Office of Management and Budget for final review, would target […]

Wall Street firms hit with $81M in fines in latest WhatsApp, texting crackdown

A new group of Wall Street firms has agreed to pay more than $81 million in civil penalties to resolve Securities and Exchange Commission charges that they failed to meet record-keeping obligations, regulators announced Friday. Settlements with broker-dealers and investment advisers such as Oppenheimer and U.S. Bancorp are part of an SEC investigation into how […]