California advances first-in-nation plan to set water budgets for cities statewide
California officials have approved the first-ever regulations that impose long-term limits on the amount of water the state’s municipal utilities can use annually. The State Water Resources Control Board unanimously approved a major water-saving measure on Wednesday that is expected to save about 500,000 acre-feet of water annually by 2040. According to the water authority, […]
Massachusetts 911 System Suffers Statewide Outage Caused by Malfunctioning Firewall
On Tuesday afternoon, Massachusetts’ emergency calling system was disrupted across the state due to a firewall failure at Comtech, the state’s 911 vendor. Ars Technical Reports The Massachusetts government issued a press release this week detailing the cause of a two-hour 911 outage that affected the entire state. According to the statement, a preliminary investigation […]
ICE Nabs 5 Illegal Immigrants Wanted For Murder In Statewide Sweep
Federal immigration authorities announced a slate of recent arrests that took five illegal immigrants wanted for murder out of American communities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents arrested three Mexican nationals and two Honduran nationals over a two-week time period in late May and early June in Texas, the agency announced. Among those apprehended by […]
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore establishes statewide gun violence prevention center
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, signed a bill earlier this week creating the first statewide gun violence prevention center. The project is called the Firearm Violence Prevention and Intervention Center and will be operated within the Maryland Department of Health. Its mission is to “strengthen and better coordinate Maryland’s public health approach to preventing […]
Lawsuit alleges decades of child sex abuse at Illinois juvenile detention centers statewide
Child sexual abuse has been widespread and systematic for decades in Illinois juvenile detention centers, a lawsuit filed Monday by 95 men and women who were incarcerated there as children says. This was clarified by the description that should be given. The complaint alleges gang rapes, forced oral sex, beatings and molestation of children, and […]
Pennsylvania governor announces new renewable energy standard, endorses statewide carbon-capping market
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D) on Wednesday supported a statewide carbon trading market, but appeared skeptical of the regional markets embraced by his predecessor. Speaking in Scranton, Shapiro supported the bill pending in the state Legislature. The bill would create a state-wide carbon-capped regulated market, the proceeds of which would be paid in rebates to […]
Statewide legal sports betting underway in North Carolina
Mobile and online sports betting began across North Carolina on Monday, with several licensed gambling operators beginning to place bets, nine months after a law was enacted to allow such activities across the state. Several interactive sports betting operators and their affiliates, including some of the largest players in the growing legalized gambling field, held […]
Haley’s first statewide victory, surprise loss for Biden round out top moments from Super Tuesday
Former President Donald Trump and President Biden continued their march toward their respective party’s presidential nominations largely unhindered this Super Tuesday, with both men facing nearly every election on the biggest primary night of 2024. won the war. Former United Nations Ambassador nikki haleyBiden’s leading challengers, looking for a glimmer of success after touting the […]
NE bill seeks to allow armed teachers in schools statewide
Nebraska community grapples with severe ambulance shortage Emergency Medical Technician Rose Chappell and NASEMSO Deputy Executive Director Andy Guinup join FOX & Friends First to find out why one town has long wait times for emergency services and what they are doing to alleviate the shortage. We talked about what we could do. A bill […]
PA statewide court agency’s website hit by disabling cyberattack
The Pennsylvania Office of Courts’ website has been hit by a cyber attack that disabled some online systems, officials said. The attack sparked an investigation by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the FBI. Chief Justice Debra Todd described the attack as a “denial of service” cyberattack, in which attackers overwhelm a targeted host […]