July 23, 2024

Michelle Cox was in disbelief when a U.S. Department of Labor official told her earlier this year she was violating federal law by employing 14- and 15-year-olds past 7 p.m. on school nights. Cox, the owner of a Subway franchise in Maquoketa, Iowa, knew the state Legislature had made substantial changes to state labor laws…

Leader of key House committee plans to sponsor bill applying NC rules for alcohol-monitoring to social services. DSS agency buy-in uncertain. NC legislator backs bill to apply alcohol-monitoring to social services. No clear signal from DSS agencies. …

The more than $1 billion in federal money Deputy Mayor Meera Joshi has won for New York City under the federal infrastructure law — one of President Joe Biden’s most important accomplishments — will buy electric vehicles, reduce freight transport carbon emissions, make ports more energy efficient, plan the overhaul of expressways that have divided communities…

State lawmakers are advancing two bills aimed at protecting children from the harms of social media, part of a nationwide wave of efforts to address the issue. Yet the bills’ proponents face hurdles in finding an approach that can survive legal challenges from the tech industry.

Although Novo Nordisk and Lilly lump together the pharmacies that compound semaglutide and tirzepatide with internet cowboys selling fake drugs, there is a distinction. The FDA has offered Americans little clarity about the vast gray and black markets for the drugs.

Here’s what the two parties say about economic issues that relate directly to rural Virginia. The post What the Republican and Democratic platforms say (indirectly) about Southwest and Southside Virginia appeared first on Cardinal News.

The two parties in a lawsuit challenging the results of a recent primary election sought access to records that they hope will help resolve the case. The post Hearing held in contested Lynchburg GOP primary ahead of August trial appeared first on Cardinal News.

A Martinsville teacher is preparing for the release of her first book, a collection of stories from her native Patrick County. The post New anthology collects long-forgotten stories of Patrick County appeared first on Cardinal News.