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$10 Minimum Wage Proposed by Michigan Democrats

$10 Minimum Wage Proposed by Michigan Democrats

By Josh Wolford April 12, 2013 | 45 Comments

Michigan lawmakers are looking to raise their state’s minimum wage as debate heats up across the country over how the current rate and any changes to it would affect workers. The proposed bill looks to set the new minimum wage …

Google Could Stop Linking To French Publishers Google Could Stop Linking To French Publishers
By · October 19, 2012 · 7 Comments

Google prepared a note about a proposal by French lawmakers and backed by French news publsihers, which want search engines to license all of their content. Publishers want to be paid for the privilege of linking to their content. Obviously, …

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Self-Driving Cars Clear Another Hurdle in California Self-Driving Cars Clear Another Hurdle in California
By · August 31, 2012 · 1 Comment

In March, a California State Senator introduced legislation that aimed to force the Department of the California Highway Patrol to adopt safety standards and requirements for autonomous vehicles, aka self-driving cars. And now, that bill has been passed an sent …

Technology
Town To Ticket Texters For Distracted Walking Town To Ticket Texters For Distracted Walking
By · May 10, 2012 · 2 Comments

While some states have already cracked down on texting while driving, and the NTSB and the Dept. of Transportation are looking to impose nationwide bans on cellphone use while driving, one small town is looking to tackle pedestrians as well …

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Nationwide Cellphone Use While Driving Ban Proposed Nationwide Cellphone Use While Driving Ban Proposed
By · April 27, 2012 · 6 Comments

In today’s installment of the “good luck with that” files, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has come out in favor of an all-out ban of the use of cellphones while driving. This would prohibit anyone from using their device …

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New Bill Seeks To Put Warning Labels On Games New Bill Seeks To Put Warning Labels On Games
By · March 20, 2012

After the Supreme Court ruling and a wide variety of other laws attempting to police video games getting thrown out, you would think the blokes in Congress would finally learn. H.R. 4204 proves they have not learned a thing. Congressmen …

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German Lawmakers May Be Jeopardizing Search German Lawmakers May Be Jeopardizing Search
By · March 9, 2012

News aggregation as we know it, and possibly even search as we know it, may be in danger – at least in Germany. German lawmakers are reportedly kicking around new legislation, which if turned into law, would require a news …

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Japan Is Concerned Over Google's Privacy Policy Japan Is Concerned Over Google's Privacy Policy
By · March 1, 2012

Everybody is getting so worked up over the new Google privacy policy that’s going live today. First it was the European Union and the FTC who came out against it and now it seems that Japan doesn’t like it that …

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Hawaii Could Force ISPs To Log All Browsing History, Indefinitely Hawaii Could Force ISPs To Log All Browsing History, Indefinitely
By · January 26, 2012 · 2 Comments

In the current political climate, with all the buzz about SOPA & PIPA and now H.R.1981 & ACTA, Hawaii state representative John Mizuno has to be outside of his mind to introduce a comical piece of legislation like H.B. 2288. …

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No Hands-Free Devices For Drivers Idea Fails To Win Public Support No Hands-Free Devices For Drivers Idea Fails To Win Public Support
By · January 17, 2012

There are plenty of things that a driver can do to distract him/herself to a dangerous degree – texting, disciplining children, drinking beer, eating a meatball sub, etc. And while most people can agree that first thing on that list, …

Should Teachers And Students Be Friends on Facebook? Should Teachers And Students Be Friends on Facebook?
By · August 1, 2011 · 6

My 20-something-year-old friend is a high school history teacher. That means that he is not that far removed from high school himself – and definitely not that much older than the students in his classes. It also means that some …

N.J. Sexting Bill Would Send Teens to Sexting School N.J. Sexting Bill Would Send Teens to Sexting School
By · June 29, 2011 · 3

We all know that technology has made it so much easier these days for kids. I’m not even that old and I remember when I had to leave a message with my friend’s mom and wait for them to call …

FTC Guidelines Raise Big Blogging Questions
By · December 26, 2009 · 82

Update 3: The new FTC Guidelines went into effect this week. A recent WebProNews interview with Wendy Piersall, Founder of the Woo! Jr. Network, looks at some interesting points about them that you may not have considered – some "gray areas" if you will.

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