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Bill on mandatory school vaccinations advances over GOP complaints
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In February 2020, thousands of people gathered in the State Capitol complex to protest a bill that would repeal the religious exemption from mandatory childhood vaccinations. The bill was abandoned when the General Assembly ended its session in the pandemic, but this year the bill is heading for a vote in the House of Representatives.Ken Dixon /Show MoreShow Less
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State Sen. Cathy Osten, D-Sprague, co-chairman of the Appropriations Committee.Arielle Levin Becker / THE CT MIRRORShow MoreShow Less
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Republicans opposed to legislation that would require public school students to submit to mandatory inoculations for childhood diseases charged Thursday that estimates on the cost of the proposal are much too low.
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Published April 06. 2021 4:25PM
A bill that would prohibit the selling of flavored cigarettes, tobacco products, e-cigarettes, and vapor products appears to have momentum in the General Assembly. But could a report by the Office of Fiscal Analysis that warns of a substantial loss in tax revenue derail legislation? We certainly hope not.
Manufacturers produce flavored tobacco and e-cigarette products to make smoking and vaping more attractive, particularly to young people. Once addicted, they become reliable customers. Quitting is possible, of course, but it is not easy.
That is why these products should be banned.
From 2017-2019, e-cigarette use among high school students more than doubled to 1 in 4, and 83% of them are using flavored products, according to the Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids. These products come in a wide variety of youth-friendly flavors, such as cotton candy, strawberry shortcake, peanut butter, etc. Likewise, cigars targeted at teens and young adults come in
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Keypoint: It was another busy week with developments in Washington, Florida, Oklahoma, Alaska, Nevada, and Rhode Island.
For the sixth week in a row, we are providing an update on the status of proposed CCPA-like privacy legislation. Before we get to our update, we wanted to provide three notes.
First, we are pleased to announce the results of our poll on whether to call Virginia’s new privacy law – the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act – the CDPA or VCDPA. By an overwhelming 85-15% margin readers prefer VCDPA to CDPA.