Governor Northam signs single-use plastic ban
Consumer choice advocate weighs in Executive Order 77 aims to prevent single-use plastic waste at universities and state agencies. (Source: wvir) By Caitlin Piemme | April 29, 2021 at 10:30 PM EDT - Updated April 29 at 10:46 PM
HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed an executive order banning single-use plastics at state agencies to help decrease pollution. One advocacy worker says this action may cause more harm than good.
“Alternatives to single-use plastics aren’t always environmentally advantageous. They’re not always better for the environment, in comparison to single-use plastic items,” said North American Sales Manager for Consumer Choice Center David Clement.
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As expected, today Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (the Act ) into
law, though the Act will not go into effect until January 1,
2023. As a result, Virginia becomes the second state in the
United States to enact a data privacy law that purports to regulate
the collection, use, and disclosure of the personal data of its
residents generally. See our previous post for a summary and analysis of
the Act s key provisions and a discussion of how the Act
Rally to support Portsmouth man s release from prison
By: Jessica Larche
and last updated 2021-04-30 06:34:14-04
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A rally to support a Portsmouth man s plea to be released from prison is set for Saturday at 1 p.m. at Portsmouth City Hall. Friends, family and some state lawmakers say Ronald Davis 80 year prison sentence for a string of armed robberies when he was a high school senior was too excessive.
âI deserve a punishment. Robbery is a serious crime deserving a serious punishment, but to have my whole life taken away from me as an 18-year-old child [is excessive],â said inmate Ronald Davis, who has served 23 years in prison to date for the 1997 robberies. âI don`t deserve this.â
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House passes Secure and Fair Enforcement (SAFE) Banking Act to protect proceeds from state-legal cannabis businesses from operation of money laundering laws, but has an unclear path in the Senate
Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Sens. Booker and Wyden expected to introduce comprehensive cannabis reform legislation over objections from some Democratic colleagues
Adult-use cannabis now legal in 17 US states, including, most recently, in New York, New Mexico and Virginia
Florida Supreme Court strikes down ballot initiative that would have allowed Floridians to vote to legalize cannabis for adult use
Study finds 25 percent of Americans have consumed cannabis, up 56 percent since 2018
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Throughout the month of March, states continued to introduce new
privacy laws of their own as Congress focused on enacting President
Biden s $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief plan H.R. 1319, the American Rescue Plan Act of
2021 which President Biden signed into law on March 11.
The last month notably featured several key developments in
California, as the state announced the establishment of the
five-member inaugural board for the California Privacy Protection
Agency (CPPA), a new administrative agency created by the
California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA) and charged with implementing