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A bipartisan effort to curb protests outside of people’s homes is taking a new form. The new bill would make it a misdemeanor for anyone to share a person’s address with the intent to harass or intimidate them or picket at their home. A previous proposal would outlaw picketing in front of a private home, as well as the next home over. “This still targets the practice without specifically forbidding the practice. It’s an attempt to take a softer touch,” said Rep. Greg Chaney (R-Caldwell), one of the bill’s sponsors. The measure to outright ban targeted picketing initially passed ou...

Preaching vaccines, bonnet scheme, well water: News from around our 50 states From USA TODAY Network and wire reports, USA TODAY Alabama Montgomery: The state health officer said Friday that he is cautiously optimistic about improving COVID-19 numbers but urged people to maintain precautions such as wearing masks and avoiding crowds. “This is the most optimistic we’ve been, I think, maybe since this all began,” Dr. Scott Harris said. Three major barometers of the pandemic’s severity – hospitalizations, daily new cases and coronavirus test percent positivity – have ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A bill to make illegal demonstrating at a person’s residence...

SPR's Doug Nadvornick reports. An Idaho House committee voted Friday to make it illegal for protestors to picket in front of someone’s home. The so-called “targeted picketing” bill is a response to two recent Covid-related protests in the Boise area. In one case, protesters targeted a police officer who had arrested a woman for trespassing in a closed city park. In the second, people gathered outside the home of a health district board member while the board was meeting. She rushed home to protect her children. That case is similar to a protest last July outside the home of former Spok...

1:15 Tensions were high at the outset. The bill from Rep. Greg Chaney (R-Caldwell) would make it a misdemeanor to target anyone – whether they’re a public official or not – and picket in front of their home. Chaney said he’s not trying to demonize anyone over their outrage due to COVID-19 restrictions. “But even the Nazi Party started with good-intentioned persons who were frustrated and they were used over time to allow bad people to take power,” he said. The bill stems from several protests last year at the homes of elected and appointed officials, and even a police officer, due...