Few Hawaii drivers get tickets after first day of cell phone ban - Honolulu Advertiser
Honolulu police issued only 50 citations in the first four days of a new law banning hand-held cell phones and other electronic devices in vehicles. Kailua and Hawai’i Kai motorists were ticketed the most with 10 citations each from July 1 to 4, said

Renewable enthusiasm Vermont’s green energy law draws interest - Times-Argus
MONTPELIER – If you help them build it, they will come. Dozens of environmental and renewable energy contractors flocked to a day-long session at the Statehouse Friday with the Vermont Public Service Board to hear about a new state law aimed at

Path to Court: Speak Capably but Say Little - New York Times
Judge Sonia Sotomayor on Capitol Hill last month. Final preparations are under way in the Senate room where Judge Sotomayor’s nomination hearing will begin on Monday. Senators are expected to start questioning her on Tuesday. “The approach was to

Conn. towns worry about probate cuts - Hartford Courant
WASHINGTON, Conn. - Probate Judge Victoria M. Cherniske finds herself in an unusual bind for an elected official who’s never lost a race. She’s pretty sure she’ll be out of a job a year from November. She doesn’t take it personally, but she doesn’t

Law enforcement targetting Upper Cleveland County - Shelby Star
Cleveland County Sheriff’s Office officials are saying you might want to think again. Deputies are focusing a lot of energy on the upper end of the county, especially after traffic fatalities in recent months, officials said. “We’re just trying

Congress Rebukes Obama on Dictatorial Claim - New American
The U.S. House of Representatives on July 9 voted almost unanimously to rebuke President Barack Obama over his June 26 signing statement openly declaring that he could ignore provisions of the law he was signing. The bipartisan 429-2 vote was a

Murfreesboro opts out of guns in parks law - WAFF
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. (AP) - The Murfreesboro City Council has voted to opt out of a law that allows handgun permit holders to carry weapons in state and local parks in Tennessee. Vice Mayor Chris Bratcher said the 6-1 vote Thursday night was not