It was in July that Georgia lawmakers passed the Hands-Free Georgia Act, which prevented drivers from holding a phone while driving. Although drivers can still use certain features of their phone, such as listening to a playlist or using a GPS, they can only do so while using a hands-free device. Now after data has […]
It is something that has likely happened to many Mississippians that have health insurance. You go to the doctor, get a bill, and insurance pays for a portion of it. A short time after, you receive a bill for the remaining balance owed to the healthcare provider. This is a practice that is known as balance […]
In 2014, California voters passed Proposition 47, which reclassifies certain crimes as a misdemeanor rather than a felony. The change meant several things. Firstly, it allowed some individuals charged with drug possession offenses and certain theft offenses to face lesser charges. It also meant that anyone serving a jail sentence at the time the law […]
With recreational marijuana already being legal in ten states, and New Jersey soon to pass legislation to increase that number to 11, Florida lawmakers are starting to discuss their options. Two bills were introduced into the legislator in February of 2019 that focus on legalizing recreational marijuana and taxing it to benefit the State. “Both […]
Texas has a problem. The state leads the entire country in traffic deaths, and the numbers are staggering. One person has died every day on Texas roads since the year 2000. In 2017 alone, nearly 4,000 people died on Texas roads, and that was a year when fatalities around the state actually dropped. The numbers […]