Did you know that eight states now require women seeking an abortion to undergo an ultrasound first? From AllGov‘s Matt Bewig, they are: Virginia, Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. Texas also requires the ultrasound technician to display and describe the resulting image, while similar laws in North Carolina and Oklahoma are currently…
Category: Laws
At CNET’s SXSW ‘big data’ panel, sparks fly over privacy
Daniel Terdiman reports: Representatives from opposite sides in the “big data” privacy debate tangled Sunday over whether a proposed White House “privacy bill of rights” is necessary to keep Americans safe online. During a “big data” panel sponsored by CNET at South by Southwest, Brian Szoka, president of the non-partisan, non-profit, tech policy think tank,…
Houston lawmaker will try to close loophole exposing juveniles’ records
Jennifer Radcliffe reports that State Rep. Sylvester Turner will seek to close a loophole in Texas law that makes personal information of juveniles charged with certain crimes accessible to the public. Read more on The Houston Chronicle.
Florida first state to randomly drug-test state workers
James L. Rosica of Associated Press reports that Florida has become the first state to enact a law allowing state agencies to be randomly drug test employees. So to get a job in 2013, you may have to give up your social media and e-mail logins… You may have to consent to being drug-tested…. You…