new laws

In the long battle to bring industrial hemp farming back to the United States, the latest victories have been in Kentucky, but changes are still needed at the federal level to allow any U.S. farmers to grow it.

A brief recap of the major 2012 news stories taking place around the U.S.

Emergency legislation promised by Chancellor George Osborne will allow supermarkets and other big stores to open all day on Sunday during the London Olympics and Paralympics.

About a dozen new laws took effect when the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve, including the middle-class tax cut package.