WASHINGTON (AP) — A bipartisan duo in the the U.S. House is proposing legislation to ban the Chinese artificial intelligence app DeepSeek from federal devices, similar to the policy already in ...

Louisiana lawmakers pushed a bill through the state House of Representatives to ban so-called “chemtrails” over the belief that aircraft exhaust is somehow altering the weather.

The ban was supposed to take effect on July 1, but lawmakers voted with strong bipartisan majorities Sunday morning to pass House Bill 742 to push the ban back until July 2026.

The chemtrail ban heads to the Louisiana Senate despite experts saying chemtrails are only a conspiracy theory.

The Louisiana House gave final legislative approval to $53.5 billion budget package for the upcoming fiscal year without objecting to any of the major changes that the Senate made earlier this week.

A push in Texas to ban social media accounts for children under 18 on platforms such as TikTok, Snapchat and Instagram faded after lawmakers did not take a key vote.

The North Carolina Senate passed a bill to ban shrimp trawling in inland waters, but after fierce opposition from the shrimp industry and some lawmakers, it won't advance in the House.

The bill, which already passed the GOP-controlled state House, sought to go further than a Florida social media ban for minors under 14. Australia banned social media accounts for anyone under 16.

SPRINGFIELD — Illinois lawmakers have decided to delay a ban on “swipe fees” for another year as bankers are locked in a court battle with the state over the ban.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A push in Texas to ban social media accounts for children under 18 has failed after lawmakers did not take a key vote on creating one of the nation's toughest restrictions ...

A push in Texas to ban children under 18 years old from social media platforms has failed at the state Capitol. Lawmakers on Wednesday night did not take a key vote on creating one of the nation ...