Schools across the state will soon have to implement bell-to-bell cell phone bans for their students as part of legislation recently approved in New York State’s 2026 budget. Schools have ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WGN) — Illinois Governor JB Pritzker’s proposal to ban student cell phone usage during class is moving swiftly through Springfield with bipartisan support. And many ...

Cell phones and depression Source: Mart Production/Pexels The Mood-Phone Connection Research consistently demonstrates associations between problematic smartphone use and negative mood states.

HONOLULU (Island News) -- The Hawaii State Department of Education is looking to students, staff and family members for input on cell phone use in schools. The survey results will be used to shape ...

CBC reported Thursday that the Canadian province of Quebec also plans on banning cell phones in schools. Spike O’Neill, co-host of “The Jake and Spike Show” on KIRO Newsradio, agrees that ...

Iowa's public K-12 school districts must adopt policies by July 1 banning cell phones and other electronic devices during class time under a new law signed by Gov. Kim Reynolds. Reynolds proposed ...

OPELIKA, Ala. (WTVM) - School systems in Alabama are developing plans to implement a new law that bans cell phone usage in public schools. The Alabama legislature passed House Bill 166 , called th ...

TUCSON, Ariz. (KVOA) - Arizona schools are preparing for a change as a new law banning cell phones in classrooms takes effect next school year. Schools across the state are rushing to develop ...

(The bill was received in the Rules Committee on Tuesday.) Cell phones do not belong in schools. They are an undeniable distraction, even outside of classroom instruction. Students come to school ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A bill that would make it illegal for South Carolina drivers to hold their cell phones while driving behind the wheel of their car is headed to the governor's desk for his ...

Miní, a wild-born female jaguar, takes an unbelievable journey from the Iberá Wetlands to the Gran Chaco forest to revive a dwindling population of jaguars in Argentina. Conservationists led by the ...

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