Nearly 150 laws went into effect in Florida on July 1, including a wide variety of new crimes, harsher penalties, and changes to law enforcement.

Senate Bill 1247 brings Arizona into compliance with a 2019 federal law that made 21 the legal age for tobacco purchases. But many retailers either ignored the law or didn't check a purchaser's age.

A mandate for schools to have panic buttons and a rule on transgender student athletes are among many new laws taking effect ...

From sirens to texts, Baylor’s emergency alert system covers it all. Find out how it works and how to register for real-time ...

To the west, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) is facing its own set of reliability challenges as heat ...

Moving to a software- rather than hardware-based operation is not a bad idea. However, a lot of research, development and ...

The FCC has delayed implementing its multilingual emergency alerts system — making non-English speakers vulnerable during ...

It's unclear why the FCC has delayed updating the wireless emergency alert system. ... That rule was set to go into effect this January, but it hasn't happened yet.

Life Alert Emergency Response, Inc. launched the first personal emergency response system (PERS) in 1987. Since then, it has become a trusted service for older adults and people with medical ...