Starting January 1, plastic bags will be banned at stores across California In 2026, public schools statewide must enact policies limiting or banning student cell phone use. California will also ban ...

Banning smartphones has become one of America’s favorite school policies. In 2023, Florida became the first state to prohibit cell phones and similar devices, and since then about 25 other states have ...

Smartphones have undoubtedly transformed the workplace, but their ubiquity comes with a cost: productivity. Research shows that employees can lose hours each day to personal device use, whether ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WAVE) - District leaders are calling it a culture shift within Jefferson County Public Schools. Less than a month into the district’s first school year with a new cellphone ban, JCPS ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Virginia school districts are implementing new cell phone policies in response to state legislation requiring restrictions on mobile device use during school hours. Last summer, ...

Evidence to date finds that the type of radiation you get from your phone isn't likely to increase risk of brain cancer. We asked a cancer expert to put tech's health impacts into context. Jessica was ...

This article has been updated to reflect updates provided by Upper Arlington City Schools and Olentangy Local Schools. The new school year is almost here, and with new Ohio laws surrounding cell phone ...

In New Hampshire, Gov. Kelly Ayotte championed a “bell-to-bell” ban that prohibits cell phone use in schools from arrival to dismissal, with some exceptions. Maine requires school districts to create ...

A Tennessee law banning cell phones and other devices like laptops and smartwatches is in effect. Although individual districts may set their own policies, the law includes a provision allowing ...

A new Tennessee law requires public school districts to implement cell phone bans during class time. While Metro Nashville Public Schools already had cell phone restrictions in place, it updated and ...

North Syracuse, NY - The North Syracuse Central School District is purchasing Yondr pouches for about 3,000 students in grades 8 to 12 to comply with the new cell phone restrictions in schools. Yondr ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - Starting this upcoming school year, Missouri public school students will no longer be allowed to have their phones in school. On Thursday, Gov. Mike Kehoe signed Senate Bill ...