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Indiana Senate advances bell-to-bell school cellphone limits

Image Herald-Argus 23 Jan 2026
INDIANAPOLIS — A divided Indiana Senate approved a bill Tuesday to tighten school cellphone restrictions, advancing the proposal to the House despite concerns about safety, cost and enforcement ... .
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EDITORIAL: Lawmakers pleased with cellphone ban

Image McAlester News-Capital 23 Jan 2026
We might still be a few years out on having all the data to tell us if bell-to-bell cellphone bans "worked" for Oklahoma public schools but in the meantime, it kinda seems like it ... .
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New cellphone policy wins support of teachers, principals

Image Elko Daily Free Press 23 Jan 2026
A presentation to trustees on Tuesday showed the shift to the new policy appears to have significantly reduced cellphone-related bullying during school hours and teachers favor enforcement of the policy ... .
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Voices: As a student, I’ve seen how cellphone bans improve classrooms. But a ‘bell-to-bell’ ban ...

The Salt Lake Tribune 23 Jan 2026
I was born in 2009, two years after the first iPhone was released and took the world by storm. Suddenly, the world was more connected than ever before, and as technology grew and adapted, our culture grew and adapted with it. .
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Bills banning cellphones in Michigan classrooms head to Whitmer after near unanimous vote

Michigan Live 23 Jan 2026
LANSING, MI – A pair of bills limiting the use of cellphones in classrooms received near-unanimous support in the Michigan Senate today, each passing by a vote of 34-1.
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American Sign Language and 13 additional languages part of order to expand cellphone emergency alerts

Newsday 23 Jan 2026
In a move that city and state officials hope will save lives, the Federal Communications Commission this week published a long-delayed order mandating the expansion of cellphone emergency alerts to ...
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Indiana Senate advances bell-to-bell school cellphone limits despite bipartisan concerns

Image Goshen News 22 Jan 2026
INDIANAPOLIS — A divided Indiana Senate approved a bill Tuesday to tighten school cellphone restrictions, advancing the proposal to the House despite concerns about safety, cost and enforcement ... .
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Report: Cellphone or mobile device usage may have contributed to fatal crash

Image The Lufkin News 22 Jan 2026
Editor's note. We've corrected this story to state that the crash occurred on College Drive ....
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After missed emails, lengthy records requests, Kelso issues cellphones for councilmembers

Image TDN 22 Jan 2026
Deputy Mayor Lisa Alexander requested the devices after the last meeting in which she said she fielded questions from concerned citizens about a council email she couldn't read until after work ....
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Immigration enforcement, school cellphone ban on agenda as Hawaii lawmakers convene

Hawaii Tribune-Herald 22 Jan 2026
Dozens of bills are positioned to be introduced in the Hawaii legislative session that began ...
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Federal health agencies row back on cellphone safety assurances: New radiation review begins

Sott 22 Jan 2026
Federal health agencies have quietly rolled back years of public-facing assurances that cellphone radiation poses no health risks, as the U.S.
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Cellphone health risks are focus of new government study: ‘Very concerned’

New York Post 22 Jan 2026
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is launching a study on whether radiation from cellphones could harm Americans’ health ... cellphone radiation could harm Americans’ health.
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