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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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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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HHS Announces New Study of Cellphone Radiation and Health

Slashdot 21 Jan 2026
health officials plan a new study investigating whether radiation from cellphones may affect human health ... Kennedy Jr., who has linked cellphone use to neurological damage and cancer.
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Limiting immigration enforcement, school cellphone ban among key bills

Star Advertiser 21 Jan 2026
Dozens of bills are positioned to be introduced in the legislative session that begins ...
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Senate advances bell-to-bell school cellphone limits

Image The Elkhart Truth 21 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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