D.C. is OK with the idea of taxing plastic bags, but California’s Senate simply didn’t have the votes to ban them entirely. The bill failed last night.
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5¢amount shoppers have to pay to get a plastic bag at any store in D.C.; yes, it’s annoying, but at least it’s encouraging people to use fabric bags instead source
$300amount cell phone companies could soon pay in San Francisco for not posting information about cell phone radiation levels; this also sounds annoying source