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Event Fundraisers Banned From Minnesota

The NonProfit Times

Creer and Arenson founded RTTC in 2022, after which it organized a motorcycle ride from the Twin Cities to the Buffalo Chip Campground in South Dakota to fundraise for MVF. In 2023, the Attorney General’s Office received a complaint regarding concerns that a donation did not go to MVF, as intended.

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Zamp wants to give online sellers ‘freedom from sales tax’

TechCrunch

As Rohit Bhadange, co-founder and CEO of Zamp , explains, every state, county and city has different tax jurisdictions whose laws businesses must comply with, making over 12,000 taxable districts. They have to do this because of the South Dakota v.

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No porn for you: seven more states push for ID checks on adult websites

TechSpot

After Louisiana became the first state to require that residents provide ID when visiting major online porn sites, Florida, Kansas, South Dakota, and West Virginia introduced similar laws, according to a tracker from the Free Speech Coalition (via Ars Technica), while Arkansas, Mississippi, and Virginia appear close to passing their.

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How digital health startups are navigating the post-Roe legal landscape

TechCrunch

Now, as state laws shift and abortion bans go into effect across the United States, companies are still trying to find ways to provide care while reimagining what healthcare should include. Nationally, the situation is proving tricky to navigate as each state can begin implementing individualized abortion laws.

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How panic over rumored school shooting threats went viral

The Verge

In Rapid City, South Dakota, public schools shut down after seeing a concerning message mentioning a “North Middle” School. If you see a threat of violence against a school or any other public place posted on social media, immediately contact local law enforcement or your local #FBI office. DO NOT share or forward the threat.

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How Indigenous Peoples’ Day is Supplanting Columbus Day

Whole Whale

1989: South Dakota becomes the first state to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ day. Besides looking at state and local government holiday laws, there is another way of looking at the adoption of either Columbus or Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Roosevelt made Columbus Day a national holiday. What do people search for?

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Democrats want a truce with Section 230 supporters

The Verge

After three hours of questions from the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, Innovation and the Internet, the PACT Act looks like an attempted truce between Section 230 reformers and supporters of the law. It is okay to update a law. I think that a well-crafted statute could do a lot of good here,” Cox acknowledged. “If

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