New laws go into effect on Jan. 1, 2025, covering ticket sales, minimum wage, salary transparency, abortions and gender-affirming care coverage, and firearms.
While disagreements remain about the best path to preventing similar incidents, groups on opposing sides of the gun debate said they鈥檙e willing to hear the other out
New York AG Letitia James said in a statement said the ruling would allow the state to enforce a majority of New York鈥檚 "common sense" concealed carry requirements.
The remarks come after Monday night's shootings in Fort Worth and Philadelphia, where a combined eight people were killed. A day earlier, a Baltimore shooting saw two killed plus 28 injured.
Joined by gun control advocates, lawmakers and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords at the state Capitol on Friday, DFL Gov. Tim Walz signed a public safety bill with the new gun policies into law.
Universal background checks and 鈥渞ed-flag鈥� court orders to temporarily remove guns from people deemed an imminent threat to themselves or others are another step closer to becoming state law.
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