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DoomsdaysCWState by State Pending and recently passed <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtestLaws</a>: <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Utah" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Utah</a> SB 173: Criminal penalties for protests that disturb legislative or other government meetingsCreates new potential penalties for individuals protesting convenings of the legislature or other meetings of government officials. The law expands "disorderly conduct" to include a person who recklessly causes public inconvenience, annoyance, or alarm by making "unreasonable noises" at an official meeting or in a private place that can be heard at an official meeting. "<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisorderlyConduct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DisorderlyConduct</a>" also includes obstructing <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PedestrianTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PedestrianTraffic</a> at an official meeting or refusing to leave an official meeting when asked by law enforcement. The law also increases the penalty for disorderly conduct, such that it is punishable by a $750 fine on the first offense (an infraction), up to 3 months in jail if a person was warned to cease prohibited conduct (Class C misdemeanor), up to 6 months for a second offense (Class B misdemeanor), and up to 1 year for a third offense (Class A misdemeanor). Accordingly, the law could, for example, be used to penalize silent protesters who refuse to leave a legislative committee meeting. An earlier version of the bill explicitly made it unlawful to commit even a "single, loud outburst, absent other disruptive conduct, that does not exceed five seconds in length." Full text of bill: <a href="https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0173.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://le.utah.gov/~2020/bills/static/SB0173.html</a>Status: enactedIntroduced 24 Feb 2020; Approved by Senate 5 March 2020; Approved by House 12 March 2020; Signed by Governor 30 March 2020HB 370: New Penalties for Protests Near <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pipelines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pipelines</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Roadways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roadways</a>, and other <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Infrastructure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Infrastructure</a>**Note: This bill was amended prior to its passage, and provisions that would have covered peaceful protest activity were significantly narrowed.** As introduced, the bill would have created new potential criminal liability for protesters in many locations by criminalizing acts that "inhibit" or "impede" critical infrastructure facilities. The bill's original text had a sweeping definition of "critical infrastructure facility" that included highways, bridges, transportation systems, food distribution systems, law enforcement response systems, financial systems, and energy infrastructure including pipelines--whether under construction or operational. The bill created a new felony offense for "inhibiting," or "impeding" the facility, its equipment, or operation, such that protesters who intentionally inhibited or impeded the operation of a roadway or construction of a pipeline could have faced life in prison. Amendments to the bill substantially narrowed the offense, however. The enacted law criminalizes "substantially... inhibiting or impeding" the operation of critical infrastructure only if doing so "causes widespread injury or damage to persons or property." Amendments also narrowed the definition of "critical infrastructure facility," including by removing highways, bridges, transportation systems, food distribution systems, law enforcement response systems, and financial systems from the definition. Full text here: <a href="https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0370.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://le.utah.gov/~2023/bills/static/HB0370.html</a>Status: enacted with improvementsIntroduced 3 Feb 2023; Approved by House 14 February 2023; Approved by Senate 28 February 2023; Signed by Governor Cox 14 March 2023Issue(s): Infrastructure, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrafficInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TrafficInterference</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FirstAmendment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FirstAmendment</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingDissent</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarianism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clampdown</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CriminalizingProtest</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CharacteristicsOfFascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/AntiProtestLaws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AntiProtestLaws</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PipelineProtests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PipelineProtests</a>

AnneTheWriterI saw this while researching <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genealogy</a> in old newspapers:"He decided to exit the highway where there wasn't an exit..." 😂[from the "Daily Herald" (DuPage County, Illinois, USA) 03 February 2004, Page 9]<a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ThrowbackThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ThrowbackThursday</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Illinois</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LocalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LocalHistory</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/LocalNewspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LocalNewspapers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspaperArchives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewspaperArchives</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Newspapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Newspapers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspapersDotCom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewspapersDotCom</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Roadways" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Roadways</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/NewspaperClippings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NewspaperClippings</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/RoadwaySafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RoadwaySafety</a>

MCDOT❄️Update❄️ ⚠️MCDOT Storm Operations Center 📋Report #7 🗓️January 7, 2025, at 6:30AM 💻For more details check our Winter Storm Information Portal▶️ <a href="https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/snow/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.montgomerycountymd.gov/snow/</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/montgomerycountymd" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#montgomerycountymd</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#maryland</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/snow" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#snow</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ice" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ice</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/snowplows" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#snowplows</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/washingtondc" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#washingtondc</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/mdcommuters" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#mdcommuters</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MDRoads" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MDRoads</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MDTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MDTraffic</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/roadways" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#roadways</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/morningcommute" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#morningcommute</a>

MCDOTLast Saturday, MCDOT held it's first in-person meeting with the 2023 <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/VisionZero" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#VisionZero</a> Youth Ambassador Program participants. The goal of the program is to equip young adults to be the next generation of <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#trafficsafety</a> leaders in <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/MontgomeryCoMD" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MontgomeryCoMD</a>Program details▶️ <a href="http://bit.ly/3IpmB5r" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">http://bit.ly/3IpmB5r</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/visionzero" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#visionzero</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Maryland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Maryland</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#safety</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/walking" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#walking</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/pedestriansafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#pedestriansafety</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/students" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#students</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/roadways" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#roadways</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/school" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#school</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/trafficsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#trafficsafety</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/roaddesign" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#roaddesign</a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/communities" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#communities</a>

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