A bill that would tax carbon dioxide emissions from oil, natural gas, and coal in Massachusetts has 107 co-sponsors in the 200-member state Legislature – all of them Democrats.
HD.2370 calls for charging $20 per ton of carbon dioxide unit in the first year, then increasing the tax $5 per ton every year until it reaches $40 per ton in the fifth year, with further increases slated if the state's secretary of energy and environmental affairs determines that "actual emissions have exceeded the annual emissions target for that calendar year."
A Democratic Party state lawmaker in Illinois has introduced legislation that requires people aiming to purchase a gun to first submit their social media accounts to authorities. The goal, the lawmaker says, is to keep the citizenry safe from potential gun owners who may be mentally ill and/or violent and whose social media accounts show they are unfit for gun ownership.
According to Fox News, Illinois state Rep. Daniel Didech, said that a "lot of people" who have "mental health issues will often post" things on their social media accounts that suggest they intend to hurt others or themselves. Didech reportedly said that giving authorities access to such social media accounts will get such people "the help they need."
