Colorado becomes first to pass ‘right to repair’ for farmers(wivb.com)

392 points by hubraumhugo 3 years ago | 80 comments

WIVB/Associated Press news article reporting that Colorado became the first state to pass a right-to-repair law for farm equipment, signed by Gov. Jared Polis.

Iowa governor will sign bill rolling back labor protections for children(washingtonpost.com)

37 points by mirthlessend 3 years ago | 38 comments

Colorado scrambles to change voting-system passwords after accidental leak(arstechnica.com)

210 points by rbanffy 2 years ago | 504 comments

NY Governor vetoes ban on noncompete clauses, waters down LLC transparency bill(gothamist.com)

323 points by dataflow 2 years ago | 211 comments

Gothamist news article reporting that New York Governor Kathy Hochul vetoed a ban on noncompete clauses and weakened an LLC transparency bill.

Colorado repealed law limiting municipal internet(coloradosun.com)

314 points by thunderbong 3 years ago | 102 comments

Alberta to hold referendum on whether to remain in Canada(bbc.com)

121 points by JumpCrisscross 5 months ago | 252 comments

The Right to Repair Is Law in Washington State(eff.org)

354 points by doener 1 year ago | 146 comments

EFF Deeplinks post by Hayley Tsukayama and Cory Doctorow announcing that Washington State has enacted right-to-repair legislation.

Colorado governor signs tractor right-to-repair law opposed by John Deere(arstechnica.com)

543 points by FridayoLeary 3 years ago | 136 comments

Ars Technica article on Colorado's governor signing a law requiring tractor makers to provide repair parts, embedded software, and documentation, opposed by John Deere.

Montana becomes first state to enshrine 'right to compute' into law(montananewsroom.com)

509 points by bilsbie 11 months ago | 294 comments

Montana Newsroom article reporting that Montana became the first U.S. state to enshrine a 'right to compute' into law.

Oregon passes right-to-repair law Apple lobbied to kill(techdirt.com)

525 points by Lariscus 2 years ago | 132 comments

Techdirt article reporting Oregon became the seventh state to pass a right-to-repair law, including a parts-pairing ban that Apple lobbied against.

Microsoft quietly supported legislation to make it easier to fix devices(grist.org)

500 points by toomuchtodo 3 years ago | 275 comments

Grist article reporting that Microsoft quietly supported right-to-repair legislation and explaining why that matters for device repairability.

Police cannot seize property indefinitely after an arrest, federal court rules(reason.com)

773 points by throwup238 2 years ago | 385 comments

Reason article reporting that the D.C. Circuit ruled police cannot hold seized property indefinitely after an arrest, calling it unconstitutional.