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NJ requires schools to provide students grades 6-12 free menstrual products

NJ requires schools to provide students grades 6-12 free menstrual products

EDISON, N.J., Sept. 10 (ZFJ) — School districts in New Jersey are now required to provide menstrual products for free in public schools that teach students of any grade from six through twelve. Applicable schools will have to provide tampons and sanitary napkins (pads) in at least half of all their female and gender-neutral bathrooms. The state government will shoulder the costs for doing so. The law addresses period poverty—one in four students in the U.
Fontaine comes to Genshin Impact

Fontaine comes to Genshin Impact

Sept. 17 (ZFJ) — Put on your top hats and button your shirts, because Teyvat’s new nation and realm of Hydro, Fontaine, has finally released! HoYoverse—the creators of Genshin Impact—has pulled back the curtain on a land brimming with court trials, performances, and magic shows. Inside the walls of Fontaine’s city are multiple levels of homes, shops, and restaurants to explore. ZFJ/Zoe Wu Inside the walls of Fontaine’s city are multiple levels of homes, shops, and restaurants to explore.
Supreme Court limits federal authority over wetlands with stricter test

Supreme Court limits federal authority over wetlands with stricter test

May 28 (ZFJ) — The federal government can only regulate wetlands with “a continuous surface connection” to adjacent “waters of the United States” under the Clean Water Act (1972), ruled the Supreme Court on Thursday, May 25, in Sackett v. EPA (21-454). The CWA is the primary federal law regulating water pollution and prohibits the “discharge of any pollutant,” including “chemical wastes,” “rock,” and “sand,” into “navigable waters,” defined as “the waters of the United States, including the territorial seas.