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Several red states have rolled back youth work permit requirements, part of a broader effort to ease child labor laws. Plus, state cannabis licensing laws that have residency requirements face heightened legal risk. Keep reading for more on the policies shaping the nation.
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States are increasingly diverging over youth work permit requirements, with several recently rolling them back and others sustaining them amid a nationwide uptick in child labor law violations.
Twenty-eight states and Washington, D.C., generally require underage workers and the businesses that hire them ...