"The bottom line is contraband cell phones pose a serious risk," Cotton said. Jamming cell phones is currently prohibited under federal law because the equipment can interfere with 911 calls and ...

SPRINGFIELD, MA (WGGB/WSHM) - There’s a new state level push to take cell phones out of the hands of students during the school day. Legislative hearings on a new bill, aimed at tackling the problem, ...

HAMPSHIRE’S COLD CASE UNIT. THE NEW HAMPSHIRE ATTORNEY GENERAL IS PART OF A GROUP OF MORE THAN 30 ATTORNEYS GENERAL URGING CONGRESS TO PASS LEGISLATION THAT WOULD ALLOW CELL PHONE JAMMING SYSTEMS IN ...

Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect the FCC voting for cell phone jamming in state and local prisons. Agents and troops with the Memphis Safe Task Force set up a base of operations ...

Some people want state laws to keep kids off their phones during school while others argue it should be a local issue and state's should focus on broader education matters. In Michigan, one of the big ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Edited News Release/KY3) - Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders joined Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Brendan Carr to announce that the FCC will be voting this month on ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — A new bill aimed at banning cell phones in public school classrooms is making progress in the North Carolina legislature. House Bill 87, which advanced in the House Education ...

Remember when Nextel revolutionized business communications? Today’s Push-to-Talk over Cellular (PoC) provides nationwide individual and group calling and GPS location-based dispatching using existing ...

Griffin, Cotton push to allow cell phone jamming in prisons July 11, 2025 by Brett Barrouquere | Updated July 11, 2025 at 1:46 p.m. Keep up with this topic 0 Comments ...