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Last week, the government introduced a new law that repeals and rebrands the scheme.

From BBC • Dec. 22, 2025

A major wave of repeals took place in 1985, when Minnesota, South Carolina, and Texas eliminated their blue laws.

From Science Daily • Dec. 20, 2025

And these repeals would bar the targeted agency from ever taking a “substantially” similar action again.

From Slate • May 14, 2025

The new policy repeals the previous code, which banned camping only at parks and the beach.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

Bar him out till he repeals his tyrannical law; till he lets us into our own theatre again, or till he tells us his "good reasons" against it.'

From The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children by Edgeworth, Maria