YORK, ME ‒ A local ban on plastic straws, stir sticks, and utensils will take effect May 18, even as an executive order signed earlier this year by President Donald Trump takes aim at paper straws. In ...

STUART, Fla. — Businesses in Stuart can once again use plastic straws after a more than five-year ban was repealed by commissioners this week. Commissioners voted 3-2 Monday to repeal the ordinance, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a recent executive order, President Donald Trump created a policy aimed at phasing out paper straws within 45 days to alleviate ...

Beaufort County is leading a broader effort to restrict bags and other items made of plastic. Beaufort’s preliminary vote was ...

There are a lot of pressing national issues President Trump has yet to address, but he has weighed in on the slightly less urgent matter of paper straws. On Monday evening, Trump directed the federal ...

MALIBU, Calif. (KABC) -- No more plastic straws or utensils in Malibu? That's the decision the City Council made Monday night. The final decision came after council members already gave a tentative OK ...