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New laws in Virginia, Maryland and D.C. range from seat belts to taxes
Adults will have to buckle up in the back seat, students give up cellphones in school and large restaurants must quit packing takeout in polystyrene containers in Virginia come Tuesday, when new laws take effect in the Old Dominion.
Just across the Potomac, the District will boost its minimum wage and Maryland will hike an array of taxes and fees, launch a teacher-recruitment program and a suicide hotline, and help unemployed parents who owe child support find jobs.
