FARGO — The North Dakota Senate this week voted to repeal the state's long-standing "blue laws" that ban retailers from opening up before noon on Sundays, and the change is just the governor's ...

Back in 1983, if you wanted to buy clothes or furniture in Wilmington on a Sunday, you were out of luck. Younger folks might not be able to fathom it, but up until about four decades ago, Wilmington ...

Growing up as a Baby Boomer, there were various Blue Laws affecting daily life. It appeared that every state, county and city had a different set of regulations. Since many of you are post-Baby ...

If passed, the law to bring back North Dakota’s blue laws would force retail businesses, or stores that vend a majority of retail items, to close on Sunday mornings and penalize those that don’t. Rep.

After learning that American Dream is going against Bergen County’s longstanding “blue laws” by allowing retailers to open on Sundays, officials in Paramus have sued the Meadowlands megamall. In a ...

Under Maine law, stores are not allowed to open on several major holidays, including Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Veterans’ Day, Christmas Day and Thanksgiving Day. Maine blue laws also prohibit ...

Some of the nation’s few remaining “blue laws” are upheld in Bergen County, New Jersey, right across the Hudson River from New York. Blue laws were traditionally inspired by religious beliefs and ...

Berkeley County has read into record the first of three readings seeking suspension of South Carolina’s Sunday work prohibitions, commonly known as Blue Laws. Counties are allowed to suspend the state ...