Associated Press: Jaywalkers get a break in California, while Missouri criminalizes sleeping on state property by homeless people

 Associated Press: Jaywalkers get a break in California, while Missouri criminalizes sleeping on state property by homeless people

Taxes fell and minimum wages rose for residents of numerous U.S, states as a variety of new laws took effect Jan. 1 that could impact peoples finances and, in some cases, personal liberties.Some new …