Saying the federal government has abdicated its responsibility to address climate change, Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) issued an executive order directing the state Department of Environmental Quality to begin assembling regulations to reduce carbon...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) said he would soon issue an executive order to enhance LGBTQ protections in the Tar Heel State. Speaking at a conference of the Center for American Progress in Washington D.C. last Tuesday, Cooper did not elaborate on...
Louisiana Approves HB 71 The LOUISIANA House approves HB 71 , which would prohibit the removal of any military monument from any war without approval from a majority of voters. The measure, which is aimed at preventing the removal of Civil War monuments...
Social Policy In Alaska The ALASKA State Medical Board approves new abortion regulations that repeal a requirement that a physician consult with another doctor before performing an abortion after the twelfth week of gestation (ANCHORAGE DAILY NEWS...
Missouri Amends HB 90 The MISSOURI House declines to take up an amended version of HB 90 , which would have made the Show Me State the last in the nation to adopt a prescription drug monitoring system (KANSAS CITY STAR). Iowa Signs HB 524 IOWA...
Texas Approves SB 7 The TEXAS Senate gives final approval to SB 7 , which would require Lone Star State principals and superintendents to report inappropriate teacher-student relationships or face jail time and fines up to $10,000. It moves to Gov...
California Approves SB 439 The CALIFORNIA Senate approves SB 439 , which would ensure that counties treat juvenile offenders 11 or younger in the child services system instead of the juvenile courts. It moves to the Assembly (ASSOCIATED PRESS). ...
Nevada Approves SB 106 The NEVADA Senate approves SB 106 , which would raise the Silver State minimum wage to $12 per hour by 2022. The measure, which would hike the wage standard by .75 cents every year for the next five years, moves to the Assembly...
Kiley’s line was a good one, but it wasn’t the best one of the week. That honor goes to California Attorney General Xavier Becerra. When asked by yours truly his thoughts on the Trump administration’s plans to reinvigorate the war on...
While Gov. Dayton was hooking fish, out west in California lawmakers were doing their best to scare off some frogs. As the Capitol Morning Report notes, lawmakers and staffers came together for the 43 rd Annual Capitol Frog Jump, a gig inspired by the...
Minnesota Gov. Mark Dayton is no doubt a decent fisherman. But top honors evaded him at last week’s Governor’s Fishing Opener event in St. Cloud. The gov didn’t do bad, hauling in a three pound bass, part of a five-fish total accumulated...
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper has had his share of difficult times since taking office, but probably none harder than the task he had last week: saying the final goodbye to Chloe, his family’s 16-year-old Sheltie. Cooper broke the news on the First...
Recently, the FCPA blog featured an article by one of our own—Senior Sr. Entity Due Diligence and Monitoring Specialist Karen E. Gray. Taking inspiration from the investigative journalism that followed the “breadcrumbs” to reveal corruption...
Recent allegations that Novartis bribed doctors in Greece serve as a reminder that the pharmaceutical industry has a high risk of bribery and corruption. We look at the reasons behind the risk, and how companies can enhance compliance risk mitigation...
LexisNexis attended the REALTORS® Legislative meetings & Trade Expo last week and had a great time leading dynamic thought-leadership conversations and discussing industry best practices with attendees. This week-long series of meetings is a premier...
While the White House has been inching forward with its promise to reduce regulatory burdens on business, the rumor mill gone into overtime with speculation about what that could mean for enforcement of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA). In its...
Headlines publicizing the latest data hack or ransomware attack have kept data security and privacy in the public eye, but the College Transparency Act of 2017, a bipartisan bill introduced in Congress this month, looks to reverse a ban on federal student...
Undaunted by opposition from Wall Street, Congress and the Trump administration – or by potential litigation down the road – a growing number of states are moving forward with implementing state-run pension plans for millions of private-sector...
Since 2012, 32 states have introduced legislation to establish retirement plans for workers in the private sector or study the feasibility of providing such plans, according to the Pension Rights Center, AARP and Georgetown University’s Center for...
Tax Swap In Works In LA The LOUISIANA House passed a pair of bills last week ( HB 359 and HB 360 ) that would establish flat tax rates for individuals of 3.95 percent and 6.5 percent, respectively, while eliminating the state deduction for federal...
Unemployment is still a big problem in some states like those in the Rust Belt. But in a growing number of other states the trouble isn’t too few jobs but too many. In Utah the unemployment rate fell to 3.1 percent in March. And almost a third...
Last month, without any fanfare, the Trump administration laid out its vision for the $1 trillion infrastructure plan the president has been promising. Outlined in a six-page fact sheet included with Trump’s proposed 2018 budget, the plan calls...
Talk of tax reform in the nation’s capital at the start of the year had state lawmakers and governors scrambling to prepare for it. But the panic has subsided, evidently because state officials no longer think it will happen before the end of the...
TX Lawmakers Approve Changes to Voter ID Law The TEXAS Legislature approved a bill ( SB 5 ) loosening the requirements of the voter ID law passed by the state in 2011, which the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last year discriminated against...
Oregon is the only state in the nation that doesn’t have a process to impeach and remove its governor from office. Last month the state’s Democrat-controlled House overwhelmingly passed a resolution that would ask voters to approve one. HJR...