From the beginning, student opinion has been a big factor in the development of the new Nexis Uni ™ student research platform. As the product continues to grow and evolve, researchers at Nexis Uni have been hard at work talking to students around...
Last month, a news alert came through that the European Union slapped Google with a $2.7 billion fine for breaking antitrust law. The EU judged that Google had “abused its dominate position by systematically favoring” its own shopping comparison...
The World Bank has been busy. In a press release issued at the end of the World Bank’s fiscal year on June 30, the organization announced that it had debarred 16 companies for sanctions violations and entered into eight Negotiated Resolution Agreements...
The National Governors Association recently welcomed Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval as its new president. As with all incoming NGA leaders, Sandoval has his own pet initiative: convincing his fellow govs – some of who appear to be technophobic at best...
Nothing is forever in politics. But knowing that doesn’t always make it easier it manage when the end comes. Case in point this week comes from Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker, who bid farewell to chief of staff Steve Kadish, who stepped down in...
Patience – and lots of it - is a necessary trait for anyone married to a politico. Late nights, working weekends, a thousand rubber chicken fundraising dinners and birthdays and anniversaries lost to policy demands are all part of the game. As Maine...
If you have always wanted to live in the governor’s mansion, here’s your chance. Just one caveat: you don’t actually get to be the governor. Actually, there are more caveats than that. As the Minneapolis Star Tribune reports , North...
Business In Massachusetts The MASSACHUSETTS House and Senate agree on a bill that would impose significant changes in the voter-approved law legalizing recreational marijuana sales in the Bay State. Under the legislation, the maximum tax on retail...
New Hampshire Signs HB 640 NEW HAMPSHIRE Gov. Chris Sununu (R) signs HB 640 , legislation that eliminates criminal penalties for possession of three quarters of an ounce or less of marijuana (NEW HAMPSHIRE UNION LEADER [MANCHESTER]).
Education In Kentucky The KENTUCKY High School Athletic Association adopts rules making the Bluegrass State the first to require all high school softball pitcher and first and third basemen to wear protective masks when in the field. The rule goes...
Missouri Signs SB 501 MISSOURI Gov. Eric Greitens (R) signs SB 501 , which allows state health officials to issue an order making the anti-overdose medication naloxone available statewide. The bill also allows patients in drug and veterans courts the...
Immigration In The US The U.S. Supreme Court rejects a call by President Donald Trump to include grandparents and other relatives in his travel ban on people from six Muslim-majority countries. The ruling means that grandparents, grandchildren, aunts...
Rhode Island Signs HB 5277 RHODE ISLAND Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) signs HB 5277 , which makes the Ocean State the 10 th to ban so-called “conversion therapy,” a therapy aimed at changing the sexual orientation, gender identity or gender behavior...
In a rare show of bipartisan action, California lawmakers approved legislation last week to extend the state’s cap-and-trade program, which requires companies to pay for releasing greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. The bills’ passage –...
Saying “we won’t stop until there are zero opioid overdoses in Wisconsin,” Gov. Scott Walker (R) signed 11 bills last week addressing the Badger State’s ongoing opioid abuse epidemic. The measure take a wide tack, from setting...
Missouri lawmakers failed this session to agree on legislation to create a statewide prescription drug monitoring program, so Gov. Eric Greitens (R) opted to do it himself. Greitens last week issued Executive Order 17-18 , which directs state health officials...
Dayton Legislative Funding Veto Overruled A MINNESOTA judge ruled that Gov. Mark Dayton’s (D) May 30 veto of funding for the Gopher State Legislature was unconstitutional. Ramsey County District Court Chief Judge John Guthmann said Dayton had...
With President Donald Trump engulfed in daily chaos that prevents him from effectively leading the nation, governors have stepped up to fill the void in ways not seen before in modern American history. Whether one believes that opinion recently posited...
RAIMONDO SIGNS RI VOTER REGISTRATION BILL RHODE ISLAND Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) signed legislation last week making the Ocean State the 9 th to allow automatic voter registration. The legislation will automatically register anyone doing business with...
More than two weeks into the 2018 fiscal year, Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) signed a $39.43 billion budget on Monday that increases spending by 1.7 percent over last year. Baker also vetoed $320 million from the budget bill lawmakers sent him...
Saying “It’s not like we won the Lotto,” Illinois State Comptroller Susana Mendoza warned that after almost three years without a budget it is going to take some time to eliminate the state’s nearly $14.5 billion debt backlog....
AK REACHES OIL TAX DEAL The ALASKA House and Senate reached agreement on a deal ( HB 111 ) to stop giving cash payments to oil companies covering 35 percent of losses incurred developing new Last Frontier oil fields. The policy was originally adopted...
Since the passing of the Affordable Care Act in 2010, 31 states and the District of Columbia have used the law to offer health coverage to millions of previously uninsured residents through expansion of their joint federal-state Medicaid programs. Proposals...
Republican governors played a leading, perhaps decisive, role in the collapse of their party’s long-promised legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as Obamacare. With Gov. John Kasich of Ohio and Gov. Brian Sandoval of Nevada...
By Sam Knowles, Founder & MD of Insight Agents, a corporate and brand storytelling consultancy News is neither a fixed nor a finite entity. There are some periods in history when it feels like there’s just more happening than at others. I’m...