Greitens Calls MO Abortion Special Session MISSOURI Gov. Eric Greitens (R) said he will call a special session this week to consider new abortion regulations, in part to counter a St. Louis city ordinance he said made it an “abortion sanctuary...
Nine more states last week joined the newly-created U.S. Climate Alliance, a coalition to uphold the tenets of the 2015 Paris Climate Agreement, an international coalition aimed at combatting the impacts of global climate change. The coalition was formed...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said any health insurer pulling out of the Empire State health benefits exchange would be barred from participating in the state’s Medicaid and child health programs. But while hospitals and health advocacy groups...
Rhode Island Approves SB 555 The RHODE ISLAND Senate approves SB 555 , which would require parents to take an online driving course ahead of their children obtaining a driver’s license. It moves to the House, which passed a similar bill last...
Social Policy In Deleware The DELAWARE House approves legislation that codifies the right of women to obtain an abortion. It moves to Gov. John Carney (D), who has said he will sign it into law (NEWS JOURNAL [WILMINGTON]). Oregon Signs HB 2673 ...
Nevada Approves AB 374 The NEVADA Senate approves AB 374 , which would make the Silver State the first to allow anyone to buy into Medicaid, the public program that covers low-income Americans. It is now with Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) for consideration...
Environment In The U.S. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency delays by one year a requirement that states reduce emissions to 70 parts per billion, down from 75 parts per billion. States will now have until 2018 to report their 2015 ozone levels...
Louisiana Gives Approves To HB 269 The LOUISIANA House gives final approval to HB 269 , which would require management boards for LSU, Southern University and other schools to spell out policies aimed at protecting campus speech, “including without...
Colorado Signs HB 1035 COLORADO Gov. John Hickenlooper (D) signs HB 1035 , which allows sexual assault and stalking victims to break a residential lease to better elude their tormentors (DENVER POST).
Nevada Signs SB 240 NEVADA Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) signs SB 240 , which adds e-sports events – such as competitive video gaming - to the list for which betting is allowed (U.S NEWS & WORLD REPORT). Nevada Signs AB 113 Staying in NEVADA...
As reported in Bloomberg , there’s a new business out there making a killing convincing folks to lease a whole plethora of things one would not normally consider leasing. The list includes everything from wedding dresses to pets. And while that...
The devil is always in the details, even with flags. As Columbia’s The State newspaper reports , South Carolina law is very specific about some details in the making of the state flag, while others are not so clear. Specifically, the law specifies...
Gov. Paul LePage isn’t the only easily agitated person in the state of Maine. As the Portland Press Herald reports , a man recently got very upset at city officials in the Augusta General Services office. Said man was apparently angry that 1) his...
How many people are seeing your PR messages? This is likely one of the first and most important metrics you check once a story with media analytics once your pitch reaches the masses. While this is a good start, however, it's premature to call a campaign...
Recent changes to global sanctions regimes—along with some high-profile and costly sanctions violations—illustrate the importance of mitigating sanctions risks. With increased compliance focus on companies outside of the banking and financial...
2016 ended on a high note with $23 billion in charitable donations—a one percent increase over 2015’s record-breaking year. The slow, but steady, upward momentum is a positive sign for the nonprofit industry, but there is another emerging...
The day after President Donald Trump announced his withdrawal from the Paris climate accords California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) formed an alliance with other U.S. states to combat global warming and flew off to Beijing to discuss the issue with Chinese leaders...
Vermont is the “greenest” state in the country, and Wyoming is the least “green,” according to analysis by the personal finance website WalletHub. WalletHub’s analysts compared all 50 states on the basis of 20 measures of...
IL Gov Calls Special Budget Session ILLINOIS Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) has called a special session to try to end the state’s unprecedented budget impasse that has already drug on for two years and will enter its third on July 1. The special session...
This month the Ohio House voted to renew over $1 billion in business tax cuts initially approved in 2013 and expanded in 2015. The Senate is expected to vote on the tax cuts before the end of the month. Many of the state’s lawmakers have something...
Last week Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf (D) signed into law the pension reform bill passed by the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly a week earlier. The bill ( SB 1 ) will shift state government workers hired on or after Jan. 1, 2019 and...
The new 1.5-cent-per-ounce tax Philadelphia began levying on sugar-sweetened beverages in January has brought in $25.6 million so far. Unfortunately, that’s far short of the $46.2 million the “soda tax” was projected to generate in the...
Duel Over Redistricting Special Session In NC NORTH CAROLINA Gov. Roy Cooper (D) announced this month that he would call the Republican-led General Assembly into a special session to redraw the state’s political districts in light of a unanimous...
By June 9 of last year, 213 bills had been passed by Rhode Island’s General Assembly and sent to Gov. Gina Raimondo (D). Sixty-one of those measures were substantive “public laws,” as opposed to routine “local acts and resolves”...
In 2014, spurred by a series of cyberattacks, including the unauthorized access of millions of records at retail giant Target, California passed a law requiring businesses responsible for a security breach involving Social Security or driver’s license...