New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez (R) proposed a new “all of the above” state energy policy last week she said would utilize renewable energy sources like wind and solar, traditional fossil fuels like oil and gas and even nuclear power. ...
TX-Mexico Border Deal TEXAS Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an agreement with Mexico that, among several things, promotes bilateral collaboration on motor vehicle border land crossings and future border infrastructure projects (LANDLINE MAGAZINE). ...
MO Overrides The MISSOURI Legislature overrides 10 vetoes issued by Gov. Jay Nixon (D) including bills that would have barred local municipalities from enacting their own minimum wage standards or prohibiting the use of plastic bags by retail stores...
CA Privacy CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs SB 676, which makes forfeiture provisions of existing law applicable to illegal telecommunications equipment, or a computer, computer system, or computer network, and any software or data, when used...
School of origin CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs SB 445, which requires a local educational agency serving a homeless child to allow the homeless child to continue his or her education in the school of origin through the duration of the homelessness...
Midwives CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs SB 408, which allows a midwife assistant to perform assistive activities under the supervision of a licensed midwife or certified nurse-midwife, including the administration of medicine, the withdrawing...
Workers comp CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs SB 623, which ensures that a worker injured on the job cannot be denied workers’ compensation benefits due to their immigration status (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET).
Dependent elders CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs SB 196, which authorizes a county adult protective services agency to file a petition for a protective order on behalf of an elder or dependent adult who has suffered abuse and has impaired ability...
Train crews CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs SB 730, a bill that requires a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight to have at least two operators at all times. Violators face fines up to $1,000 for a first violation...
When former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger uttered “I’ll be back” in his first “Terminator” movie in 1984, little did we know it would serve as a descriptor of the rest of his career. Every time it seems the former...
Speaking of California governors and presidential wannabes who shoot from the lip, current Golden State guv Jerry Brown recently had a few words of advice for Dr. Ben Carson. As reported by the San Francisco Chronicle , on a recent campaign stop there...
Most of us recall former Texas Gov. Rick Perry intimating a while back that the Lone Star State was kinda sorta maybe wanting to check out of this here United States and return to being a sovereign nation. While there are definitely those that would gladly...
In most states eligible voters can cast their votes before Election Day, either by going to the polls during designated early voting periods or by voting via absentee ballot. But 30 states have no early voting period, although 13 of those states allow...
El Niño, the warmer-than-usual Pacific water temperatures that influence the weather worldwide, is shaping up to be one of the most powerful on record—and businesses should be taking note. You may have noticed that being prepared is a hot...
Napoléon Bonaparte once said, “Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” We may be firmly ensconced in the digital media age, but his remarks still hold true—whether you’re a would-be emperor...
You’ve seen the merciless reactions to a deemed #marketingfail. Those missteps can catch explosive attention in the media almost immediately. In the past 7 days alone the hashtag has reached over 175,000 people on Twitter. Chances are, you saw or...
Mark your calendar – on October 20 from 1-2 PM ET, LexisNexis® is hosting a Webinar featuring advice on how to make your media monitoring and research work harder for you. Hosted by our own Robert Schrott, Director of Research & Media...
In the classic cartoon, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown , Linus says , “There are three things I have learned never to discuss with people: religion, politics, and the Great Pumpkin.” Obviously, the media doesn’t hold to...
The regulatory environment that you operate in is more complex than ever—and as some of our past FCPA-focused blog posts show, organizations that fail to put due-diligence and third-party monitoring programs in place face enormous financial and...
For-profit ridesharing, offering passengers rides for money, and carsharing, renting cars for short periods of time, have both been around for decades, really catching on only recently in their smartphone app-based iterations. But while the modern variety...
As of April, 2015 ridesharing service Uber had been banned from operating or had suspended operation in several U.S. cities and one state, according to Business Insider. Uber paused service in both Eugene and Portland, Oregon last year after being fined...
Pennsylvania’s Republican-led House and Senate passed an $11-billion stopgap budget last month, seeking to end the state’s nearly three-month-long budget impasse. But as he did on June 30 to begin the budget stalemate, first-year, Democratic...
A $9-billion school-construction bond proposal has qualified for California’s November 2016 ballot, according to Secretary of State Alex Padilla. “This bond will go a long way to ensure school districts have the necessary resources to...
MA Pension Fund Takes Big Hit MASSACHUSETTS’ state pension fund lost $521 million in value in the past fiscal year, as a result of its holdings in fossil fuel stocks. Boston-based Trillium Asset Management calculated that the Massachusetts Pension...
Kansas Attorney General Derek Schmidt announced last month that he was recusing himself from a court case concerning the state’s judicial system, and he called on the state’s Supreme Court justices to do the same in another related case. ...