Supreme Court Refuses NC Appeal The United Stated Supreme Court declines to hear an appeal from NORTH CAROLINA officials seeking to revive a Tar Heel State law that required doctors to perform ultrasounds, display the resulting sonograms and describe...
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that TEXAS did not violate the First Amendment by refusing to allow the issuing of specialty license plates bearing the Confederate battle flag. The High Court ruled that such plates are the government’s speech and are...
We’ve all witnessed elected officials in recent years who have compounded blunders by performing them on social media. But one California pol recently proved one doesn’t have to actually be on Facebook or Twitter for those sites to cause you...
It seems like just about every Republican in the free world is running for president, but don’t expect any of them to get an endorsement from Massachusetts Governor and fellow Republican Charlie Baker. As Statehouse News reports, Baker took note...
Speaking of presidential aspirants, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker took a little trip to Europe recently, ostensibly to try to make himself look more presidential by gaining some foreign policy cred. As Time magazine reports, Walker later tried to pump up...
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The best part of attending conferences are the many opportunities for networking with colleagues. At the Strategic and Competitive Intelligence Professionals 30th Anniversary International Conference & Exhibition a few weeks ago, we sat down to an...
Recently, we were pleased to sponsor the AMA Webinar, “Using Media Analytics to Determine Marketing Effectiveness.” Led by digital marketing expert Jason Burby, the Webinar focused on the common problems marketers face, how media intelligence...
There is an old jest that says the fastest way for a business to run off its customers is to adhere to the motto: In God we trust; all others must pay cash. But for the legal marijuana industry, cash and carry is almost always the only option, and it...
Twenty-three states and the District of Columbia have enacted laws authorizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes since 1996, when California became the first to do so with Proposition 215. Four states and the District of Columbia have gone further...
In an interview with The New York Times last month, Puerto Rico Gov. Alejandro García Padilla said the U.S. commonwealth wasn’t able to pay its roughly $72 billion in debt. “The debt is not payable,” he said. “There...
Last year, a state audit of accounting records at the California state Controller’s Office uncovered 200,000 hours -- $6 million worth -- of questionable sick leave, vacation, holiday and furlough credits due to data entry errors. “We...
ME Overides LePage Veto The MAINE Legislature overrode Gov. Paul LePage’s (R) veto of the state’s next two-year budget. The $6.7 billion spending plan includes modest income and property tax cuts for many residents (PORTLAND PRESS HERALD...
One of the many talking points about the U.S. Supreme Court’s June 26 ruling in Obergefell v. Hodges legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide has been the speed at which that decision has come. As Bloomberg noted, in a little over a decade gay couples...
Last week the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that Arizona voters acted legally when they amended the state’s Constitution in 2000 to transfer the power to draw the state’s congressional districts from lawmakers to an independent redistricting...
ME Considers Impeachment For LePage Six MAINE House members said last month they are exploring disciplinary action against Gov. Paul LePage (R) -- including impeachment - for allegedly forcing Democratic House Speaker Mark Eves out of a new job as...
The always-fractured relationship between Maine lawmakers and the state’s often-pugnacious governor has taken another nasty turn as a handful of House members said they will seek to launch impeachment proceedings against Gov. Paul LePage (R). At...
Perhaps seeking to avoid the raucous protests and rowdy crowds that dogged vaccination bill SB 277 throughout the legislative process, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed the controversial measure that makes California the third state in the nation...
New Gun Permit Regulation for NJ Reacting to the death of a NEW JERSEY woman stabbed to death by an ex-boyfriend, Gov. Chris Christie (R) announced a new state regulation to require applications for gun permits for victims of domestic violence, other...
WA Approves HB 2136 The WASHINGTON House and Senate each approve HB 2136, which among several things directs the state to share marijuana sales revenue with local governments that allow sales in their jurisdictions, and allows them to adopt more flexible...
Supreme Court Rules Lethal Injection Allowed In OK The U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of allowing OKLAHOMA to continue using a controversial lethal injection process for executing condemned inmates. The High Court rejected a plea from three death...
DE Approves SB 79 The DELAWARE House approves SB 79, which among several thing bars education technology service providers from selling student data or using that data to market to students or their families. The measure also bars them from building...
EPA Violates Clean Air Act The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency violated the Clean Air Act by failing to undertake a cost-benefit analysis in deciding whether to set limits on emissions of mercury and other toxic...
CA Rejects SB 323 and Signs SB 277 The CALIFORNIA Assembly Business and Professions Committee rejects SB 323, a bill that would have allowed nurse practitioners to treat patients without the supervision of a doctor (SACRAMENTO BEE). Also in CALIFORNIA...
OH Approves SB 127 The OHIO Senate approves SB 127, which would bar doctors from performing an abortion after a woman has reached 20 weeks of her pregnancy. The measure moves to the House (COLUMBUS DISPATCH). Supreme Court Agrees TX Abortion Clinics...