Earlier this week, President Obama became the first sitting American president to visit Cuba since Calvin Coolidge. When Air Force One landed in Havana, Obama tweeted , “¿Que bolá Cuba? Just touched down here, looking forward to meeting...
Fictional detective Sherlock Holmes is frequently quoted in forums and blogs related to competitive intelligence (CI). After all, he was obsessed with data. In The Boscombe Valley Mystery , for example, Holmes says, “You know my method. It is founded...
This primary season is turning out to be a game changer for everyone involved, including the candidates, the voters and the media. From candidates that were first considered true political outliers—like Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders—gaining...
Okay, now this is just getting sad. We don’t know if New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie regrets his surprising decision to endorse Donald Trump for the GOP presidential nomination, but we could understand if he does. After making headlines for his zombie...
Business In WV WEST VIRGINIA Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin (D) signs HB 4228, which legalizes ridesharing companies like Uber and Lyft to operate in the Mountain State. The new law requires those companies to obtain a Division of Motor Vehicles permit, sets...
A quartet of southeastern governors expressed frustration last week over the Obama administration abandoning its announced plans to open up oil drilling in the waters off their coasts. All four – Democrat Terry McAuliffe in Virginia and Republicans...
Seventeen-year-olds who will turn 18 by the November general election were allowed to vote in Ohio’s primary last Tuesday, thanks to a ruling by a county court judge in that state a few days before the election. Ohio Secretary of State John...
The last day of West Virginia’s 2016 regular session on March 12 didn’t resemble the frenzied pace of past final days due to the front loading of this year’s session with major bills to allow plenty of time for the GOP-controlled Legislature...
Speaking of the Man Who Would Be King, he’s not the only one talking about building a wall to keep out undesirables. As the Sacramento Bee reports , California Gov. Jerry Brown may be all in on a wall too...to keep out Trump! Speaking at an event...
Texas and twenty-five other states have filed suit to block President Obama’s executive actions in November shielding undocumented immigrants from deportation for three years, according to the Pew Research Center. Twelve states have filed an amicus...
President Barack Obama’s choice of a respected, centrist judge for the Supreme Court seat vacated by the death of Antonin Scalia has challenged the Republican strategy of denying Obama the appointment by leaving the seat vacant. Obama announced...
Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards (D) laid out his agenda for the year to lawmakers last week, a vision that includes narrowing eligibility standards for the Pelican State voucher program, making it harder to launch charter schools, increasing the minimum...
The Kentucky Senate’s State and Local Government Committee voted unanimously to advance a constitutional amendment(SB 299) that would grant the General Assembly the authority to restore voting rights to convicted felons, which only the governor...
Connecticut is facing budget deficits of $266 million this fiscal year and nearly $900 million next year, and local governments may end up suffering for it. After Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D) asked state lawmakers this month for ideas on how to close those...
Advocates planning to make their voices heard on legislation this year in Minnesota better plan to hold their rallies somewhere other than the statehouse. As the Associated Press reports , “The People’s House” is tightly covered in sheet...
Crime In NJ The NEW JERSEY Senate endorses AB 156, legislation that would prohibit secretly photographing or recording underneath another person’s clothing, commonly referred to as “upskirting.” Violators would face up to 18 months...
FEMA Denies More Flint Relief The Federal Emergency Management Agency rejected MICHIGAN Gov. Rick Snyder’s (R) request for more funds to help Flint deal with its contaminated water crisis. FEMA originally denied the request in January. Last week’s...
KY House Approves Constitutional Tax Hike On a 60-31 vote, the KENTUCKY House approved an amendment to the state’s Constitution this month (HB 2) that would authorize local governments to increase their sales tax by up to 1 percent to provide...
Education In GA The GEORGIA Senate approves HB 859, a bill that would allow anyone 21 or older with a weapons license to carry a gun anywhere on a public college or university campus, except for inside dormitories, fraternities and sorority houses...
Voter Video Recording Restriction Passed in ME The MAINE Legislature has passed a bill (SB 625) that if signed by Gov. Paul LePage (R) would prohibit the use of video cameras within 15 feet of voters at polling places. Voters raised concerns last November...
Energy In OR OREGON Gov. Kate Brown (D) signs HB 1547, a bill that requires the state’s two largest utilities to stop paying for out-of-state coal power by 2030 and serve half their customers’ demand with renewable sources such as wind...
Health In GA The GEORGIA Senate approves HB 965, the so-called “Jimmy Carter bill,” which bars Peach State health insurers from forcing cancer patients to first fail to respond to other treatments before trying more advanced treatment programs...
Social Policy In AL The ALABAMA Senate approves SB 143, legislation that would do away with marriage licenses, instead requiring couples to file a form recording their union. The bill, which is intended to nullify the controversy over same-sex nuptials...
Potpourri In NY & NJ The NEW YORK Assembly approves AB 2510, which would bar the transport of game trophies of threatened or endangered species through airports and facilities controlled by the Port Authority of New York and NEW JERSEY. It moves...
For the last five years, Ethisphere and Kroll have teamed up to conduct an annual survey of compliance professionals across the globe to understand the key anti-bribery and corruption (ABC) trends that impact companies. As this year’s title suggests...