NORTH CAROLINA Gov. Pat McCrory (R) signs HB 553, which bars local governments from enacting their own regulations regarding the standard of care for farm animals (HIGH COUNTRY PRESS [BOONE]). -- Compiled by RICH EHISEN
When it comes to email triage, company newsletters often get relegated to the end of the line, even among the most highly engaged employees. And, according to Gallup poll figures , 68.5 percent of American workers are “not engaged” or “actively...
The pharmaceutical industry has been impacted by globalization more than most. Where there was traditionally a significant difference between the levels of healthcare and well-being between the developed and developing worlds, there has been rapid and...
With the recent burst of OFAC fines issued to businesses, sanctions represent a very real and potentially damaging area for any business trading internationally. Recent cases include the New York Branch of National Bank of Pakistan, who received...
It’s a given that before any merger or acquisition, your company conducts due diligence. The question is, are you drilling down to the right information? Financial due diligence is important, of course, but it only scratches the surface. These days...
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The campaign trail can be so brutal. Case in point this week comes from Manchester, New Hampshire, where Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker ran into a pair of enthusiastic supporters of his effort to capture the 2016 GOP presidential nomination. As the Washington...
ILLINOIS Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signs SB 7, legislation that requires students who suffer a concussion to get permission from a doctor or athletic trainer before they fully return to class or sports (CHICAGO TRIBUNE).
The Maine Supreme Court dealt Gov. Paul LePage (R) a stinging rebuke last Thursday, unanimously rejecting his plea to force lawmakers hold override votes on 65 bills he vetoed on in July. The challenge was the latest action in what has become an...
Last month Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) appointed former Fairfax Circuit Court judge Jane Marum Roush to the state Supreme Court to replace retiring Justice LeRoy F. Millette Jr. Although judicial appointments in the state are usually made by the...
As states continue to recover from the Great Recession, several are embracing a tax credit to help bring working families along. This year five states, including California and Massachusetts, where a Democrat and a Republican hold the top office, respectively...
As of 2013, Illinois had the most underfunded public pension system in the nation on a percentage basis, according to data from the Pew Charitable Trusts. The state only had enough assets in its pension accounts to cover 39.3 percent of its pension liability...
The shadow of unfunded public pension liabilities casts a menacing cloud over the otherwise mostly bright futures of U.S. states and municipalities. The situation is gravest in Illinois, where court rulings have stymied legislative attempts at reform...
As Gov. Walker discovered, these days it is almost impossible to account for all the ways someone can make your life miserable. He will surely get some sympathy from Asa Hutchinson, his gubernatorial colleague from Arkansas. As the Huffington Post reports...
Presidential Plan to Curb Emissions President Barack Obama unveils a plan that calls for states to curb emissions 32 percent below their 2005 level within the next 15 years. Under the new regulations, states will have to present at least an initial...
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) said he plans to ask the Obama administration to allow the Grand Canyon State to require about 350,000 able-bodied adults currently on Medicaid to pay co-pays for some of their health care services and to put 2 percent of their...
The U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled last week that Texas’ four-year-old voter ID law is not an unconstitutional “poll tax” as plaintiffs alleged but that it has a “discriminatory effect” that violates the federal...
During the Great Recession college tuition rates rose steeply to replace state education funding lost to budget cuts. But with student loan debt nearing $1 trillion nationwide and families of every income level worried about the rising cost of college...
ILLINOIS Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signs SB 1298, which allows a Prairie State resident entering the hospital to designate a caregiver prior to discharge to the patient's home or transfer to another facility. The new law requires hospitals to notify the...
NC Tentative On HB 943 The NORTH CAROLINA House tentatively approved a nearly $3 billion bipartisan bond proposal for roads and government infrastructure that would go before voters in the fall. Another vote was required in the House before HB 943...
...comes courtesy of Colorado state Rep. Dan Pabon, who was part of a panel discussion on legalizing marijuana at last week’s big National Conference of State Legislatures Annual Summit in Seattle. Noting that he represents part of the capital city...
ILLINOIS Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) signs legislation that requires large airports to install lactation rooms for new moms. The new rooms must be in place by 2017, although smaller airports will have to make the upgrades only when building new terminals or...
CA Gov Wants Plan for Climate Change CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) sent an open letter last week to the 17 Republican presidential aspirants asking them to lay out a detailed plan for combatting climate change. “Longer fire seasons, extreme...
A federal court strikes down an IDAHO law that banned documentation of animal abuse at livestock operations. U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill ruled that the law violated the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution. Gem State officials are considering...
Illinois’ Democrat-controlled Senate passed legislation last month that would freeze property taxes statewide for two years and provide about $200 million in relief for Chicago’s troubled teacher pension system. But Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) said...