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...
A PENNSYLVANIA court strikes down a 2014 law that allowed gun supporters to sue local governments that imposed gun prohibitions or laws stricter than statewide measures. The law’s supporters, including the National Rifle Association, say they will...
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...
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...
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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...
CO Court Upholds Medical Marijuana Card Holder Ruling The COLORADO Supreme Court upholds a lower court’s ruling that employers can fire workers for using medical marijuana even if they do it during off hours. The plaintiff, a quadriplegic medical...
The ‘60s saw the Summer of Love in San Francisco. But according to the political news website Utah Policy, we are on the verge of a “Summer of Power” in Utah, with Beehive State leaders enjoying a “vortex of power nationally”...
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...
After Republicans swept into control of 29 governor’s offices and 25 state legislatures in the 2010 elections, they moved aggressively to cut spending and taxes. The cuts continued the next few years in the wake of the Great Recession. But with...
Twenty-three states enacted 51 bills last year dealing with sentencing and criminal penalties, according to the State Sentencing and Corrections Legislation database provided by the National Conference of State Legislatures and the Pew Charitable Trusts’...
In rare displays of bipartisanship, state legislative coalitions of liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans are overhauling sentencing procedures and making other important changes in criminal justice laws. Legislatures in Alabama and Maryland...
The DELAWARE Senate endorses HB 115, legislation that would allow transgender inmates in First State prisons to seek a name change based on their gender identity. It heads to Gov. Jack Markell (D), who is expected to sign it into law (NEWS JOURNAL [WILMINGTON...
After a months-long campaign in which he turned to celebrities like Whoopi Goldberg and Lady Gaga to foster support, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) reached a deal with lawmakers last week on his proposal to change how Empire State colleges and universities...
A Texas rebate program for electric vehicles is ending on June 26 – only about a year after it began. Not because state leaders think green rebates are a waste of money or threaten the free market. In fact, a House committee unanimously passed a...
Tax increases generally aren’t welcomed by taxpayers anywhere in the country, deterring lawmakers from passing them. But there’s one category of taxes that gets increased pretty regularly: traveler taxes, levied on everything from hotel rooms...
The head of the Orlando-based group People United for Medical Marijuana announced a “massive, statewide paid petition effort” to get a constitutional amendment allowing medical pot on FLORIDA’s 2016 ballot. A medical pot amendment fell...
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...
California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. (D) reached a budget agreement with legislative leaders last week. Consistent with Brown’s May budget revision, the deal includes $1.9 billion in Rainy Day Fund savings, as required by Proposition 2; billions...
NY Endorses SB 5965 University Sex Assault Bill The NEW YORK Assembly and Senate each endorse SB 5965, which would create a statewide definition of what constitutes consensual sexual activity at Empire State public and private colleges and universities...
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OHIO , MICHIGAN and the Canadian province of ONTARIO announce an agreement to reduce the amount of phosphorus entering Lake Erie’s western basin. Phosphorus is a key cause of algal blooms known to cause fish die-offs and other serious problems in...
WA Puts Brakes on Transportation Package Talks over a $15 billion transportation package in WASHINGTON have been suspended because talks over the state’s operating budget haven’t been going well, two thirds of the way through a second special...
NY Senate Approves AB 7060 The NEW YORK Senate approves AB 7060, legislation that would allow emergency access to medical marijuana for patients with illnesses like epilepsy. It moves to Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) for consideration (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET...
Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs AB 60, which bars lawyers and law professionals from accepting advanced payment before applications for federal immigration relief under President Obama’s 2014 executive order become available (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)).