Our latest expert Q&A features Stephen Hahn-Griffiths, executive partner and chief research officer at the Reputation Institute. The organization is best known for producing its annual RepTrak , which ranks 7,000 companies around the world according...
Recent reader rankings award from National Law Journal follows eight wins in 2017 LexisNexis ®, a leading global provider of information and analytics, today announced that it was recognized throughout 2017 and into 2018 as the Best Online Public...
LEGO Group will sell some pieces made from plant-based plastic this year—it’s the first step in its bid to make all products and packaging from sustainable materials in 2030. LEGO prioritizes corporate social responsibility, earning it the...
If there's one specific tactic PR professionals need in their strategy, it's storytelling. According to the Global Communication Report 2017 by the USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, digital storytelling will be the most important...
Michigan residents are the most susceptible to cybercrime, according to analysis of data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Insurance Information Institute by Website Builder Expert. The website development adviser estimated there would...
Developments in 2017, including the highly publicized Equifax data breach and adoption of cybersecurity requirements for insurance companies, banks and other financial institutions by New York’s Department of Financial Services, have the financial...
An Indiana lawmaker has introduced legislation that would make it illegal for tattoo artists to ply their craft on someone’s eyeballs. Yes, on their eyeballs! As the Washington Post reports , violators would face a fine up to $10,000. And if, like...
School safety is rightfully a big issue these days. Count Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam among those who are very concerned about potential shootings on campus. So concerned in fact that he has put together a 16-person task force to devise ways to keep Volunteer...
President Donald Trump made his share of both friends and enemies last year by reducing the size of two Utah national monuments, Bears Ears and Grand Staircase-Escalante. As the New York Times reports , he so enthralled GOP state Rep. Michael E. Noel...
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee (D) signed legislation last Monday making the Evergreen State the first to implement a law restoring net-neutrality rules discarded by the Federal Communications Commission. The legislation ( HB 2282 ) forbids Internet providers...
Oregon Gov. Kate Brown (D) signed legislation last week ( HB 4145 ) that bars anyone convicted of domestic abuse or under a domestic violence restraining order from buying or possessing a gun. Oregon law already banned domestic abusers who have...
MARTINEZ SIGNS NM ELDERLY OVERSIGHT OVERHAUL: NEW MEXICO Gov. Susana Martinez (R) signed SB 19 , legislation that overhauls the Land of Enchantment’s system for guardianship and conservatorship of the elderly by mandating open court records,...
Saying California is using “powers it doesn’t have,” U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions filed suit last week over a trio of Golden State laws he says inhibit federal immigration authorities from doing their jobs. “In recent...
MARYLAND SENATE PASSES TAX RETURN MEASURE : The MARYLAND Senate approved a measure last week that would require presidential candidates to release their tax returns as a prerequisite for getting on the Old Line State ballot. That bill, SB 256 , is...
West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice (R) ended a nine-day statewide teacher strike last week by signing legislation ( HB 4145 ) that grants Mountain State public workers and school personnel a 5 percent pay raise. Those pay hikes go into effect with the new...
MARTINEZ SIGNS NM BUDGET: NEW MEXICO Gov. Susana Martinez (R) signed off on a $6.3 billion budget that includes pay raises for teachers, some state employees, judges, police and increases overall spending by about 4 percent. (SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN)...
FL House and Senate SB 7026 The FLORIDA House and Senate approve SB 7026 , which would raise the age to purchase a firearm from 18 to 21, require a three-day waiting period for most gun purchases and ban the sale or possession of “bump stocks...
HI Senate Approves SB 2384 The HAWAII Senate approves SB 2384 , which would require the department of education to develop a comprehensive plan to integrate design thinking and coding in middle, intermediate, and high school curriculums and submit...
HI Senate Approves SB 2334 The HAWAII Senate approves SB 2334 , which would require the state and local governments to incorporate predictions of sea level rise and other climate change hazards and mitigation opportunities into applicable plans, strategies...
UT House Approves HB 472 The UTAH House approves HB 472 , which would expand Medicaid coverage through a managed health care plan for people making less than the federal poverty line — $12,060 a year for individuals and $24,600 for a family of...
HI House Approves HB 2739 The HAWAII House approves HB 2739 , which would allow Aloha State doctors to assist terminally ill patients to end their own lives. The measure moves to the Senate (HONOLULU CIVIL BEAT). GA Governor Signs HB 159 GEORGIA...
DC Council Gives Preliminary Approval The WASHINGTON D.C. Council gives preliminary approval to legislation allowing homeowners who rent out their homes to sell them without giving their tenants the first opportunity to buy. It must clear one more...
Nothing evokes the public and personal perils of high-level corruption more powerfully than photos of the billionaire chairman of a corporate conglomerate being led to a prison bus in handcuffs. Or almost nothing. Images of his 95-year-old wheelchair...
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