BAKER PUSHES MA IMPAIRED DRIVING BILL Responding to the state Cannabis Control Commission moving closer to allowing social consumption marijuana lounges, MASSACHUSETTS Gov. Charlie Baker (R) urged Bay State lawmakers to act on legislation ( HB 71 ...
Citing a worsening teacher shortage, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) proposed raising the minimum annual salary for Sunshine State teachers to $47,500, up from the current $37,636. DeSantis asked lawmakers to approve his call for an additional $600 million...
Calling it a “a profoundly important moment,” California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed one package of bills last week aimed at protecting Golden State renters from excessive rent increases and unprovoked evictions and another intended to spark...
SCOTUS DECLINES TO CONSIDER WV SUPREME COURT IMPEACHMENT CASE The U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal of an October 2018 ruling by a specially appointed WEST VIRGINIA Supreme Court halting impeachment proceedings against four justices for...
Last year when New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) was facing a tough primary battle, his campaign asked the Greater New York Hospital Association, one of Albany’s biggest power players, representing New York City’s largest healthcare institutions...
On Oct. 3 an Alaska Superior Court judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the state from implementing an administrative order from Gov. Mike Dunleavy (R) changing union membership procedures for state workers. Dunleavy’s administrative...
IN COMMENCES ONLINE SPORTS BETTING DraftKings and Rush Street Interactive launched mobile sports wagering platforms throughout INDIANA last week, making the state the eighth to offer legal online sports betting. Sports betting became legal in the state...
States may make changes to their state marketplace facilitator laws next year to address industry concerns about inconsistencies among them, according to Richard Cram, Director of the National Nexus Program at the Multistate Tax Commission (MTC). ...
At least four states - Indiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina and New Jersey - have introduced legislation this year dealing with motor vehicle subscription services, according to LexisNexis State Net’s legislative tracking system. Indiana and North...
Although motor vehicle subscription services - similar to auto leases but with no long-term commitment, the ability to change vehicles periodically and insurance and maintenance bundled in - have only been around for a few years, they’ve been embraced...
Are your financial risk management decisions informed by artificial intelligence? Increasingly, organizations face significant challenges when it comes to managing risk, but AI can help. What do you need to know? We tackled that topic recently when we...
Memo to anyone and everyone that is not African-American: using the N-word is strictly forbidden at all times and in any context. Just don’t do it. And yes, we’re looking right at you, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who, as the New York Daily...
Speaking of the late Mike Royko, it’s no secret that part of his indifference toward Jerry Brown was his even more pronounced disdain for California and what he saw as its goofy politics. Royko was nothing if not a grouch, the living embodiment...
By now we all know that former California Gov. Jerry Brown received his famous (or infamous if you ask Brown) nickname “Governor Moonbeam” from the equally notable – and equally curmudgeonly – Chicago newspaper columnist Mike Royko...
California Governor Vetoes SB 127 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) vetoes SB 127 , which would have required state transportation agencies to create safer and better sidewalks, bike lanes and cross walks on state highways that run through communities...
California Governor Signs AB 32 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 32 , which makes the Golden State the first to ban both for-profit, private prisons and civil detention centers. As of January 1, 2020 the state will be barred from entering...
California Governor Signs AB 1747 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 1747 , which bars personal information stored in statewide databases from being used for immigration enforcement, except in cases where the information is related to an individual’s...
Oregon Liquor Control Commission Imposes Six-Month Moratorium The OREGON Liquor Control Commission imposes a six-month moratorium on the sale of flavored nicotine and cannabis vaping products. The ban comes in the wake of a national outbreak of vaping...
California Governor Signs AB 342 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 342 , which prohibits new pipelines and other infrastructure on state lands that would support new oil and gas production (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET). California Governor Signs...
California Governor Signs SB 328 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs SB 328 , which makes the Golden State the first to mandate that high schools and middle schools start later in the morning. The law will be phased in, requiring that by July 1...
California Governor Signs AB 9 CALIFORNIA Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signs AB 9 , which extends the timeline to bring forward a complaint of workplace harassment and discrimination from one year to three years (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET). California Governor...
RAIMONDO NOT OKAY WITH RI DMV WAITING FEES RHODE ISLAND Gov. Gina Raimondo (D) said she is not in favor of a plan pitched by the Ocean State DMV to charge customers a $15 walk-in fee for conducting license or registration renewals that could be done...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) inked his name to five bills to further amend the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) before the law takes effect next January. Although lawmakers weighed numerous proposals to dramatically change the CCPA this...
NY TAKES AIM AT TRUMP’S PARDON POWERS NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signed legislation amending the state’s double jeopardy laws to allow state and local prosecutors to pursue cases involving individuals pardoned by the president. The...
Colorado has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case concerning whether those selected to cast Electoral College votes must vote in accordance with the state’s electorate. The case stems from 2016, when three Democratic Party electors...