VIRGINIA Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) vetoes SB 612 and HB 131, bills that would prohibit Old Dominion public schools from joining interscholastic organizations that don’t allow home-schoolers from participating in athletics. The House failed in its...
Energy In OR The OREGON House approves SB 1547, which would require Beaver State utilities, by 2040, to serve half their customers’ demand with renewable power sources such as wind and solar. The measure returns to the House (OREGONLIVE.COM)...
The MARYLAND Senate approves SB 323, which would require the Old Line State to cut its greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent from 2006 levels by 2040. The bill has moved to the House (BALTIMORE SUN).
Health & Science In WY The WYOMING Legislature rejects several proposals to expand Medicaid to cover around 20,000 low-income Equality State residents. All were offered as amendments to the state’s main budget bill (WYOMING TRIBUNE EAGLE...
The GEORGIA Senate approves SB 6, legislation that states children brought to the U.S. as children who have been permitted to stay under the federal Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, could only receive drivers’ licenses...
Social Policy In CO Authors of so-called “right to die” legislation in COLORADO pull HB 1054 from consideration, saying they lack the votes to get it passed. The Centennial State was vying to become the fifth state to adopt such legislation...
WISCONSIN Gov. Scott Walker (R) signs SB 466, which allows libraries to report to a collection agency or a law enforcement agency about library card holders with delinquent accounts (WISCONSIN GOVERNOR’S OFFICE). -- Compiled by RICH EHISEN
Super Tuesday was a pretty good night for reality show goofball/presidential aspirant Donald Trump. It was far less so for his newfound caddy, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie. Unless you’ve been under a rock of late you know the tough talking Garden...
While Chris Christie might have succumbed to the dark side, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley has not. No fan of Mr. Trump, Haley has endorsed the presidential candidacy of Florida Sen. Marco Rubio. She has also called on Trump to release his tax returns...
Much has been made of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas’s practice of not asking questions during SCOTUS hearings. So imagine the shock when, as the Atlantic reports , he did. Let’s set the scene. Assistant U.S. Solicitor General Ilana...
Folks in Tennessee who want to own a pet skunk got some bad news last week when the House rejected a measure that would have legalized owning the odiferous critters. Now you might reasonably ask why anyone would want to have a skunk as a pet, particularly...
Knowledge management expert Karl M. Wiig once said that “Knowledge is the fundamental factor—the major enabler—of enterprise performance.” Talk about pressure. But recognizing the important role that an information professional...
Development of autonomous, or self-driving, vehicle technologies by Google, Tesla Motors and others has been progressing rapidly in recent years. But state efforts to regulate the testing and operation of self-driving cars on public roads have been moving...
Since 2011, when Nevada became the first state to authorize the operation of self-driving cars, five other states -- California, Florida, Michigan, North Dakota and Tennessee -- have enacted legislation, and Arizona’s governor has issued an executive...
A pair of Democratic New York state assemblymen - Sean Ryan and Jeffrion L. Aubry - introduced a bill this month (AB 9459) that would raise state income taxes on fund managers just enough to offset the federal tax savings they receive on the share of...
The 2017 budget proposed by Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan (R) is reportedly poised to sail through the state’s Democrat-controlled General Assembly. But another Hogan proposal to suspend automatic spending increases when revenue is lower than projected...
LA Passes Liquor Tax Increase The LOUISIANA Legislature passed a bill in extraordinary session last week that would raise taxes on beer, wine and other alcoholic beverages. The measure (HB 27 a) was sent to Gov. John Bel Edwards (D), who pushed for...
About a quarter of the American voters who will go to the polls this year to choose the next president, all 435 members of the U.S. House, a third of the 100 members of the U.S. Senate, and a host of state and local officials will cast ballots on electronic...
Democrats claimed three of the four House seats contested in a special election in Kentucky last Tuesday, likely assuring the chamber will remain the last under Democratic control in the South at least until the November elections. The Democrats...
The Fair Elections Legal Network, a national voting rights group, and nine 17-year-old Ohioans have filed suit against Ohio Secretary of State Jon Husted (R) in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas for refusing to allow 17-year-old residents to vote...
AZ Restricts Collection of Early Ballots ARIZONA Gov. Doug Ducey (R) signed a bill (HB 2023) passed by the state’s Republican-controlled Legislature that makes it a felony for anyone other than a family member, caregiver, roommate, election official...
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Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D) signed legislation last week making the Old Dominion the first state to legislatively adopt a regulatory framework for the fast growing daily sports fantasy industry. Under SN 646, operators like DraftKings and FanDuel are required...
It wasn’t what he had wanted, but Utah lawmakers finally gave Gov. Gary Herbert (R) a form of the Medicaid expansion he has fought for over the last several years. The legislation, HB 437, would extend coverage to 16,000 Utahans currently without...
The Oklahoma House passed a four-bill package of sentencing and justice reforms backed by Gov. Mary Fallin (R). The measures would: raise the dollar amount needed to make a property crime a felony (HB 2751); allow district attorneys discretion in filing...