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Cleveland City Council Approves New Regulations The CLEVELAND City Council approves new regulations that require landlords to pay for private inspections and obtain lead-safe certificates for rental units. Property owners will also be required to inform...
President Trump has given up on the idea of getting a citizenship question included in the 2020 Census. But the fight to keep undocumented immigrants from being counted in the congressional apportionment process isn’t over for the state of Alabama...
Saying “we should be protecting all of our children, including those who identify as LGBTQ, instead of subjecting them to a dangerous practice,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) issued Executive Order No 97 , a directive that bars state...
Government watchers have been predicting an imminent public employment crisis for over a decade. Although that crisis has yet to fully materialize, the factors contributing to the dire predictions are still very much in play. In case you missed...
Editor: Rich Ehisen Associate Editor: Korey Clark Contributing Editor: Mary Peck, David Giusti Editorial Advisor: Lou Cannon Correspondents: Richard Cox (CA), Lauren Davis (MA), Steve Karas (CA) and Ben Livingood (PA), Cathy Santsche (CA), Dena Blodgett...
In our October 2, 2015 Bird’s Eye View we incorrectly identified Nevada as a state where ridesharing services like Uber are illegal. That is of course no longer the case. We regret the error and have since corrected the information.
Equifax has agreed to pay at least $650 million to settle claims originating from its massive 2017 data breach. A large chunk of that money, $300 million, will go toward claims from any of the 147 million-plus consumers - nearly half the U.S. population...
There was a time when, if you weren’t in Las Vegas and you wanted to put some money down on a football game – say $100 that the Rams would cover the spread on Sunday – you needed to talk to a bookie. So, you picked up your phone. ...
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). ...
Saying he is “determined to bring more accountability and transparency to Idaho’s rule-making processes,” Idaho Gov. Brad Little (R) said he has ordered the state Office of the Administrative Rules Coordinator to make administrative...
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New York Governor Signs SB 101A NEW YORK Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) signs SB 101a , which bars school districts from arming teachers. The law still allows a school resource officer, law enforcement officer or security guard to carry a firearm on school...
South Carolina Supreme Court Abolishes Common Law Marriage The SOUTH CAROLINA Supreme Court unanimously abolishes common law marriage, the legal framework that allows longtime couples to be considered married even without a license. The new law applies...
ILLINOIS Gov. J.B. Pritzker (D) signs two immigration measures: HB 836 , which ensures children are able to have short-term guardians if they have a parent detained or deported by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency, and House Bill...
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker (R) has committed $86 million from the sale of General Electric’s Boston headquarters to an effort to create more affordable Bay State housing. Baker’s plan would commit $60 million toward the creation...
It’s the holiday season, and if most voters are thinking about politics at all they are probably pondering more about how to get through family festivities without a major blowup over differing political philosophies than they are about next year’s...
This year more than 70 state and local governments have been targeted by hackers that have locked up their computer systems and demanded ransoms to release them. A majority of states have taken legislative action in recent years to protect data held by...
Minnesota’s labor market is in pretty good shape right now. The state’s unemployment rate is hovering around 3.4 percent. And with nearly 70 percent of working-age residents employed or looking for jobs, employers have a decent labor pool...
It’s a good time to be a CEO in America. Various studies show that CEOs of major corporations made hundreds of times what their workers earned in average pay last year. According to data compiled by the Associated Press , average CEO compensation...
As the fate of the Accordable Care Act (ACA) hangs in the balance in a federal court, states are experimenting with myriad policies affecting health care coverage and insurance costs. In a hearing in New Orleans on July 9, two Republican-appointed...
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The week in session States in Regular Session: AK, AL, AR, AZ, CO, CT, DC, DE, FL, GA, HI, IA, ID, IN, KS, MA, MD, ME, MO, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, NH, NJ, NV, NY, OH, OK, OR, PR, RI, SC, TN, TX, VT, WA States...
Fourteen nursing homes in rural counties of Nebraska have closed in 2019, about twice as many as last year, which set a record itself. Over the past eight years, 32 rural nursing homes have closed in the state. And that problem isn’t unique to Nebraska...