Train crews CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signs SB 730, a bill that requires a train or light engine used in connection with the movement of freight to have at least two operators at all times. Violators face fines up to $1,000 for a first violation...
From deals and merchandising to packaging and logistics, retailers are putting their final touches on their 2015 holiday preparations. Shopping days abound when it comes to November and December, all kicking off with the ultimate pre-holiday shopping...
In the sixth annual Supply Chain Resilience Survey conducted by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) in 2014, more than three-quarters of the respondents reported experiencing supplier disruption at least once during the previous twelve months. Some...
Natural and man-made disasters occur all too frequently. Last year alone, the world was rocked by a total of 336 catastrophic events , including 189 natural and 147 man-made disasters. In the past week, we’ve seen headlines following landslides...
Battling a multi-million dollar campaign from oil companies and strong resistance from a large number of fellow Democrats, California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) dropped an effort to pass legislation aimed at cutting automotive petroleum use in the Golden State...
With the football season kicking off, let's take a moment to reminisce about the 2015 Super Bowl. In the eight months since the game, Tom Brady’s name continues to dominate media coverage, both positive and negative. Will he stay in the spotlight...
More than a few folks think lawmakers ought to apologize for some of the things they do. But now it is happening. As the Palm Beach Post reports, several Florida lawmakers dropped into their districts recently to offer constituents a mea culpa for, in...
Obama Issues Sick Leave Order President Barack Obama issues an executive order requiring federal contractors to provide their employees with up to seven days of annual sick leave. The order takes effect in 2017 (NEW YORK TIMES). Business in CA ...
To help cover the cost of a big pension payment for police and firefighters next year and help shrink his city’s annual budget hole, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel will reportedly call for the city’s largest property tax increase in at least decades...
A little over half (51.6 percent) of the 952 encounters between drones and manned aircraft reported to the FAA since the beginning of 2014 originated from five states, according to the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. More than 20 percent, or 196...
On the morning of Aug. 16 an unmanned aerial vehicle, more commonly known as a drone, startled the pilot of a JetBlue airliner as it was landing at Los Angeles International Airport. The same day, the U.S. military had to scramble fighter jets after a...
California’s loopy proposition process – a.k.a. “direct democracy” - was created to give ordinary citizens a way to have more say in their government. Sadly, that say was long ago co-opted by huge money special interests and, of...
Crime & Punishment in CA A federal judge order CALIFORNIA corrections officials to end an early prison-release program because it is open only to women. U.S. District Court Judge Morrison C. England said the law is unconstitutional (SAN JOSE MERCURY...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) renewed his longstanding call for a national gun policy after an aide was shot and seriously injured in a crossfire between two rival gangs on a Brooklyn street last week. The aide, Carey Gabay, had been named by Cuomo as...
Despite having a population of only 580,000, Wyoming spends over $9 billion in state and federal dollars every two years. A 2013 study calculated that the state’s government expenditures totaled $15,673 per person, the second highest rate in the...
CALIFORNIA Gov. Jerry Brown (D) vetoes SB 110, which would have made it a crime to threaten violence against someone on school grounds. Brown also vetoes SB 456, which would have made it a crime to threaten to fire a gun on school property. Brown said...
Budget-driven Bridge Closures in MO The Missouri Department of Transportation says it doesn’t have money for badly needed bridge repairs around the state. Three bridges have already been shut down since the start of last year, and 641 have been...
The problem with Republicans in Montana is apparently the Republicans in Montana. Or at least that’s what Senate Majority Leader Matthew Rosendale and House Majority Leader Keith Regier, both Republicans, think. As the Billings Gazette reports,...
The CALIFORNIA Assembly gives final approval to AB 888, which would ban the sale of personal care products like shampoos and cleaners that contain plastic microbeads. The measure, which would take effect in 2020, moves to Gov. Jerry Brown (D) for consideration...
Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson (R) announced execution dates for eight condemned inmates, setting in motion what will be the first executions in the Razorback State since 2005. Legal challenges and difficulty in obtaining the drugs used in the lethal injection...
CALIFORNIA lawmakers give final approval to AB 15b, a measure that would allow doctors to prescribe terminally ill patients medications that person can use to end their own life. The measure moves to Gov. Jerry Brown (D) for consideration (LEXISNEXIS...
The CALIFORNIA Senate approves SB 539, which would prohibit the naming of schools, roads and other public properties after Confederate officials or military leaders. It moves to Gov. Jerry Brown (D) for consideration (SACRAMENTO BEE). Still in CALIFORNIA...
Stephen M. Shapiro, a former federal worker from Bethesda, Maryland, filed a lawsuit in 2013 challenging the state’s congressional district map. No one paid much attention to the suit at the time, because the map, drawn after the 2010 census, had...
Virginia’s congressional district map is now in the hands of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District. Last year, the court declared the map drawn by the state’s Republican-controlled General Assembly unconstitutional, saying it reduced...
Activists Pull Pot Measure Backers of a proposed ballot initiative to allow marijuana use in bars and other businesses in Denver said this month they were going to pull the measure and instead work with city and business leaders on a measure that could...