The national uninsured rate dropped 3.5 percent (from 17.3 percent to 13.8 percent) last year, when the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance mandate took effect, according to the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index. The five states with the biggest...
When Congress approved the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in 2010, the law was hailed as “momentous social legislation” that constituted “the biggest attack on economic inequality” in three decades ( New York Times...
Perhaps it began with a cave drawing – one early human trying to quantify the benefits of hunting versus gathering. Soon those cave drawings evolved into maps, then graphs and eventually the infographic was born. One thing is clear – a picture...
Speaking of silly politician tricks, Florida Gov. Rick Scott has apparently got out again. Taking a page from the playbook of another frequent fumbler (former Texas Gov. Rick Perry) Scott recently dropped in to California for a few days on a mission to...
TX Approves SB 1135 The TEXAS Senate approves SB 1135, so-called “revenge porn” legislation that would make posting nude or sexually explicit photos or videos of someone online without their consent a Class A misdemeanor, with a punishment...
An analysis by New York City Comptroller Scott M. Stringer found that the city’s five pension funds have paid over $2 billion in management fees over the past decade with virtually nothing to show for that investment. “We asked a simple...
Alaska Gov. Bill Walker (R) said last week that Medicaid reform without expanding the joint state-federal program to cover more low income residents would be unacceptable to him. His comments came as leaders in the Republican-controlled Legislature showed...
You had better not be, at least if you are a member of the Minnesota Senate. As the St. Paul Pioneer-Press reports, the Gopher State Senate last week rejected a call to do away with a rule that bars members from looking at one another when debating issues...
NY Budget Cap on Yachts As part of its recently passed state budget, NEW YORK capped sales taxes on yachts at 8.25 percent, or $18,975, in most counties, for the stated purpose of leveling the playing field with Florida and other states “so New...
Thanks in part to the relative looseness of its gun laws, Texas is already known as a gun-friendly state. But Republican lawmakers who control both chambers of the Legislature are pushing for additional freedoms, including “campus carry” and...
NV Signs AB 165 NEVADA Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) signs AB 165, legislation that would give Silver State businesses credit toward their modified business tax bill if they donate to a qualifying scholarship organization. Scholarships would go to students...
MD Passes Major Changes to Open Records Law Both chambers of MARYLAND’s General Assembly overwhelmingly passed legislation making major changes to the state’s open records law, including the creation of a new ombudsman in the Office of...
WA Approves SB 5057 The WASHINGTON House approves SB 5057, setting new rules regarding the transport of oil via train that would require oil companies to pay for spills and derailments and publicly disclose what kinds of oil they transport through...
In an effort to combat air pollution in southern OREGON, Gov. Kate Brown (D) announced she will authorize the use of state funds to pay for residents in two downstate counties to swap out their old woodstoves and fireplaces for newer, more efficient models...
Drones – small, remotely operated aircraft – are just about everywhere these days. That fact has sent many a current and aspiring lawmaker into apoplexy in recent years, with bills to regulate their use finding lots of popular support in statehouses...
CO Approves SB 14 The COLORADO Senate approves SB 14, which among several things requires medical marijuana growers that cultivate more than 99 plants to be licensed by the state. The measure moves to the House (DENVER POST). Also in COLORADO , the...
OKLAHOMA Gov. Mary Fallin (R) signs HB 1721, which makes the Sooner State the second to ban a vacuum and dilation procedure commonly used in second-trimester abortions (ABCNEWS.COM).
MT Approves SB 100 The MONTANA House approves SB 100, which would ban the possession and hunting of wild or feral hogs and would allow the hogs to be destroyed. Violators would face fines up to $10,000. It moves to Gov. Steve Bullock (D) for review...
Last week, Mark Dunn, the due diligence segment leader for Risk and Compliance at LexisNexis, offered his insights during an ISM Webinar entitled “Mitigating Risks and Impact of Sanctions Regimes on Your Supply Chain.” It’s a growing...
Every day, professionals look for the proverbial ‘needle in a haystack’ when it comes to monitoring the media. LexisNexis Newsdesk is like a powerful magnet that quickly pulls those needles out and arranges them neatly in one place for review...
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In The Hopper Number of 2015 Prefiles last week: 1,033 Number of Intros last week: 1,635 Number of Enacted/Adopted last week: 1,445 Number of 2015 Prefiles to date: 20,086 Number of 2015 Intros to date: 101,776 Number...
California Assembly Minority Leader Kristin Olsen is a big fan of electrically-motorized skateboards.Unfortunately for her the snazzy boards, which are definitely a few notches up from the man...uh, boy-powered kind yours truly bombed around on as a kid...