It’s official; the wait for Nexis Uni is over! Students who grew up googling now have an interface that comes with all the bells and whistles of advanced search platforms, but with simple, streamlined search designed to meet researchers’ needs...
Britain’s Prime Minister has said that investors can “make a big difference” by encouraging companies to act in a trustworthy way. Her call is just the latest sign that shareholders are applying more pressure on companies to behave ethically...
Universities across the globe face different crises on a daily basis. The media has reported on everything from campus shootings and riots to hazing, hate crimes or another similar critical situation that can result in students feeling uncomfortable and...
Birthdays. Anniversaries. Hire dates. Business acquisitions. Product launches. From the moment we celebrate our first milestones to marking important business events, we learn early that history matters. It gives us a sense of significance, relevance...
One of the most important tasks PR professionals handle is the creation and distribution of press releases. You're expected to include all necessary details that explain an important - and potentially transformational - development, and it’s...
Nothing attracts controversy like a global sporting event, and with the winter games about to kick off—or rather, ski, skate and bobsleigh off—in South Korea on February 9, let’s take a look at how it has been faring on the bribery,...
When retail company H&M decided to post an ad on the British version of its website displaying a young black child wearing a sweatshirt with the slogan "Coolest Monkey in the Jungle," the fashion company wasn't aware of the backlash...
Skepticism is alive and well in 2018. Fake news or alternative facts—depending more on a person’s point of view rather than actual reality—wormed its way into our collective psyche over the course of 2016 and 2017. When combined with...
Despite dire predictions of its demise, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is alive and flourishing as it nears its eighth birthday in 2018. Medicaid is flourishing, too, but with new controversy over pending work requirements. Nicknamed Obamacare after...
For most drivers, gassing up the car is as noteworthy as tying our shoes. But many Oregonians look at putting the nozzle to their fill pipe the way I would at attempting to decipher quantum physics. At issue is a new state law allowing - but NOT requiring...
Horror movie fans know all about Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger, the fictional horror movie characters who are almost impossible to kill. While they are merely the spawn of Hollywood’s ability to make serious money by scaring us half to death...
After eight years, New Jersey doesn’t have old Chris Christie to kick around anymore. After a bit of initial popularity, a long series of scandals, faux pas and generally tone deaf behavior combined to make Christie the most unpopular governor in...
Speaking of Gov. Christie, we hear the time is right to make a good buy on your very own commemorative Chris Christie bobblehead. Yep, as NBC New York reports , the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame had a major clearance sale on the gov’s figurine...
This month Kentucky became the first state to impose work requirements on Medicaid recipients. Federal health officials granted permission for that action a day after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued guidance making it easier for...
Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens (R) is rejecting calls from a growing number of fellow Republicans to resign over allegations he attempted to blackmail a mistress into silence. Greitens has admitted to having a sexual relationship with the woman but denies...
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) said he will seek to overhaul the Empire State’s bail system that requires defendants accused of nonviolent crimes to post bail in cash or stay locked up in jail. Reform advocates say the system disproportionately...
Just hours into his new job, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy (D) issued Executive Order No. 1 , which bars state agencies from asking job applicants about their previous salary history. The directive is seen as an effort to bridge the gender pay gap, which...
NORTHAM ISSUES VA NON-DISCRIMNATION ORDER : New VIRGINIA Gov. Ralph Northam (D) issued a trio of executive orders, including one that bars state agencies under Executive Branch control from discrimination “based on race, sex, color, national...
Democrat Patty Schachtner defeated Wisconsin state Rep. Adam Jarchow (R) in a special election last Tuesday to claim the Senate seat in the state’s 10th District held for 17 years by former Sen. Sheila Harsdorf (R), who took a job in the administration...
Although there appears to be broad public support for some gun control measures , federal action on any of them seems unlikely in the current political climate. “The possibility of evidence-based firearm laws has become so politically toxic...
GOP BLOCKING EFFORT TO GIVE LOCAL GOVERNMENTS CONTROL OVER CONFEDERATE MONUMENTS: Republicans who control the VIRGINIA Senate have vowed not to allow local governments in the state to decide whether to move or remove Confederate monuments. Democrats...
As we predicted in our legislative preview last month, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a case from South Dakota revolving around a law passed there in 2016 requiring out-of-state retailers to collect sales taxes on purchases from customers located...
A bill ( SB 269 ) introduced this month by Vermont Sen. Alison Clarkson (D) would let companies operate digital currency systems like bitcoin in the state and allow the state to tax them a penny per transaction. The companies would pay the tax in whatever...
WY GETS REVENUE BOOST FROM AIRBNB DEAL: WYOMING took in about $1.25 million more in lodging taxes between August and December of last year than it did the year before. A sizeable portion of that increase was due to the tax collection agreement the...
NV Tax Commission Approves Final Regulations The NEVADA Tax Commission approves final regulations for the Silver State’s nascent recreational marijuana industry. The 258 pages of regulations must still be endorsed by the Nevada Legislative Commission...