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State Lawmakers Target Data Centers State lawmakers are considering legislation to protect consumers from rising energy prices as data centers drive up demand. A bill [ HB 3546 (2025) ] passed in Oregon...
ME Could Become Next State to Set Minimum Rate for Rideshare Drivers Maine lawmakers are considering a bill ( HB 563 ) to mandate that drivers working for transportation network companies like Uber and...
Virginia Touts Improved Oversight of Nursing Homes Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R) hosted a public event last week to highlight improvements in oversight of the state’s 300 nursing homes. Those...
This year labor and human resources compliance professionals should expect increased state-level enforcement activity—particularly in Democrat-led states—on a variety of employment-related...
Meta Signs Nuclear Energy Deal Meta, parent company of Facebook and Instagram, has committed to acquire more than 2,600 megawatts of electricity over the next 20 years from nuclear power plants in Ohio...
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J.P. Morgan said last week that insured losses from the wind-driven wildfires in Los Angeles could reach $10 billion, according to reporting by Reuters. AccuWeather initially estimated the total damage and economic loss from the fires would range from $52 billion to $57 billion, but days later it revised its estimate to between $135 billion and $150 billion, which would make the fire disaster one of the costliest in modern U.S. history. (INSURANCE JOURNAL, ACCUWEATHER)
Texas filed a lawsuit alleging Allstate has been secretly collecting driver data through drivers’ smartphone apps. Texas AG Ken Paxton (R) said Allstate and its analytics subsidiary Arity paid mobile app developers millions of dollars to install their tracking software. Last year the state sued General Motors for allegedly collecting drivers’ data and selling it to insurers without the drivers’ consent. (NEW YORK TIMES)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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