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NY Gov Signs AI Safety Bill New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) signed legislation ( AB 6453 / SB 6953 ) establishing safety and reporting requirements for major developers of so-called frontier artificial...
For two years running , we’ve opened our annual story predicting the top issues for state legislators in the coming year by noting just how tense and uncertain things are, what with the war in Ukraine...
States Sue to Block H-1B Visa Fee The attorneys general of 20 states, led by California and Massachusetts, filed a federal lawsuit aimed at blocking the Trump administration’s new $100,000 fee...
Florida House Speaker Daniel Perez (R) unveiled a two-bill healthcare package aimed at aligning the state with President Trump’s new federal framework. HB 693 would tighten eligibility for Medicaid...
President Donald Trump has waded into one of the most pressing and prevalent issues in state capitols these days: regulating artificial intelligence. In early December, the president said on his Truth...
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Twenty-three states’ minimum wages are increasing in 2025, typically by about 3%. But Michigan’s minimum wage will rise 21% by the end of February, as a result of a ruling by the state’s Supreme Court last summer ending a long battle over a pair of ballot measures approved in 2018. The increase will take the state’s minimum wage from $10.33 per hour to $15 per hour. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK