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MI to Weigh Ban on Stock Buybacks for Companies Receiving Tax Breaks Michigan Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D) introduced a bill ( SB 783 ) that would prohibit publicly traded companies receiving economic incentives...
VA House Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill Virginia’s House of Delegates approved a bill ( HB 5 ) that would expand the state’s current paid sick leave law, which applies only to a small segment...
VA Lawmakers Okay Prescription Drug Affordability Board Virginia lawmakers have passed legislation ( SB 271 / HB 483 ) that would create a prescription drug affordability board to review drug prices...
Geolocation data has become a new frontier in privacy protection. This year, Virginia could join Maryland and Oregon as the first states to prohibit the sale of information that provides the precise...
Insurance Bill Raises Concerns in FL A fast-moving bill ( SB 1028 ) in Florida, sponsored by Sen. Joe Gruters (R), chairman of the Senate’s Banking and Insurance Committee, would require Citizens...
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A hotly debated bill (SB 916) passed out of committee in Oregon’s Senate last week would allow striking workers in both the public and private sector to collect unemployment benefits. Although New Jersey and New York allow striking workers to collect unemployment, both states also prohibit public employees from going on strike. Oregon does not. And a bill (SB 7) introduced in the state last week would expand the right to strike to transit workers. (OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
A very fast-moving bill (SB 4611) in New York would allow employees to hold shareholders of nonpublicly traded corporations and major owners personally liable for wage theft. The measure, passed by the state’s Senate last week, is part of a package of legislation aimed at wage theft. (STATE OF POLITICS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK
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