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MI’s Minimum Wage Rising Most Next Year 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...
A year ago, when we published our annual forecast of the top issues likely to come before state legislators in the new year, we wrote that the world was full of “ uncertainty and tension ”...
State Lawmakers Not Reluctant to Regulate Tech in 2024: All 46 states that held legislative sessions this year enacted measures regulating technology, 238 measures in all, a 163% increase from 2023, according...
Telemedicine Still ‘Critical Focus’ for State Lawmakers: This year states passed at least 176 bills that adjust existing laws to accommodate the higher demand for telehealth services since...
The financial services company Payactiv offers wage earners an enticing pitch. “Live the life you earned,” reads a headline on the company’s homepage. “With Payactiv, you can...
California lawmakers reached a deal with Google that will provide about $250 million in public and private funding for newsrooms across the state over the next five years. Although Google has committed to spending $105 million on the effort, critics say that’s roughly the amount of money the company makes in half an hour. (PLURIBUS NEWS)
Although the Federal Reserve has been reluctant to create a central bank digital currency, Wyoming is developing its own U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin, which it is planning to launch next year. The state’s intent is to give individuals a faster, cheaper way to transact with local businesses. The state also plans to invest the reserves that back its stablecoin in treasuries and reverse repos, and use the interest generated from those investments to help fund public education.
This isn’t Wyoming’s first foray into crypto. Since 2018 the state has passed over 30 pieces of legislation aimed at creating a favorable regulatory environment for the industry. (CNBC)
A bipartisan measure (AB 3080) that would have required pornographic websites to verify that users are of legal age died ahead of the state’s Aug. 31 legislative adjournment date. The fact that such legislation has been passed mostly in red states didn’t stop the deep blue state’s Assembly from passing AB 3080 unanimously in May or its Senate Judiciary Committee from approving it unanimously in July. But the measure was held up in the Senate Appropriations Committee over First Amendment and other concerns. (CALMATTERS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)
—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor Korey Clark
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